I know I know some of you might lost interest by now due to too long waiting but here we are....Tada tada tada.......finally new look of the Livingroom. I would divide this post into two otherwise it would be way too long.....
One warning though, we were not sponsored by IKEA but yes most stuff did come from IKEA. But if you ask, why IKEA. It's very simple answer; cheap but yet modern, just the look we wanted but not necessarily unpersonal or cold. How to achieve that (according to us, you don't have to say yes or like what you see) read on.
So first I'll show you the before after look of the living room, part by part.
This part by the window was where the dining table used to be. We got rid of that tired-looking dining set and the "retro" cupboard. Don't worry they were adopted by good people :P The cupboard was bought by a retro-looking-guy, saying that he had been looking for just exact looking cupboard for a while. Meanwhile the dining set was bought by some Turkish guy who also bought the coffee table.
So we sort of turned the living room around, as you can see here we moved the dining to the other side of the room and moved the tv-sofa spot here.
The coffe table was from IKEA LACK, we immediately liked this one because it was white ^_^ not so big and most importantly cheap. This was actually our second one because it was not so nicely packed with cardboard but only with plastic (guess that's what you get with cheap coffee table). And only at home we saw that the table surface was like 5cm scratched so we had to go back and returned it. But return policy in IKEA or in Holland in general is always good, you just go there, say you don't want the stuff anymore or because it's broken and they would just give you a new stuff or money back.
This side as you can see was where the Billy Bookcase used to be, but we moved that bookcase to the other side and used this spot as a sort of computer-office-spot where we put all the administration sh*t, important and not so important papers, notes and all the boring stuff.
This part where the old-school retro looking cupboard used to be. No I didn't feel sorry we got rid of that, cupboard because it had been standing there the whole time and he didn't buy it (or any other furnitures that he ever owned).
Can you see the white laptop holder (jeez I don't know is this the right word for it). I really love that thing, it wouldnt make your lap too hot from the laptop and the laptop sits comfortably. That one was IKEA BRADA.
The painting on the wall was not actually a painting, it was a photo my brother took in Menjangan Island in the north of Bali. Then Peter photoshopped it a bit to make it look like a painting. Btw you should really go to Menjangan Island if you are into snorkeling, diving etc. It was just magnificent there, we surely wanted to go there again if we got the chance.
Are you also interested in that flowery balls painting on the wall. Many people were fooled into thinking that they were hand painted but they were not :p They were actually mural (wall) stickers I bought online from HongKong.....ahh I love stuff from HongKong (China), cheap, fast and cheap delivery but yet so many interesting stuff.
This part was where the tv-sofa used to be and now we replaced it with three Billy Bookcases. One Billy I bought second hand at the thrift shop (charity shop) for some money and then we especially waited to buy the rest Billy when there was a special discount for them.
And this part used to be where the coffee table and the tv were. The coffee table went to the same Turkish guy who had bought the dining set.
The lamp table was actually supposed to be for nightstand, but I thought it was cute and white ^_^ anyway it was IKEA ASPELUND (I still don't get it where did IKEA get all those weird names).
This part was where the Oma cupboard used to be and now the tv furniture is standing proudly, just like 3cm over the wall just as you can see from the picture. We thought it would go over at least 7cm more, so we were happy that when we finally put it up it was just tiny bit over ^_^
Now let's go to the second part of this pimping business if you are still interested or just skip ;)
One warning though, we were not sponsored by IKEA but yes most stuff did come from IKEA. But if you ask, why IKEA. It's very simple answer; cheap but yet modern, just the look we wanted but not necessarily unpersonal or cold. How to achieve that (according to us, you don't have to say yes or like what you see) read on.
So first I'll show you the before after look of the living room, part by part.
This part by the window was where the dining table used to be. We got rid of that tired-looking dining set and the "retro" cupboard. Don't worry they were adopted by good people :P The cupboard was bought by a retro-looking-guy, saying that he had been looking for just exact looking cupboard for a while. Meanwhile the dining set was bought by some Turkish guy who also bought the coffee table.
So we sort of turned the living room around, as you can see here we moved the dining to the other side of the room and moved the tv-sofa spot here.
The coffe table was from IKEA LACK, we immediately liked this one because it was white ^_^ not so big and most importantly cheap. This was actually our second one because it was not so nicely packed with cardboard but only with plastic (guess that's what you get with cheap coffee table). And only at home we saw that the table surface was like 5cm scratched so we had to go back and returned it. But return policy in IKEA or in Holland in general is always good, you just go there, say you don't want the stuff anymore or because it's broken and they would just give you a new stuff or money back.
This side as you can see was where the Billy Bookcase used to be, but we moved that bookcase to the other side and used this spot as a sort of computer-office-spot where we put all the administration sh*t, important and not so important papers, notes and all the boring stuff.
This part where the old-school retro looking cupboard used to be. No I didn't feel sorry we got rid of that, cupboard because it had been standing there the whole time and he didn't buy it (or any other furnitures that he ever owned).
Can you see the white laptop holder (jeez I don't know is this the right word for it). I really love that thing, it wouldnt make your lap too hot from the laptop and the laptop sits comfortably. That one was IKEA BRADA.
The painting on the wall was not actually a painting, it was a photo my brother took in Menjangan Island in the north of Bali. Then Peter photoshopped it a bit to make it look like a painting. Btw you should really go to Menjangan Island if you are into snorkeling, diving etc. It was just magnificent there, we surely wanted to go there again if we got the chance.
Are you also interested in that flowery balls painting on the wall. Many people were fooled into thinking that they were hand painted but they were not :p They were actually mural (wall) stickers I bought online from HongKong.....ahh I love stuff from HongKong (China), cheap, fast and cheap delivery but yet so many interesting stuff.
This part was where the tv-sofa used to be and now we replaced it with three Billy Bookcases. One Billy I bought second hand at the thrift shop (charity shop) for some money and then we especially waited to buy the rest Billy when there was a special discount for them.
And this part used to be where the coffee table and the tv were. The coffee table went to the same Turkish guy who had bought the dining set.
The lamp table was actually supposed to be for nightstand, but I thought it was cute and white ^_^ anyway it was IKEA ASPELUND (I still don't get it where did IKEA get all those weird names).
This part was where the Oma cupboard used to be and now the tv furniture is standing proudly, just like 3cm over the wall just as you can see from the picture. We thought it would go over at least 7cm more, so we were happy that when we finally put it up it was just tiny bit over ^_^
Now let's go to the second part of this pimping business if you are still interested or just skip ;)
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