A Day for Us

I have been wanting to go to IKEA for some time now

I have never been (I know!) and I've just heard it's amazing

So one of our vacation days got earmarked for just this!

We dropped the girls off at daycare

drove the 2 1/2 hours to THE store

and then walked around in awe for 3 hours

We have SO many ideas now

and I think Scott completely planned out his man cave in his head

I'm already itching to go back :)

I love these industrial lights

Scott thought this would be cool against the back wall downstairs

and I'm loving all the books, games, etc we coudl store in there!

I was digging this storage/computer wall unit  

The littlest things were so neat

like this under the counter mounted rod

This is Scott's ultimate man cave look

all walls covered in book cases

so maybe it would be more of a library than man cave

but I LOVE the idea!

Is this not the cutest little baby chair?

I thought it would be perfect for my parent's cottage

and it completely folds up!

If I had more wall space in my kitchen

I would definitely be trying this idea out

This is the coolest wine bottle holder I've ever seen

and I am still kicking myself for not picking one up at $10 a pop!

This is THE sink

as in my dream sink, and it will someday be in my house

and I will love it and cherish it and do dishes at it happily ever after

These nightlights were the neatest things

We picked up the flower one for the girl's room

although now I wish we would have gotten the moon one

for Nolee's room

She is obsessed with the moon

We did get a few things for the house...

I got this new rug for the kitchen

I recovered the dining chairs with this fabric

which is not from IKEA

it was actually a Target shower curtain

1 shower curtain did all 6 chairs with material left over

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pattern and the fact it was only $20

And this little dodad was the reason we made the trip in the first place

I love that we now have more room to hang all the girl's master pieces!

We actually got 2 of them

but we (I) have big plans for the kitchen/living room

painting the entire room(s), chalkboard wall, backsplash

maybe new countertops, maybe painting cabinets...we are

still in the discussion (convincing Scott) phase right now

so we are holding off on putting the second one up

My brother & sister-in-law may be headed there soon

as they plan on doing some renovating themselves

and I'm already starting my list to send with them!