Stuven-VIEW

Remember when Erica Kane lived at Linden? Well we live across the street from the Stuven's, so we live at Stuven-view. 

found in the kid's area. IKEA stuva.

build it any way you want

wonder if it's just BESTA with cool new doors?

kiddy colors-too bad there's not black or red

here's my other great discovery

filled with spinach and cheese-delicious!

mommy i want this

and this

and a 500 square foot apartment!

HAHM SWEET HAHM

Curious to know what Dock 86 was, I checked it out. It's owned by HOM furniture (who also now owns Gabberts). It's in a former Levitz location north of St. Paul.

Nice, clean graphics on the outside. 

Inside you'll find long couches.

White couches.

Chairs for munchkins.

Pink and blue recliners. Ewww.

I'm not a big fan of ugly recliners, but this one is HEAVEN!

Lizzy hated nearly everything she saw.

And them I happened upon this:

So bad, it was actually good. Heaven for slouchy TV watchers.

 And the matching chair?

Cute as heck. Kind of looks like a baseball glove. 

And it swivels! 

It seems to be smiling at me. 

Should we take it home and name it Wilson?

Das Not IKEA

I've been searching for a small chair for the corner in the bedroom and something for the playroom. My furolough day led me to Dania furniture, housed in the old Roseville Room & Board location. Remants of the store remain, like the cabinetry that once housed the coffee bar to the font used on the entrance to the store. The first thing I spotted was a smaller scale chair for $195. Nice looking AND they did not feel cheap. Great for houses with 8 foot ceilings, like mine. But seat depth was a little short.

Behind the pair, I saw this chair. Much better for the bedroom as far as cozyness, size is perfect, but the price was a little steeper, at $400.

And if I had a LARGE budget, this would be ideal. Leather with an adjustable headrest, for about $899.

So on to the family room where I spotted this party in a box:

Not really sure I'll pull the trigger on any of these. But isn't the hunt fun?

Oh and here's one more...liked the fabric on this:

Room and Board at Ten to Four

I haven't been to the Room and Board outlet for about 10 years (did another store fill this void?).  I wasn't even sure they'd be open so late on a Sunday. The roads leading there were GLARE ICE. Luckily I ended up having only 10 minutes to shop. Here's what I found:

A buttery double-wide for two (in a cozy chenille).

A midnight blue couch in a linen-like fabric (no kids, no pets allowed)!

Did I mention it was hard as a rock to sit on?

 And the "piece-day-resis-tawnce" (sorry i took german in high school):

Even my new camera didn't really capture how fantastic the red leather was. "I DIE!" says it all.

Yes, I'm a sucker for RED.

But perhaps I should share my best R&B piece from the outlet (purchased in 1992?).

It was crazy outfit day at our house.

Fricken Furniture !#$%?

The hubbub is not about the f-bomb in my world. (See the video here.)

It's about the barrel furniture I spied on craig's list last year:

The price was $400 for the entire set. The seller was from Oakdale, MN.

And no--I did not buy it. But was highly amused by it.

Cheating on IKEA

I went to 3 HomeGoods stores searching for shadowboxes. Even though I'm "all about IKEA" when it comes to decorating, sometimes I'm drawn to classic and wonder where this could go:
Maybe this could go in the corner of the bedroom:
I loved the GIANT container outside the store. The bowl is probably 6 feet in diameter.

Tomelilla Chair Update

A company called BEMZ will sell you slipcovers for your IKEA chairs and sofas. Envision your comfy chair in many types of fabrics, including Marimekko. Here's how my Tomelilla chair could look:

Orange Attraction

Urban Outfitters has a lot of neat stuff for your house. Very IKEA like.

The table I needed in 1998!

The Room and Board L-shaped sectional I needed it for is now demoted to the basement, worn and tattered.