We often take for granted that there's an Ikea so close to our home, but it wasn't long ago that outposts of the store were few and far between in the US. So we feel for Heather Moore of Skinny Laminx who, based in South Africa, has only the catalog with which to sate her love for the Swedish brand. But sometimes out of deprivation comes inspiration, as proven here...
The designer sketched a wish list of items she loved from the catalog, and voila! A new print was born. You can get it in either cushion cover or tea towel form at the Skinny Laminx Etsy shop.
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Comments (11)
This actually turned out cuter than I would've imagined... I think it'd look better if the product names and prices were removed...
Aw, how adorable. And a situation with which I can sympathize, having been 6 hours from IKEA all my life (until the Cincinnati opening just a few months ago!).
I've never been to an Ikea in my life, and had never even heard of them until I started reading AT. I'm so intrigued! Stupid living in the boonies...
i don't have an ikea anywhere near me.
what is the quality like? for so inexpensive, i am guessing the things would be like "Sauder," those particle board type furnishings you have to assemble yourself.
i do like some of the fabric they show... but again, i don't have a store near me and most of the things i like they mark as in-store only.
Liz: Well, what does NY have that Cleveland doesn’t? I read you guys are getting an IKEA!
Floyd: Yeah, I’ll believe that when see it. We’ve been burned before.
Ikea is better than Disneyland.
I sympathize--this state's Ikea is due to open this spring. I've never been to one, having not been able to trump up an excuse to drive four to six hours into another state to look at furniture.
puck, IKEA's Billy shelves are similar to Sauder, but a bit better in construction. Yes, IKEA features "flat pack" "some assembly required" items, but they have extremely easy to follow instructions (mostly in pictures) and they have attractive contemporary styles at affordable prices. NOT high end, but very servicable, and often with a dash of real style.
I live about 2 hours from an IKEA, but you can get the catalog or use the web site, plan the trip, and for a nominal fee, have things delivered -- nice since we don't have a truck or van.
Not to everyone's taste, of course, and once you are familiar with their products, you readily identify them in other people's homes, so for people who want the unique, this isn't the solution. But in my neck of the woods, there is very little to choose that isn't colonial/traditional in style, and that is NOT my look! So I LOVE IKEA!
I bloody LOVE Ikea. We went two days ago :D (Just for small things - it's only half an hour away ^_^) I have my catalogues on my BOOKSHELF, that's how much I love Ikea.
i miss living in a city with an Ikea.
every time i go to my mother's house for any length of time, it is a REQUIREMENT that we make the 10-minute drive to the store near her home.
it's about 90 minutes east to the closest Ikea - which is half the size of the one near mom's. if i drove, hers would be 2 hours away. or i could brave the line-ups at the border and go to the one in the south of Detroit, but since my dollar has now tanked again, that isn't a good idea.
in 10 days, i'll be spending a few days in Toronto with the paramour and he will be taking me to the small Ikea in Burlington on the way home - bliss!
That is a beautiful fabric!
Way more beautiful than anything you would find at IKEA, DIY rules! We have two IKEAs here in Stockholm (Sweden), I practically live next door the the first IKEA store ever and I prefer a trip to the thrift store any day over IKEA.