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The Ethics of Shopping Cheap

We've heard a lot of design-minded friends describe their relationship to IKEA as love-hate. We love the prices and, sometimes, the look, but hate the idea of spending our money on mass-produced goods...

How To: Customize IKEA Magazine Files

We tend to collect way too many magazines and keeping them organized can be a challenge. We posted about making your own magazine files previously on Apartment Therapy. This specific how to uses IKEA ...

Marimekko Slipcovers for Ikea Furniture Via Bemz

The awkward thing about Ikea furniture is that it is so instantly recognizable; guests know immediately where you purchased your sofa or table and no doubt have seen it in several other houses too. Th...

3 Things We Wish We Could Still Get at IKEA

click thumbnails for larger pics We've never been big IKEA furniture shoppers, but we often go and peruse their smaller objects for great finds. Over the years, we've accumulated three particular sta...

Flickr Finds: Rakka's Kitchen Corner

Despite the fact that this little nook came together last Fall, to our eyes it looks quintessentially Spring......

Small Space, No Closet!

Living in a small space presents a multitude of storage and organization solutions. One prevalent obstacle is little to no closet space. In a room that boasts a teeny tiny space for your clothing or ...

Flickr Finds: Guest Room Portrait Gallery

Frank (aka The Irish Samurai) shares his guest room wall treatment Summer in San Francisco tends to bring on the houseguests, and so we've been thinking a lot recently about sprucing up the guest roo...

Flickr Finds: Allison the Valiant's Skinny Bookshelf

Living in small spaces, or even larger spaces with small areas such as this hallway, it is often easy to let space go un- or under-utilized. Allison the Valiant, over at Flickr, has an image of this g...

Roundup: Favorite Bathroom Accessories

We’re closing in on the end of Kitchen and Bath Month, and we thought we’d do a roundup of some of our favorite bathroom accessories from our favorite go-to shopping spots…...

Inspiraton: DIY Anthropologie Curator's Table
Design Sponge

Anthropologie often has gorgeous vintage and rustic looking furniture that we covet. The price tag, however, often reminds us that we are better off coveting instead of purchasing! This DIY presents ...

Grippiks Surface Accents for Ikea

Customizing your Ikea furniture seems to be almost a given at this point, but if you're not too handy in the DIY department or don't have much time for another project, you might want to consider Grip...

"I Wish We Had Ikea" Pattern by Skinny Laminx

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...

Ikea PS Collection Preview

Ikea is one of our favorite places for inexpensive, well designed furniture, so any news on what's going on over there and we're all ears. This preview of items to come in Ikea's PS Collection has us ...

Roundup: Ideas for Ikea Bookcases

...Or any brand of bookcase, really, that just seems to be the most popular one over here. Click below for ideas from AT and our sister site Ohdeedoh on ways to update an old thrift store find or your...

Bright Idea: Using Doorstops For Legs

Every once in awhile you come across an idea that stops you dead in your tracks and has you saying, "Well why didn't I think of that." Click through for a closeup of this great IKEA hack utilizing d...

Craigslist: The Source For Dinnerware That Keeps On Giving

Around our house we like plates. Some people like plants or tea cups.... we like plates. Plain plates (boring, we know!). We like plates so much we happen to have 165 place settings on hand for an...

Find Your Style at Ikea Business

Even if you're not looking to decorate your own store, the Ikea Business website has some helpful tools. We had a lot of fun with the Style Finder, which asks you questions to figure out exactly what ...

Delivery from IKEA

Usually we manage to stuff, cram, and pack everything from our shopping excursion into the car, but this trip there was just no way. There was just too much, and too small a trunk. So for the first ti...

8 Good Things at IKEA

VALTER Brackets in Diana's Apartment We have a confession: We really don't get the IKEA adoration. Our last visit reminded us that we don't like particleboard and plastic (with a couple of exceptions...

IKEA's New Products: What Do You Want Us to Check Out in Person?

We went through the new IKEA catalog last night and dogeared some pages. We're heading over to our nearby store in a couple of hours and we wondered: Is there anything you'd like us to take a look at...

Look!: Jeana's Wall Planter

We often find ourselves inspired by fellow bloggers and artist Jeana Sohn is no exception. She's just chock full of nifty ideas and her latest wall planter is one of our favorites of late....

The IKEA Fancy Dress Dinner Party

Oh, what we would have given to have been wandering through the West Sacramento IKEA last Saturday night. A group of about 28 people, all dressed in semi-formal attire, feasted in the cafeteria and ...

Greenhouse by Jantze Brogard Asshoff

Let's just stop right there. Sometimes something is so charming and clever that we need a minute to sit down and take a breath. Come on...how great is this Greenhouse?! ...

Bemz's New Metropolis Collection

Bemz recently launched a new collection, Metropolis. Inspired by retro 50s/60s Swedish style, it features warm, luminous gold tones and cool, winter hues of blue and green, paired with earthy, neut...

SF Good Questions: Where Can I Find the ANES Mirror?

AT:SF, I'm trying to find the ANES Mirror. IKEA does not have any available. Would you have any idea where else I can find it? Thanks, Donna AT:SF, I would like to know where can I purchase the AN...

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