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I miss the natural light in #1, and am not a fan of #4 (tables blocked out door), but I'm with Lisa on the first table, and the last one is really pretty, the light fixture really works there.

It's nice buuut... it looks empty to me. I would be utterly incapable of creating anything with so little material around me - I don't mean supplies, but inspirational material. Pictures, art, etc...

I'd cut the cellphone. I barely use it anyway. Oh, scratch that, now that you asked, I'm windering why I keep it. Internet is vital to my sanity, and here (France) it comes with free phone calls to all landlines in the country, and TV. Although we frankly don't ever use the TV.

There is some crappy stuff at Ikea... well, just like in about any other funirutre shop I know. There's also good, solid stuff, stuff that's highly adaptable. When I moved into my very first studio apt, I had 26m2 to fit everything, kitchen, bed, books, desk. The Ikea desk chair died after a year, it was bad quality. The next Ikea desk chair ? I'm still sitting on it and it's still just as comfy, and it's been in use daily for 7 years. I still have all my other Ikea stuff as well, the desk and the bookshelves. They've moved 3 times, and they're still around. Being solid wood which, but for the desk, I set up and varnished myself, they also age pretty welel and look better over time. They're still around also because they were adaptable. I'm now settled with my husband into the house where we intend to spend th erest of our lives. We have 120m2, and I have to compose an ode to the adaptability of Ivar shelves. Over time I've gone back to Ikea and bought a few more shelves and poles to accomodate my growing book collection. I've changed the configuration of them multiple times - actually we're in the progress of tweeking it one more time - and they've always served me well. They might not be high design but they're discreet, inobstrusive, highly customizable and last forever. Even if I had splurged on some higher priced designer piece 8 years ago, I probably wouldn't have kept it because it wouldn't have worked in the other places I've lived in since. That's something I haven't found anywhere but at Ikea...

Prettyprettypretty ! It's bold - maybe a little too much fo rme to live in it, but then *I* don't live in it - , it's fun, it's warm and welcoming.
I'd love to come and visit - but then, you'd better watch your mantle and that quilt in the guest bedroom *very* carefully, cause I don't guarantee they'd still be here after I leave ^^
Where does the wuilt come from ?

I definitely want to see more of it ! It's a really, really lovely place, I love how you played with white and gave so much brightness to the rooms.
House Tour please !

I find it a bit sad that most pictures are of the artwork vs. of the room. I have a hard time getting the feel from this home...

We have had the same problem in our last home and in our current house. We've bought some unfinished shelves. They were a little too deep, so we sawed them through the piddle, finished them with oak colored wax, and hung one horizontally above the headboard (old apartment), or one vertically above each side of the bed (new house). We have place to store our glasses, books, glass of water. For lighting we've added a clip-on lamp (http://www.castorama.fr/store/spot-clip-PPRDm488406.htm ) on each side of the bed.

Just a second thought : let's bet in 20 years or so, the next generation will fume against all those who painted over 70's paneling because they'll find it super-hype.

This orange on the living room wall is just amazing !