Showing posts with label living room. Show all posts

I have been obsessing over this molecule set from Ferm for months. It is just so perfect. But the price was less then perfect for me and for my budget, so I decided to create something similar. This project is really simple and really cheap. Check it out.

You will need:
-styrofoam balls
-wooden sticks
-paint
-brushes
-saw
-glossy varnish



So this is really simple. Just paint the styrofoam balls with colors of your choice. Let them dry. Then paint them with clear varnish. Again, let them dry.


Cut the wooden stick. The original Ferm molecule set comes with sticks in two sizes.

And now for the fun part. Assemble your set. Hope you like this simple and affordable project. I think it is a really nice way to bring a bit of retro mid-century vibe to your home.





lamp shade: IKEA JARA / lamp stand: IKEA ASTORP / cabinets: IKEA BESTA (hack here) / picture frame: IKEA RIBBA /

Months just seem to fly and I have no time to take photos of the apartment and put them here. There were some changes and I can't wait to show them to you. Hope there will be some new photos by the end of this week. Talk to you soon!

As you can see my dining room area is really small. The cabinet on the left is part of the living area. The dining area is basically the size of the Ikea Gislev rug, even smaller. So I decided to put the round table cos it takes less space. The chairs are also white so now this space looks a bit blah. The mirror on the wall is also white. Think it needs a bit of color, maybe brown, cos that is the theme in the rest of the space

Here it is. That old mid-century modern chair that I was writing about a few days ago is finished. I am not a professional (obviously) so it could probably be a lot better, but I am so happy with the final result. It just fits perfectly in the living room.

This is how it used to look.


This is how it looked in the process.


And this is the final result.

I love the style of this chair. I love it cos it's old and it would look amazing in my living room. What I hate about it is the fabric and the color of the fabric. So I throw pretty much everything that was not wood. The fabric, the filling (which was awful) everything... Now I am left with the bare structure. Will update you in a few days with the final result.

When I saw these simple wooden blocks at my local craft store I knew I wanted them, but just wasn't sure what I was going to do with them.



When I brought them home and put them on my cabinet I realized that I really like how they look. Simply stacked on each other. This is probably the easiest DIY project ever :) For the moment I am going to leave them like this. But I am planing on painting them, and doing something more exciting.

I decided that the wall behind the sofa needs a new color. I painted it the same dark grey, almost black color that I already have on the opposite wall. I love the way it turned out.

I am so proud of this project. I really wanted to create a mid-century modern feel in my apartment, but my current furniture was very contemporary and not at all MCM. I had a lot of boring white pieces from IKEA and a limited budget. I browsed through hundreds of MCM homes and what most of them had in common were gorgeous wooden cabinets. Nothing affordable was available, and I was so sad. Then I realized that the two IKEA BESTA shelf units that I had were similar in shape but not in color to the ones I was looking. And with a really small investment I created a mid-century modern cabinet that fits perfectly in my living room.


MATERIALS USED:
+ fiberboard (for the sliding doors)
+ metal legs
+ a piece of plywood (for the platform)
+ faux wood grain contact paper
+ plastic rails
+ nails
+ screws

I was torn between these two styles of paper, and decided for the bottom one. It had nicer texture and color. The plastic rails were really easy to instal. I just nailed them on the inside of the cabinets.

I just love the texture, it really looks like real wood.


The metal legs were screwed on a piece of plywood which was then used as a platform for the two shelf units.


I am so happy with the final result. The brown and white on the cabinet goes so well with the dark grey wall. I just love it.


lamp stand: Ikea Astorp ; lamp shade: Ikea Jara ; cabinets: Ikea Besta ;

I was so excited when I saw that the beautiful Strandmon wing chair from Ikea was available as a three-seat sofa cos that was exactly what was missing in my living room. I had an old black three-seat couch and it was so depressing. It didnt fit the theme and it was just wrong for this space. Strandmon got me so excited that I decided to start a blog and document the progress in my home. The name of the blog was so easy to chose. Since my apartment is really small I decided to name the blog "Petite Apartment".


So far I am loving this sofa. It is rather small, which is perfect for my tiny apartment and it fits the mid-century modern vibe that I am trying to create in my home. I also bought the Lovbacken side table. I wanted this table for so long and was so happy when it finally arrived.


(sofa/Ikea Strandmon; side table/Ikea Lovbacken; rug/Ikea Gislev)