Retro Daze Blog » our house http://www.retrodaze.com/Mid-Century-Modern-Furniture-Blog Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:00:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Storage Resolution: Part 2 http://www.retrodaze.com/Mid-Century-Modern-Furniture-Blog/Mid-Century-Modern/storage-resolution-part-2/ http://www.retrodaze.com/Mid-Century-Modern-Furniture-Blog/Mid-Century-Modern/storage-resolution-part-2/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:37:54 +0000 creede http://www.grassrootsmodern.com/2008/01/03/storage-resolution-part-2/ Dsc 0053-4
When we built our addition, we knew that the secret to making a small house feel big is lots of storage. Thats why we planned over 40 linear feet of floor to ceiling storage. Unfortunately when we decided to finish our kitchen with this project we used up all our budget and were left with no storage. Over the weekend we splurged and bought about 12 feet of Ikea wardrobe for outside of our bedroom. We went with the Pax Nexus Birch wardrobes. All the cabinets are 23″ deep and 93″ tall. With all the cabinets and some interior parts we spent about $1,300. It was a big splurge, but it makes such a huge difference to have so much good storage. I can only imagine how great it will be when we get the other 30′ installed!
Pax Nexus Wardrobes from Ikea.
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]]> http://www.retrodaze.com/Mid-Century-Modern-Furniture-Blog/Mid-Century-Modern/storage-resolution-part-2/feed/ 0 Storage Resolution: Part 1 http://www.retrodaze.com/Mid-Century-Modern-Furniture-Blog/Mid-Century-Modern/storage-resolution-part-1/ http://www.retrodaze.com/Mid-Century-Modern-Furniture-Blog/Mid-Century-Modern/storage-resolution-part-1/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:05:11 +0000 creede http://www.grassrootsmodern.com/2008/01/02/storage-resolution-part-1/ Dsc 0065-2It’s 2008 and new years resolutions abound. Ours is to finally get some decent storage built into our 1,300 square foot house, and we’re well on our way. We spent the weekend assembling this Ikea GORM shelving and filling it up with tools and other random stuff that had been hanging out in our hallway upstairs. We managed to fit an amazing amount of stuff in our small 6′ x 10′ mechanical room. We installed about 8 linear feet of shelving for just over $120. Best of all, we were able to get our hallway cleaned out so that we could start installing the cabinetry that we had planned for it….
8 Linear feet of GORM shelving from Ikea for $120.

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]]> http://www.retrodaze.com/Mid-Century-Modern-Furniture-Blog/Mid-Century-Modern/storage-resolution-part-1/feed/ 0 KNAPPA Pendant http://www.retrodaze.com/Mid-Century-Modern-Furniture-Blog/Mid-Century-Modern/knappa-pendant/ http://www.retrodaze.com/Mid-Century-Modern-Furniture-Blog/Mid-Century-Modern/knappa-pendant/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:12:49 +0000 creede http://www.grassrootsmodern.com/2007/12/20/knappa-pendant/ Dsc 0012-13We have been doing a lot of shopping at Ikea lately thanks to our 20% cash back sofa credit. We bought two KNAPPA pendant lights for our front room, and last night I put one together and hung it. It comes with a plug end, but I cut the cord and hard wired it into the ceiling. I have to say that at $25 the KNAPPA looks 10 times more expensive than it really is. It totally transformed the look of the room, although admittedly the bare bulb hanging from the ceiling wasn’t doing much for the ambiance. Not only does it look great, but it was fun to put together too. I think it actually gives you a little bit more appreciation for the light having put it together yourself.

Available from Ikea for $25.

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