I’ll Be on the National Geographic Channel!
Okay, I made that sound more exciting than it is.
Months ago I was filmed assembling Ikea furniture for an episode of National Geographic’s Ultimate Factories. The Ikea episode is airing tomorrow night at 8pm in my area.
While you’ll be laughing and pointing at my diligent building and reading the famous Ikea wordless instructions, I’ll be reminiscing the time when I had a waistline.
You can see some Vanna White-isms in this video below {you’ll see me at about 1:20 in}.
{If you’re reading this from your feed-reader, you may need to click over to the post to see the video.}
One Year Later: Getting Stuffy
It’s been over a year now since we’ve lived in our condo, and the “new” is wearing off. I’ve been spending more and more time in my “croffice” {craft room + office} and I needed more room to work at my desk. So, out with the old {*gasp*}:
And in with the new:
So, this time I put the Ikea furniture together *off camera* and I was a little less smiley, little more *holy frick when will this be done* about the process, made a big mess, and finished in a show-stopping three days. Oy! I’m happy with the change, and the type-A side of me won’t rest until I sew a really cool modesty panel for below the desk {I’m told that my on-camera Ikea assembly will be part of a National Geographic show due to air October-ish. Don’t worry… I’ll post links when it airs if it turns out that the camera DOESN’T add ten pounds}.
Links to my new Ikea furniture {and DO get the pasta alfredo from the food court while you’re there}
Vika Alex, Ung Drill, Vika Amon, Vika Curry
And my FAVORITE part of the room, my new sasea boutique pillow cover! These are one of my favorite products from the {oh Yes!} party, and everyone agreed. This polishes off my black and white croffice theme, and makes my green chair look SO CUTE!
They have more ADORABLE pillow covers in their shop, and I’m keeping them in mind for gifts… you can’t beat the price of $15 each, and buy two get one free!
Ikea Expedit Shelf
In search of another opportunity to showcase a little personality in our dining area, I turned to the Expedit shelf from Ikea. What I love about this shelf more than anything, is that it is so versatile. It can house books, movies, clothing, computer accessories, crafts, and so many other things in a very orderly fashion. I also love that when turned different directions, it can act as a room divider or faux wall. So it’s safe to say, if we move or change things around, there will always be a home for this shelf.
So this is what my expedit shelf looks like now, although I’m certain things will move on a daily basis. I have a tendency to keep noodling with nick nacks.
Some of the things shown:
Branch pitcher {jayson home and garden}
Faux wood alarm clock {eq3}
Mercury glass votives {pier 1}