Saturday, June 30, 2012

The Best Place for Inspiration, IKEA

Considering that our new house will be based on our design, the ID firm didn't managed to impress us with anything they had, we begin our research on the furniture, decor and accessories which will suit our style.

And talking about searching for inspirations, what better place to see it all but at IKEA.

As we had decided not to do the "traditional" 2 Tier Kitchen Counter which is like practically can be found in any HDB Flat, we really need to figure out how to fully make use of what we will be having and pack in as much storage space as possible.

Saw these modernize kitchen storage solution here at IKEA and decided to take a few snapshots of it, so that we can show it to our carpenter when the time comes.


 Oh, great, saw this and it makes a good reference photo to show our ID Firm exactly what I have drew in my layout for them.

Want to nicely arrange my washer and dryer in such a way that I can still make use of the countertop space on top.
 No upper tier kitchen counter storage means need to find ways to store stuff, traditional store "up" there.

Told my wife that I wanted at least 2 tiers of these rods across the entire span of the kitchen where I could hang these accessories required in the kitchen.


Oh, and saw there ergonomic dimension specification for kitchen at IKEA.

Thought that it would be useful to take a few photos for reference later too.





We have brought down many walls in our plan reducing from 4 bedrooms to just 2.5 bedrooms.

And wife said we need to have some contingency plans set aside for situation when our parents sleeps over at our place.

So no choice but to search for a decent sofa bed to squeeze into the already small study room.

Saw this but still not sure if this is a perfect choice as it seemed more bed than sofa to me.
Wife saw this and her reaction was "Oh, I don't care, I want this in the bathroom".

So I snapped this picture.
 We thought that these would make a good display for our balcony in our room.

So I snapped this picture as well.
 Ok, though our bathroom is huge, when compared to typical HDB flat bathroom, we wanted even more space.

So to do this, we decide for some small but yet unique basin for both the common and master bed room.
 For the first time, I wanted some spotlight in the house, especially to cast that sweet warm lighting at our featured bookshelf in the living area and the feature walls at our dinning area.

Saw these which I think think is quite interesting.

But the final decision will be comparing what the electrician can offer for those built in ones.

Saw these nice hanging pendant light which I suppose would make a good match in our kitchen, above the counter top for the much needed direct lighting during food preparation.

It also gives our kitchen a little bit more of the Cafe feel to it.


After our IKEA inspiration "hunt", we did popped over at Courts to check out for anything interesting.

Sadly such a big complex but nothing worth taking picture of in it.


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