Ikea trip and then more diy

I woke up this morning and it was miserable.  Raining heavily and very windy.  The choice was either stay in bed or just get up and get on with it.  I went with the latter (part of my plan to get up and Do Something a the weeked).  

I decided to go to Ikea.  I didn't have to get anything but figured it would be nice for a potter.

First things first I got breakfast.  

Ikea have really improved their breakfast offering with everything freshly baked or cooked and laid out nicely.  They have scones, cereals, muesli, fruit salad, pastries and then a cooked breakfast of rashers, sausages, eggs and potato farls.

I bought: spare red blanket that I use to cover Harry's chair (see pic below), a toilet 

brush, and some chocolate ().

And then when we came home I put up a 4th blind in my house - I am gone blind mad but I think this is my final one for a while.  From the front of the house there is a blind on every window and it does finish off the windows nicely.  These are the blinds I bought in Harry Corry and I'm very happy with them.

Exciting news! 25th of February - watch this space!!!!!!

Ikea!  Exciting news!

I think by now you all know how obsessed I am with Ikea :-)

I love going to the Dublin store and pottering around and of course I looooove their furniture. As regular followers of this blog know, I did a recent refurb of my house and used a lot of Ikea!

So I am very excited to tell you all that I am going to be in the Ikea online magazine!!! A little mini-feature with a photograph of myself and Harry the cat and some of my refurbed rooms.  It is due out on the 25th of February and of course I shall be sure to post a link for you all once published.

Watch this space!!

Edit.
And here it is!
http://www.ikeafamilylivemagazine.com/ie/en/article/36611

^^^
Click on the link above and you can see me, my house and my big fat cat Harry!

Lovbacken table!!!!

These photos do not capture the fabulousness of my new occasion table from Ikea!

The Lovbacken table is a reproduction of an original three legged leaf table from 1956.  

Originally called the Lovet table, it was one of the first flat pack products which Ikea sold when the designer unscrewed the legs to pack it.  

I have been planning a new sitting room for my house (oh for only the last five years!!!) and this piece is going to play a big part in that design.

Edit (04/03/14). 

For better pictures of the table with my NEW interior decor check out the blog post here

DIY: New Ironing board cover

My ironing board has been in very bad shape for a long while now.  And for a long while now I have been intending to do something about it!

 

So today during a trip to Ikea today I picked up a new cover.  It was only €4.75.  What a bargain.





Voila!

It's like a new ironing board!

 





 

Ikea rocks!

Ikea & Yankee Candle

I had a lovely Saturday morning today.

First I went to Ikea and met Enid.  Ikea had loads of stuff on sale so we had a nice time just browsing.  My big(!) purchase was a set of 3 scissors for €1.20!

Afterwards I headed to the Blanchardstown Towncentre to buy food for dinner tonight - in Marks & Spencers.

On my way to M&S I popped into the Yankee Candle shop. 

I love Yankee Candles.  They have 5 new scents - my favourites of them were Paradise Spice and A Child's Wish.  I then had a good sniff of all the candles in the shop. One in particular was so nice it actually made me automatically break into a huge SMILE - Country Lemonade.  Try it next time you are in a Yankee Candle store.

I then continued on to M&S.  I am having Dad over for dinner tonight and I had promised him steak.  I was looking for flatiron steak but they were out of stock.  So then I was trying to decide between striploin, sirloin and fillet.  The fillet was the nicest but it was working out very expensive.  But then I noticed the Dine in for 2 offer (Main, side, dessert & btl of wine for €12.50) was on and rump steak was included in the offer.

So basically for the price of 4 fillets, I got 4 rumps, 2 sides, 2 desserts & 2 bottles of wine.  You can't argue with that. 

See my receipt below.  I got €55.27 worth of food for €27.89!