Ikea Makeover

After somewhat of a disaster with an attempted repainting of a replica Queen Anne dressing table (paint stripper + apparently plastic moulded drawer fronts = disaster), I had to find a replacement immediately, because that's just how I roll (impatiently that is).

So a quick perusal of the Ikea website at lunchtime yesterday, a stroke of creative genius, a trip to Ikea, Bunnings then home later, meant that by late afternoon I had gone from seeing this online:

To creating this:

Check out the handy hair dryer compartment!!

The little stool was part of the Queen Anne set,, a lick of pain and a lovely new fabric makes it a great match if I do say so myself.

Photos: Aimee for Live Lush and Laugh

Ikea to the rescue…. again

Storage in the new place is a tad limited, which, whilst I have discovered can have its plus side (less crap hoarded), it has been tricky finding homes for things hat once lived in our HUGE en suite at the previous place (honestly, how many bottles of fragrance can one man need?!)
So I tootled off to Ikea and found the perfect solution, this bathroom shelf. It fits snuggly in the only possible spot we could have put anything and holds those few bits that I dont mind having out on show perfectly. There is even a spot at the very bottom for the Boys' bathroom reading material (which generally consists of all those "silly girly fashion and gossip mags that I spend all our money on" ...and that he secretly loves to read :)

I shall now get back to explaining to the Boy why he is still required to put his razors, foot cream, deodorant, toenail clippers etc in the cupboards and NOT on the new shelf…