Purplepansies Blue Louise--I love the combination of the copper brown and the blue. Florantha Starry Night--Good job finding swirly tile. I tried this exercise, but was stumped searching for swirly tile. I love the dark blue drapes. Purplepansies Approaching Thunder Storm--Oooh, I love the artwork! You did a great job of capturing the colors and the mood of the painting. I love the magma supreme granite. Honorbiltkit Vuillard--Also a beautiful painting, full of interesting details and patterns. You captured the color of the rug in the painting, and the painting you chose for your design does a great job of mimicking the painting in the painting. If that makes any sense. Palimpsest Vuillard--You also did a great job of capturing the colors of the painting, playing up the neutrals a bit compared to Honorbiltkit. The floor--is it Marmoleum?--mimics the colors of the rug. Style-wise, the table is unexpected, but I really like it in the design. Pricklypearcactus Lanadscape with Butterflies--I like the interplay of colors in your kitchen just as much as in the original painting. I just want to say how very much I've enjoyed this thread. I liked the artwork, I liked the kitchens, and I liked all the creative thinking that went into putting them together.

It was too late to read this thread. The photo is from a high-ended IKEA leather sofa we received 3 months ago. The manufacturer dared to use a particleboard to suspend the plywood beam with very poor building quality. There have occurred cracks and holes at the particleboard part when assembling it, and the manufacturer just glued the big damage instead of replacing a new part. The manufactured defect point on the particleboard with glue should be the starting point of all these cracks. It is clearly IKEA uses the manufacturer without qualified engineers. Cause sofa makers also wrongly put the strengthening triangle part on the beam instead of putting it under the beam to support it, building a rigid constrained self-destroyed structure that will bring a significant stress concentration and cause a serious structure damage once the system is failed. We are IKEA's long-term clients in Australia, and we're clearly aware IKEA has changed it internal policy trying to deny its warranty these days globally. (Ikea’s 25-year kitchen warranty branded ‘worthless’ after doors develop fault | Money | The Guardian) We have got another set of sofas bought at Melbourne's Furniture Galore with solid wood frame. Its price was just 3/4 of the IKEA one and it lasted for 14 years still with perfect conditions. However, the IKEA assessor and customer service manager tried to be blind on the defect of its manufacturer. Even with the obvious defect of their manufacturer, they still chose to blame it was their clients’ fault so as to avoid its warranty at all. Just see how it is going on. We have more photos to show people the poor building quality of the so-called high-ended IKEA sofa.

Agree with many comments above my thoughts: -definitely measure the room very well AND try to sit on the sofa first. Any sofa you go for, not just this one. I remember seeing a sectional when I was in my early twenties. I looked at it through the glass, several days a week as I went home from work-I was embarassed to enter the shop since I had no money fast forward 15 years, and in a different country, I see it again and even though still expensive as hell-we can afford it now.. I run to it as if it was my best friend I lost and then found. That's how much I loved it (for whoever's interested-it's by Ligne Roset. ) and I sit on it and I realize that's no way I'll go with it as much as I dreamt about it. It's not comfortable to sit on. Not with my height. -this particular sofa implies one is a) into colors and patterns b) into cozy things, lounging, being laid back and not giving too much damn. I wouldn't make it into anything it's not..I'd take it all the way where it wants to be. It wants to be a bohemian divan, cozy as hell, in a room that's all cheerful, patterned, colored, has highly personal art and finds from wherever, and seems like it doesn't give a damn you don't need wallpaper or additional pillows on it unless you have to have them for support you need the rest of the room to play to the vibe of the sofa you can have white walls, to understate it a bit..plants..nothing should look too precious even if cost a fortune. all the attitude should be "very personal; but nothing's precious. everything's get used heavily as one pleases" One usually can juxtapose things -here I'd thread very carefully. Juxtapose-but your consideration for each piece should be above and beyond. Fabrics should be interesting and substantial in weight; easy chairs and end tables-not too delicate and leggy..etcetera. Materials-natural..wood, ceramics, clay, metals.. It's a fun piece, no doubt. I personally like the sofa with a curvy back more (I quite like Anthro so I generally know their merchandize like I'm their stuff member or something)) -but that's me. One thing is very sure though. It will be easier to work around, integrate into almost every style. It can take a lot. yes, even being patterned blahblah. Character of a piece is more than just color and/or pattern. It's many things. It's like I'd say 'I'm 5.4, 110 pounds, and have a pixie cut". It won't give anybody enough detail as to who can be my friend, right? lol But. It won't be a sofa for lounging. It will be a sofa for sitting straight. Which most people need too. It's great to have couple options..say I have a sofa that encourages sitting straight in the living, and a sectional that encourages lounging, in the family/library. If I had just one space...would depend on my family's lifestyle. I guess-knowing myself..it'd be something that encourages sitting. I'm small enough to lie down on it:) And guests would benefit from a sofa that's more for sitting. So function should be paramount in your decision. How y o u need it to function. Lastly..thank you so much for opening such an interesting thread. I love colors and patterns on furnishings..I love fabrics in general..so makes me happy even seeing you posting your questions and choices. Whatever it'll be-it'll be fun))

We’re in the states and i Love joybird but it’s usually Out of the budget *sigh* The différent woods are just because of collecting random items over the years. Our bar top is blond and we will eventually be rid of the dining table, storage bench and trunk. We will also eventually refinish the wood floors and I tend to like walnut or darker tones but not sure how it would look with the bar top...?!? our budget for the living room furniture would be $1500-$2000 for rug, coffee table lighting, console and extra seating. Also wondering about an ottoman coffe table to put our feet up watching tv....