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Comments (17)I bought a couch with white slipcovers when my kids were about 2 and 4, and everyone thought I was nuts. But it was easy to take them off and wash them (just took a couple of loads, because we have a big chair and ottoman too.) They have been spilled on, drooled on (sleeping kids) etc. The only thing that really caused discoloration was yellowing from the sun through the southern exposure windows (now tinted.) Washing and drying them also made them seem to fit nice and tight on the cushions again - kind of spruces up the whole look. We have since replaced them with new slip covers in a chocolate brown, but kept the white ones just in case we want to use them again. That's one great thing about slip covers: you can replace them without replacing the whole couch. They're not cheap, but we purchased through Crate and Barrel, which has a sale every September. So I would just make sure that you can purchase new ones even years from now from the same place where you're getting your couch, just in case you want to....See MoreDesign Around #18: Post Designs for Art of Kitchen Design.
Comments (153)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....See MoreIs it crazy to buy Ikea sofa if you can afford "better'?
Comments (32)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....See MoreMust use this crazy table - help me design around it!
Comments (18)I'm digging the stripes :-) There won't be much wall space at all once the bookshelves are built. This is the room in its past life:To the right of the "tree" (our wedding's guest book - people wrote on the leaves!) you can sorta see the wall ends & opens up to the front door & foyer. It's now hunter green (not happy) & this is the view facing the foyer, which is sort of a nice dark grey I might use except in matte: Pan right, you see another lack of wall with the opening to the kitchen: We're putting in a single 15-pane French door here with a single-pane transom above it. Pan right again & you get the only true wall space besides the little bit around the bay window: Don't you like my drawn-on sconces?! This will be floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, making an 'L' to meet the new door at the left side corner. The shelves will match the trim - sort of a candlelight white - and there will also be another floor-to-ceiling built-in on the half-wall where the tree is above. By the way, please excuse the mess! Had to shove everything everywhere so the contractors could measure. This is a lot of info, but I really appreciate your thoughts!! Thanks!...See MoreRelated Professionals
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