Over the weekend we headed up to Ikea to check out counter tops for our stalled kitchen remodel.\u00a0\u00a0 We found a very nice butcher block top for the desk area and were very happy with that.\u00a0 As we walked out, however, we turned the corner by the bedroom area and saw this incredible daybed set up.\u00a0 It was awesome.\u00a0 Both Kevin and I stopped in our tracks and said, “this is exactly what we want to do in the bonus room!”\u00a0 Then we looked at eachother with that manical Ikea-esque gleam in our eyes.\u00a0 Could we do it?\u00a0 The kitchen isn’t done, we’re leaving for Hawaii in a week, school is starting up…. but there it was.\u00a0 All set up and lovely and perfect and we decided, what the heck!\u00a0 Lets go for it!\u00a0 We installed a kitchen, dang it, how hard can a little bed and cabinet thingy be?<\/p>\n
Don’t worry, we managed to restrain ourselves enough to wait on ordering until we get back.\u00a0 But the last few nights I’ve tossed and turned in bed trying to figure out how to rearrange everything.\u00a0 No matter how I try, I keep coming up with the same answer.\u00a0 I can’t.<\/p>\n
You see. most of our furniture was purchased for our 69th house.\u00a0 It fit just right in all the little nooks and crannies of an old craftsman home.\u00a0 When we moved to the ‘burbs, we hauled all our nice little pieces here and scattered them about.\u00a0 But the sad truth is, they don’t really work.\u00a0 It’s time I parted with the old and embraced the new but it’s so hard to give away things that I’ve lived with for so long.\u00a0 But our house is full now so if I bring in something new, something old is going to have to go.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 Well, I suppose I can wait on the weeding of furniture until I get back from vacation but it will be hard.<\/p>\n
Even harder, I’ve decided to totally redo my craft corner as well with (wait for it) a new\u00a0Ikea desk and storage system.\u00a0 Yup.\u00a0 This room is going to be totalled!\u00a0 I’ve already started cleaning out the craft goodies and very slowly tossing the old stuff.\u00a0 But it’s hard!\u00a0 Oh so hard!\u00a0 I want to keep every scrap of fabric, every sheet of paper, every pad of ink but I know I need to reign it in and focus.\u00a0 Focus.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Darn you Ikea.\u00a0 Why must you flaunt your evil designs so?\u00a0 Can you give a poor woman no peace?\u00a0 Must I flee to an island to escape your devious influence?\u00a0 Well, ok!\u00a0 If you insist…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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