So, you may have read that Ikea is starting to grow on me. Well, UPDATE: we hung out yesterday. And it was G.R.E.A.T.
The original purpose of the trip {cause we all know how it goes with Ikea shopping…} was to pick up this high chair for Carys, which I’ll be doing a minor Ikea-hack to and painting it a glossy black {I know I know what you’re thinking “She thinks EVERYTHING looks better black”. Well, guilty as charged 
}. Carys’ old chair was a portable highchair that strapped onto a seat and I was frankly done with it. This is great as it can be pushed right up the table and doesn’t require a tray….I’m also a fan of the fact that it’s not plastic or a rainbow of primary colours!
Among other things {a tray, napkins, curtain panels, curtain rod, striped pillow covers, and a $1 breakfast if you’re curious}, I also grabbed a couple “Henny” pillow covers for the Family room. It was love at first sight with these, I adored the imperfect painterly quality to the dotted pattern, and since I’ve been wanting some blue accents in that room, they fit the bill. {Literally and figuratively. I mean, they were only $7.99 each!}
I was thrilled when I got them home, threw in some inserts, plumped, karate-chopped slightly and stood back to admire.
Something about the pattern made me instantly think of that great painting Jenna Lyon’s had above her fireplace in the Domino spread on her town house…remember the one?
Anyhow, the pillows are looking very lonely at the moment, but I reassured them some friends are coming, and they cheered right up. I’ve been patiently waiting for some back-ordered Thomas Paul fabric to arrive for a couple pillows, and I’ve got some Navy Imperial Trellis remnants around that I was going to sew up a boudoir pillow with for a chair in the adjacent entry.
{Beautiful Blues!}
Combined with some white linen jute edge pillows I’ve already got, these babies will add some nice colour scattered around the sofa and chairs.
Anyhow, just wanted to pop on and say a quick hi and share the details on my “hang out” with my newest bud. Have a wonderful day!
PS I know you all are wondering, did she cap the trip off with a cinnamon bun? Proud to say the will power was strong, though I did partake in the free {before 10am} coffee. I never say no to a caffeinated bevvie!
**Also, a reminder that today is the last day to enter the giveaway….you could win a gorgeous pair of Kelly Wearstler Imperial Trellis pillows! Click HERE to enter.
Love it Karla! I am also in the midst of changing up my sectional with some new pillows. Going yellow this time. Which means I am due for some new feather inserts. An Ikea trip is in the near future!
Love your pillow plans and the plan to paint the high chair!! Black can never be wrong in my book, lol
You’ll have to post the chair when your done! I think all of those fabrics are going to look fab together as well.
PS. Those cinnamon buns are pretty darn hard to resist, especially because of the smell that wafts over to the check out lines, way to go!
Nancy xo
Perfect purchases!
Could you actually be having an Ikea romance and not just a friendship?!
Looking forward to seeing Carys’ chair all painted… and of course your new pillows’ pillow-mates.
Hope you’re well!
Victoria
Ikea scares me — it’s always a complete madhouse, especially when school starts. If I really need to go to Ikea, I tend to go later in the evening when things have quieted down a little bit.
Love the Henny cushion cover and the beautiful blue fabrics that will soon keep Henny company
Kelly
I am ready to purchase the same pillows too! When I first saw them a couple of weeks ago I loved their laid-back look but liked how they are flexible enough to be dressed up. Great blog!
I think you’ve cracked the Ikea secret – week day mornings! It’s a whole other world when not doubling as Poor Man’s Disneyland, isn’t it?
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