Early Halloween Shopping at IKEA

 I know, I know...it's too early to think about Halloween! It was even earlier when I placed this Ikea order for some Halloween decor.

I just couldn't resist and I was pretty sure it would sell out early.   I also didn't know when I would be getting to an Ikea.

I love this little lantern with a kitty on one side....

...and a ghost on the other. 

 I'm a sucker for anything cat related!  I thought the pillow was a cover...oops!! but that's ok. It's not too big and I'm using it now since it only screams cat lady.

I needed a few other practical items so that was my excuse *cough cough* for ordering some whimsical decor.   I love these shelves and those fold down hooks will come in handy.  I am getting excited about fall decorating and of course, Halloween but these new decorations will have to wait.

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Closet Makeover In The Guest Room

Re-doing our closets had been on our to-do list for awhile but once the drawer in our guest room closet broke, we moved it to the top of the list.

Here's what we started with when we moved in.  We had a center unit with hanging poles on either side.  We use this closet for overflow storage and for any guests that may stay in this room.  It also held a lot of my photography equipment, craft supplies, wrapping paper and the ironing board.

I used the design tools on the IKEA website to design our new closet.

We went with the Aurdal system.  It's a very affordable option compared to the Pax wardrobe system and worked best for our space.

We thought we wanted to get it in white, but once we were in the store, we preferred the oak option. I'm glad we looked at them first. This happened when we installed our Besta system in the family room as well.   

This was our Blizzard 2026 project.  What else is there to do when you're stuck inside all weekend?

It got worse before it got better. We cleared out the closet and took out all of the fixtures.  The walls were in pretty bad shape.  We have one section of wood floors that wasn't able to be refinished since the old closet was in the way but it wouldn't be that much of an issue.  At least it's better than the faux treatment we had removed before we moved in.

Mr. Click got to spackling the closet.

We never want to paint a closet but this is the one time to do it...so we did!

The installation of the Aurdal system is pretty straightforward. It doesn't have a backing piece (like the Pax system) and is affixed to the wall with a suspension rail. Please excuse my fingers!  Mr. Click is installing the first side piece of the unit to the suspension rail.

Moving along, we had both units installed. So pretty!

To the right of the units we wanted to install the adjustable clothing rod for long hanging clothes but we didn't have enough space for it so we had to improvise.  We had a wooden pole in our linen closet that we weren't using but I saved for some reason.  The hardware for the pole was also still installed in the linen closet so we were able to use it.  Mr. Click just had to cut the pole down to size.  It actually matched really well so we were stoked!

Then came the fun part of adding in the interior pieces.  We added two shelves and a hanging rod on the left hand side. The right hand side was to hold drawers and more shelves.  The drawer fronts were out of stock so this was as far as we got.  We also added a wire basket.

We were able to move things into the closet and see where everything would fit at this point.

The drawer fronts came in and they completed the look. We added some pulls in gold because we installed the drawers close together for maximum space.  I got a hanging ironing board and we added some more shelves.  I already had the step stool because I use it for photo shoots. It is very handy for getting to the higher shelves.

We've added a few more shelves and some organizers but most of them are still empty which is a good thing!

The drawers hold a variety of crafting and decorating supplies right now.

There's also a drawer for City Girl #1 (who usually uses this room when she visits) and a vanity area for her as well.

I've got some painting supplies, Sharpies and scissors as well as my favorite tape dispenser on one of the shelves.

The wire basket holds shipping supplies and extra tape.

I moved our wrapping paper supplies into this great Skubb organizer (also from IKEA) that fits under the bed. I'm obsessed. It holds so much!

We love the new closet so much and are keeping the doors off for easier access (and we just love how it looks!).  It inspired us to move onto our own closet. 

Coming soon!!

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{Shopping/Decorating}A Trip to Ikea and a few things

We hadn't been to Ikea in awhile and needed a trip!

I always like looking at their Christmas decor and wrapping paper but I didn't buy anything this year. #yayme!  I was tempted by the red toadstool garland.

I saw hack where you can take one of the 365 food storage wooden lids and fit it onto a plant pot for a cute storage idea.

I went with this fluted pink pot and love the combo.

I also picked up two of these Mosslanda picture ledges.  They come in a few different colors and lengths and I went with the white.

We hung one in our guest room and...

...and one in our family room. I love them and will probably buy some more.  We picked up a few other staples as well.

I love their unscented taper candles.They are a great deal and I like stocking up on them.

I always get the huge, 9 hour tea lights.

This was one of my favorite mugs and it broke so I picked up a replacement.

We needed more of these inexpensive wine glasses.

I picked up another Kuggis box and lid for above our family room Besta system. 

We also had a yummy lunch. It was a fun Ikea day! Are you an Ikea fan?

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{The Abode} Family Room Storage Upgrade with Ikea Bestå

Here's another home upgrade that we did and it's made a huge difference.

To refresh our memories, this is how the room looked when we bought the house. We had been thinking we'd keep the "built-ins" until we decided what we wanted to put there.  They weren't actually built in and were in pretty sad shape. We also weren't planning to put the tv there so it didn't make a lot of sense for us to keep the set up once we realized their condition.

This very old Ikea Borghamn entertainment center has had many lives. We've had it for years and were using it for storage in the back room of our basement in the old house.   

But for a time it was also our entertainment center in the finished part of the basement. (Sorry for the dark photo from this 2013 post).

The deep drawers are on casters and have a lot of space.  I thought the they would work for storing all of my scrapbooks and they did! It was a good placeholder until we found what we wanted.

Enter Ikea Bestå!! We designed the system online and then went to Ikea to buy it. I'm glad we didn't pre-order because we upgraded the doors (to Selsviken high gloss) when we saw the options in person.  

Of course there were A LOT of boxes to transport home and into the house.  We (mostly Mr. Click) assembled the basic squares but figured we should hire a professional for the doors and linking the unit together.

We hired TaskRabbit and they were able to come out quickly to complete the job. I highly recommend! We opted for soft close/push open hinges and no knobs for a cleaner look.

We bought two interior shelves but need to go back for some more to really utilize the space.  My scrapbooks have a new home but we also have lots more storage!

We kept the upper left side open for some display area and we keep our record player and favorite photo there.  We love it!

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