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I've been reading my past few posts and I sound a little Didactotron Decorator. Just give us some cheap, stylish stuff for a hot minute, you ask? Gladly!
Yesterday I went to Ikea for work, and while sadly some of the best finds ($6 terra cotta pots and 49-cent cloth napkins with a simple red stripe) aren't on the website, there's still a ton of Swedish style to behold. I don't necessarily want to know how they charge so little, but I could definitely live with one of each of these treasures:
Husvik table lamp (pictured), $59.99. Like a silver-toned grasshopper, this lamp would lighten up an English pedestal desk or look great on a bedside table next to a swing-arm light with a pleated silk shade. Reminds me of Artemide but for a fraction of the price.
Melbu bed frame, $349. The picture doesn't tell the story here at all: This low-slung, woven (wicker?) bed looks like Tom Scheerer in the Bahamas. The cocoa brown color is pleasing in person, but I could also see it painted white or a bright color.
Ekby Bjarnum shelf brackets, $15/pair. The Swedish nephew of P.T. Barnum, Ekby ... kidding! I'm obsessed with these stainless brackets, so much so that I have four in my kitchen. They're sleek and sturdy but also sort of disappear.
Karsltad sectional sofa, $999. One of our clients bought this corner sofa for a poolhouse, and in context it might as well be from Dune. Yes, she has bleached pine paneling and ebonized floors—definitely proves Mugatu's old adage "Get your floors and walls right and everything else will fall into place." But the Karlstad's boxy-yet-refined proportions make it one of Ikea's greatest hits, if not the Greatest. I would still paint the legs black because that yellow wood is just fug.
Oh, and don't forget the meatballs and cinnamon rolls.
