Month: June 2011

Chaise lounge from R.O.O.M (photo: Nini Tjäder)

Chaise lounge from R.O.O.M (photo: Nini Tjäder)

Long chairs for resting seem to be the thing to have nowadays. Like these two above from R.O.O.M. I would never buy something this expensive in those colors or patterns though. I am sure they are comfortable though. Despite colors, patterns or price.

I bought a chaise lounge a couple of years ago from IKEA.

Ektorp chaise lounge from IKEA (photos: Nini Tjäder)

This model doesn’t exist any longer. Which I found out when I wanted to get a new cover for it about a year ago. It is originally white. IKEA no longer makes them with the armrest. The current model has no armrest – which means they had no covers for the older model. BEMZ, who make covers for various IKEA sofas and chairs and such, came to the rescue. This grey cover I bought from them. I still have the white cover and I switch between them occasionally. Currently it is grey but I think I’ll change it to white again one of these days. It is not all uncomplicated to change the cover as you have take away the armrest to do it.  I change the cushions now and then to get some change.

The current model at IKEA can be seen here. Gustav, my neighbors cat, also loves my Ektorp chaise lounge. (More images of Gustav can be found here).

I have two old bathroom cupboards which were falling apart (very rickety) and had the wrong color of the doors.

Having blue doors became very limiting as I sometimes wanted to use colors on towels and bathroom mat that clashed with it. Like cerise towels. Looks really awful when the door is this blue (OK with the floor which is dark marine blue).

So what did I do?

First I removed the legs on both the small and the larger cupboard and let them stand directly on the floor for a while. Then I removed the door from the small cupboard.

Much nicer. But of course they needed legs. So I went to IKEA and bought new legs for them, LILLÅNGEN. Can be used on any other IKEA cupboard I might buy later (if they ever get bathroom cupboards I like). No, i do not like the LILLÅNGEN cupboards. They do not have a lower one withoput a sink. And the bigger one does not have a halfsized door. Which is what I want.

Assembled the legs and put them under the cupboards.

I also got a new handle for the larger cupboard door and some white plastic self-adhesive foil to cover the blue color.

And this is the result.

Cupboard comes up from floor with the new legs. And they are not wobbly any more.

Much better. The foil is a bit thin though so the blue door slightly shines through it. Should need yet another layer of it. But I’ll wait. One of these days I might find the cupboards I really want…. I then at least have the new legs already. This is a temporary solution.