furniture

My very first flat

In the kitchen. Very colorful.

In the kitchen. Very colorful. Photo. ©nini.tjader

I recently started a new department on my blog called Nini’s flats. I intend to publish pictures there from all flats I’ve lived in. The only one more or less finalized so far is my very first flat at Diagnosvägen 1D. Still lacking the flat-plan for that one though.

I moved into my very first flat in 1974 when I moved back to Sweden from Israel. It was a one bedroom flat of 67m2 on the 2nd floor at Diagnosvägen 1D, Flemingsberg, Huddinge.

Seeing picture of interiors from the 70-ties is quite shocking. The interiors are painfully colorful. I used a lot of red, yellow and green at the time. Even the coffee-brewer was yellow… Those were the colors of that time.

The sofa-corner.

The sofa-corner. Witch cat-basket in it. Photo: ©nini.tjader

The sofa-corner in the livingroom consisted of two brown corduroy sofas and a square white sofa-table. I had lots of greenery and plants already then.

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The daybed in the livingroom. Surrounded by greenery. Photo: ©nini.tjader

I loved that daybed. Unfortunately it broke when I once stepped onto it to reach something on the wall.

See all the pictures from my first flat here. All pictures are my own.

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Powder coated steel shelves

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MENU powder coated steel shelves. Photo borrowed form the internet.

There are a lot of powder coated steel shelves out there presently.  The above ones come from MENU. They are nice, come in various sizes and colors and can be put on the wall in various directions. The only (?) thing that differ them from other very similar shelves is that they are open in one end. They call it “corner shelf”.

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VIPP powder coated steel shelves. Image from the internet.

The first similar one that comes to mind is the VIPP shelf. Nice, but really expensive. Also comes in various sizes and colors.

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IKEA Botkyrka powder coated steel shelves. Image from Ikea.se

Then there is the IKEA BOTKYRKA shelf. Clearly the least expensive of these ones. Comes in dark grey, white and yellow. One size only.

I am sure there are more similar ones out there. They are nice. If I had a space on the wall for them, I would like to have a couple.  What I DO have is a smaller variant from IKEA that they no longer sell. Got two of them before they disappeared from their stores.

What I like about these shelves is the simplicity och cleanliness of form. Makes them very easy to place and versatile in use.

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My powder coated steel tea-shelves in the kitchen. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015

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The Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2016

The entrance hall at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2016. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

The entrance hall at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2016. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

I visited this years Stockholm Furniture and Lights 2016 fair on its last day which is dedicated to us regular people and non-professionals. I git the impression that there were more visitors this year than previous years, but still not too crowded. Probably because this fair is HUGE and spread out in several halls. Usually I manage about 3 hours at a fair, this time it became 4, and I was more or less done with.

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Cushions. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

Impressions of the fair? Lots of rice-paper lamps. Lots of natural materials. Lots of cushions in various pale color hues. Lots of clothes-hangers and chairs of all kinds.

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Clothes hangers. Photo:©nini.tjader.2016

I am not much for memorizing brand-names, but the below chairs are from Normann Copenhagen. Why everyone this year put the chairs either on the walls or in piles though? Saving space for the exhibitions?

Chairs from Normann Copenhagen

Chairs from Normann Copenhagen Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

There were lots of paletts too, just like last year. Where there were most new things and innovative solutions was on the lightning front. A lot is happening there nowadays with LED light making it possible to create innovative lights. As many others have said, the next big thing in interior design will probably be the carpets.

It was as always hard to take decent pictures at the fair as the lighting is what it is. All pictures have therefore been edited in Camera Raw to get rid of most of the yellow cast on them.

Here is a gallery of all my pictures from the fair, mainly uncommented. It might take some time loading. It is a lot of pictures.

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Little boxes on the wall

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For some time now, little boxes have been very popular to hang on walls to solve various storage needs.

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One of the bedside boxes. Photo. ©nini.tjader.2016

I have had mine, in the bedroom, for a couple of years by now. My problem was that I couldn’t find a bedside table small enough to put there. Space is limited and bedside tables were usually too big. These two boxes are prefect for my needs.

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One of my bedside boxes. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

Thes two I bought from Ellos for a reasonable price some years ago. They are no longer sold, but you can find similar ones in several places. They can be hung either horizontally like here, or vertically if you prefer that.

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My bedside boxes. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

In addition to the little boxes Iv put a picture ledge, slightly longer than the width of the bed and the bedframe above. I use it for pictures and decorative items, but of course you can use it for storage too if you like.

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Little boxes from Svenssons i Lammhult . Image from their website, slightly cropped.

The above little boxes are from Svensson i Lammhult, and expensive. Attached to each other, or not. For more examples and prices visit their website. If you don’t want to pay ridiculously high prices, IKEA has alternatives as well, the VALJE series for instance. As do most furniture stores presently. With or without doors. With or without backsides towards the wall.

Does a simple little box have to be expensive? In my opinion no. As long as the finish is good I prefer a cheaper box from the more expensive ones. If the size is right.

Little boxes are a nice solution for many storage needs and very flexible.

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Little boxes. IKEA VALJE. Image from Ikea.

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Lookalike shelves and tables

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Shelf by byLassen. TWIN.

There are certain things that seem to pop up everywhere in more or less the same form looking very much alike. Shelves, like the one above from byLassen, is one of those forms. When I saw this, recently announced by byLassen, my first thought was that I had seen it before. But where? Also available as a table.

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Olivia, sideboard by MIO.

Was it the one at MIO? I have the above sideboard. Also available as a table and some other models.

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Olivia by MIO.

We can also compare it to IKEAs series VITTSJÖ, which gives the same expression.

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Vittsjö by IKEA.

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VITTSJÖ by IKEA.

All come in either black or white and sometimes some other colors as well.

Is it only me that find them very similar? Except the price of course which varies wildly. I like the form of them, their expression. In the end what you choose depends on the measures and the price.

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Very similar shelves, or…?

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IKEA Valje. Photo from ikea.se

I like low shelves and always wish I had the space for them. Unfortunately I don’t.

Ikea has for some time had this shelf, VALJE, SEK 995/USD 99. I like it. 100x83x30. So, when I got an email from Bolia.com showing the below shelf, I thought, wait-a-minute, haven’t I seen that shelf before? Aren’t they very similar?  The one from Bolia is 70x70x35 in size and now costs SEK1979 on sale (did cost SEK 3299). So, smaller and more expensive and no legs, yes. But in my eyes they are very similar. Both models come in various looks/colors.

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Screenshot from Bolia.se.

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