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Decision about sofa

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Sofa, Karlstad 3-seater. Photo: Ikea

Sofa decision.

I made a decision about the sofa.

It will be an IKEA KARLSTAD 3-seater with light grey cover. And not the new DELAKTIG I previously thought I would buy. This is the same model as I have now, just a 3-seater instead of a 2-seater, and with a cover that you can wash yourself in the washing-machine, which saves a lot of money if you need to get it cleaned.

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My present KARLSTAD 2-seater sofa. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018

I’ve always liked the simple lines of the KARLSTAD sofa. It is also comfortable to sit in. I just need a slightly longer one that you in case of need can put up a night-guest in. The present sofa is way too short to sleep in. I also need to be able to clean the cover in the machine. And to get a more stable sofa. The present one is damaged in one corner where a screw fell into the armrest together with what is supposed to hold the screw. I got a new screw from Ikea, but what is supposed to hold it is for ever inside one of the armrests. The armrest to the right in the picture can brake at any time.

The price for the KARLSTAD 3-seater with the light grey cover is also very attractive. Even adding the cost for the delivery and the getting rid of present sofa, it is still much cheaper than the DELAKTIG one which I at first thought I’d get.

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Ikea DELAKTIG sofa modules. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018

So, it won’t be one of the Ikea DELAKTIG modules plus cushions as I previously thought. The KARLSTAD 3-seater with the light grey cover is so much cheaper and it is still a good enough sofa.

As soon as the snow outside is gone (it still isn’t) I will .order the sofa. The only way to get it into the living room and the old one out is doing it via the patio and the garden. As long as the snow hasn’t melted fully that is a very slippery and wet way to go. But soon…

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The way through the garden. Photo: ©nini-tjader.2018

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It is cold outside

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Blackbird. Photo. ©nini.tjader.2016

It is cold outside.

After a very warm autumn and what was supposed to be winter, winter finally came the other day. With severe cold and some snow. Not much snow though.

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My busstation. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

The above is my busstation, just outside where I live. One on this side when going down to Tumba, one on the other side where I get off. I live on the ground floor in the 2 story house just behind the red fence against road noise.

This morning we hade -17°C where I live (Tumba, Stockholm-area). It is a few degrees “warmer ” now (-8°C) after a couple of hours where a pale winter sun has been seen.

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Winter outside. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

I am no fan of winter and snow. Snow is nicest in pictures and not in real life.

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Snow. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

Snow can be beautiful though and quite fascinating. Particularly when it is really cold outside.

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Snow on outside chair. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

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The Christmas tree outside. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

The small christmas tree outside looks nice with snow on it. The cold plays badly with the lighting though. Last night it was lit the whole night, and blinking… the whole night. Either it is the cold causing it, or the batteries are about to quit. That would be about the right time for them to run out of power.

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Winterflowers. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

Some of the flowers still stand in the flower beds. All withered and brown, but still stand as there has not been so much snow. Yet.

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Dry grass in snow. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

The grass where Gustav (my neighbors male cat) loves to sleep during the warmer season) is still standing. It looks nice in the snow with frost in it and the sunshine coming through it.

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Winter trees. Photo. ©nini.tjader.2016

I am also fascinated by the trees south of the road. When the sun shines through them on a really cold winters day like today, they are particularly beautiful.

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Winter trees. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

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Winter trees across the road. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

Above is the tree just across the road, straight out from my patio. A very pale blue winter sky.

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Winter om the patio. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

It is winter also on the patio. The the black chairs (one above) can manage snow and cold quite well (of you don’t try to sit on them). They have been kept outside for all years that I’ve had them. The table I normally take off the legs of and lean it toward the wall but this year I didn’t. It can also stand the winter and the snow.

Did I go outside in the cold to take these pictures? No. Most of them are shot through the kitchen windows and the door to the patio. It is too cold outside.

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Gustav’s path in the snow. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015

Gustav´s path in the snow is still there, or there again. He is not outside much when it is this cold but I can see that he has been here. There is bird-feed in various places, but almost no birds except for the blackbirds. Wonder where to they disappeared …

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Snow on the railing. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2016

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Still snowing

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Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015

It is still snowing. Started night between Tuesday and Wednesday. Today is Thursday.

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Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015

This is the state of my outside place. Snowed over chairs. The honeysuckle on the corner is heavy with snow.

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Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015

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Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015

This will fall off if you blow on it…

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Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015

The mirabelle-tree is a graphical wonder of white and black.

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Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015

Yes. It is beautiful if you don’t have to go out into it… I actually hate snow except on pictures.

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Photo: ©nini.tjader.2015

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Really didn’t want that snow…

I really didn’t want to wake up to this white all over this morning. Gustav, the neighbor cat had already been out walking in the snow though according to paw traces in the snow.

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Snow, March 17th 2014 Photo: ©nini.tjader.2014

Yes, I know. It is common that it snows in March. And in April. And on May 1st… Still don’t want it to happen. (I actually never want snow. I hate snow.)

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Garden utensils. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2014

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Photo: ©nini.tjader.2014

My solar-powered lamp there surely doesn’t want that snow… It won’t charge with all that snow on top as that’s where the charging is. Getting wet is no problem though. (Lamp is Solvinden from Ikea). This is its second season. Just took it out the other day. Had one exactly the same for three years. That one got destroyed by hail and rain in the very wet summer of 2011. The hail perforated it…

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Crocus in snow Photo:©nini.tjader.2014

And those poor crocus and tulips… They can usually take a bit of snow and cold if it is temporary.

May the snow disappear really fast!

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Winter has arrived

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Photo: ©nini 2014

This was yesterday morning. Sunny for a change. Cold.

Winter arrived finally. There was no avoiding it. Some snow, but not much. The only thing that is good with snow is that it makes days a bit lighter. Not much though. Light IS returning a bit for every day.

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Photo: ©nini 2014

Patio-chairs look a bit alone in wintertime. Nothing inviting out there.

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Photo: ©nini 2014

The afternoons are still dark. There was an almost full moon yesterday (this is at 4:10 PM). And fewer clouds than usual so you could see it.

I’d rather have sun, light, warmth than this… It can be beautiful though.

PS. I’ve finally started to use Instagram. Have had the account for quite some time but only now started to populate it with images. You can find my Instagram-account at http://www.instagram.com/ninitj

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