Small Updates from Ikea

<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So sometimes you just want to give a room a little boost, something inexpensive to bring some new life without a big overhaul.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was cruising through the Ikea site and saw these little lovelies...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, some great lampshades that you can pop onto an existing lamp or you can pick up the bases there, too.  These Styke Shades incorperate the current trend of photographic art morphing onto furnishings..</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ng6qupPZO9k/S2WLC4Md7MI/AAAAAAAAAR0/fHPyNnnNBvA/s1600-h/0093063_PE230089_S3.JPG.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ng6qupPZO9k/S2WLC4Md7MI/AAAAAAAAAR0/fHPyNnnNBvA/s320/0093063_PE230089_S3.JPG.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUMwZso-acdSsASMH5fdLYQjo51q1kpMCc_ZtMgJK_Ng-DUCpzfCM0UIQmoO46m_hvEet-Q4Z9sj5EgwDH-Se12Pz_C-XaXOvh22nSzYYUSvoNsBMoWV_ztpEDFVcXcOyiAVLsBubISw/s1600-h/stykeshade.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUMwZso-acdSsASMH5fdLYQjo51q1kpMCc_ZtMgJK_Ng-DUCpzfCM0UIQmoO46m_hvEet-Q4Z9sj5EgwDH-Se12Pz_C-XaXOvh22nSzYYUSvoNsBMoWV_ztpEDFVcXcOyiAVLsBubISw/s320/stykeshade.jpeg" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flowers are pretty and graphic, the city image is perfect for a downtown spot, but look at the tree!  I love this!  May have to find a spot for it, somewhere....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ikeas posters are always fun and the price lets you change them often.  Typography is HUGE right now, and the Bild posters offer you some fantastic choices:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ng6qupPZO9k/S2WNKWFUk4I/AAAAAAAAAS0/v-V5otExWK8/s1600-h/0098269_PE239339_S4.JPG.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ng6qupPZO9k/S2WNKWFUk4I/AAAAAAAAAS0/v-V5otExWK8/s320/0098269_PE239339_S4.JPG.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as well as a great black Ny map, perfect to satisfy for craving for black without a big commitment:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-DhTuUaIBB1D05hZN7cs8la0606sNZFwYS4uQpVSzl2x26lrPMIxHhIwnzcjUXh88CB02o40Fur6GkBQsYk215bu3WTRffPmLu-tpMGsLl6jMVG0VZMZ2npL5X1qEM2uLsnyA3ZkwhM/s1600-h/0104387_PE251370_S4.JPG.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-DhTuUaIBB1D05hZN7cs8la0606sNZFwYS4uQpVSzl2x26lrPMIxHhIwnzcjUXh88CB02o40Fur6GkBQsYk215bu3WTRffPmLu-tpMGsLl6jMVG0VZMZ2npL5X1qEM2uLsnyA3ZkwhM/s320/0104387_PE251370_S4.JPG.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You could use these like this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DYRRbwT-02jUCXBgyKetBQ07aPTSR5V5YMX23S8VcKu7oEixalxI-Mv3sPRWPUOM3qXSCHIFXQB4YmIKUy1Dhf60Ug1LUVm1x1ej5hcC9qSl9r3HJMM7c1ZccNwchLrETXy0SFASkTc/s1600-h/abartworkhandwriting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DYRRbwT-02jUCXBgyKetBQ07aPTSR5V5YMX23S8VcKu7oEixalxI-Mv3sPRWPUOM3qXSCHIFXQB4YmIKUy1Dhf60Ug1LUVm1x1ej5hcC9qSl9r3HJMM7c1ZccNwchLrETXy0SFASkTc/s320/abartworkhandwriting.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Molly Sims Apartment</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Kemalb5-Xs2kDyTt6eJg8X_glP3z6AUHnZC4u0H4q8dxBrwHkH3jz02VFAJLKBlj8MhYoCin7Grsgdo4cWv7TuuD0nk9AAIiHpg6KDL79iCDHwgAJ4_KVvxce_Jx-DAOUJQlrvqnAc4/s1600-h/aparttherapy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Kemalb5-Xs2kDyTt6eJg8X_glP3z6AUHnZC4u0H4q8dxBrwHkH3jz02VFAJLKBlj8MhYoCin7Grsgdo4cWv7TuuD0nk9AAIiHpg6KDL79iCDHwgAJ4_KVvxce_Jx-DAOUJQlrvqnAc4/s320/aparttherapy.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Via Apartment Therapy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rightonthewalls.com/entertainment.html#"></a>I think the typography post could get very large :) so I will save it for next week!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the last thing Ikea had that I thought was pretty cool - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Plank Room Divider -it's made out of banana leaves, palm leaves, seagrass and coir.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">perfect to add a little textural interest to a bland wall, or as a divider for those of us lucky enough to have open space living!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbgi5087n57HklsqNZShE5Z-dcu1rDCxmdPKTLmp41NwCSzMbNNEBFZuv6tJt3CdoUwBlc-fPIyY_xuVVGWCxAAz8PGVbDf35C_neAdUa4Ivk_gPBCcT9SrOvb2UUpe-Ip-SsXYzkjP0/s1600-h/ikeaplank149.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbgi5087n57HklsqNZShE5Z-dcu1rDCxmdPKTLmp41NwCSzMbNNEBFZuv6tJt3CdoUwBlc-fPIyY_xuVVGWCxAAz8PGVbDf35C_neAdUa4Ivk_gPBCcT9SrOvb2UUpe-Ip-SsXYzkjP0/s320/ikeaplank149.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">til next time...</span></div>

Small Updates from Ikea

So sometimes you just want to give a room a little boost, something inexpensive to bring some new life without a big overhaul. I was cruisin...

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