Style Me Up!

Early April I eventually noticed some bricks on the actual plot of my apartment so started taking a few snaps every few weeks!

I’m really excited now, next month I will have my deposit saved and a small amount of savings to go towards furniture along with some gift vouchers for IKEA and B&Q! From now on the savings can go toward interior and now that I’ve paid Arnold Clark an extortionate amount of money for my car service and MOT (no dealers for me anymore!) we are all go on the purchasing front!

Anyway here are a few of the pics of the journey so far!

So Christmas was an ideal opportunity to get some additions for my new home. The IKEA sale was top of my list.

I would love to share with you some of the fab things I got as gifts and then my IKEA bargain.

The dinnerware is from House of Fraser it’s a Kenneth Cole set New York to China. The set was reduced in House of Fraser because it was being discontinued and wasn’t available in full sets but my fab parents bought me one of everything!

This piece will be for my feature wall in the sitting room. A friend design and makes these by hand. Her Facebook page is called “Sweet Nothing’s” it’s definitely worth a look.

My dining room table was on my list for the IKEA sale and I’m really pleased to say it featured in their selection. I headed up Boxing Day morning to find it. After a long time looking we were told it was on the computer but no where to be found so to call them in the morning! Bright and early the next day we called, sure enough they had some but only one – this is where I find out IKEA stores do not reserve or hold for you to pick up! I raced up to IKEA and managed to get the table – not the one they had mentioned on the phone but a one that had just been returned by someone who had bought it the day before and got the wrong colour.

Anyway the table is black ash and comes with four chairs – the set was reduced to £70. It really is ideal for an apartment as it has two folding leaves and the chairs fold and can be stored underneath! I don’t have many photos of this as its currently still boxed in my mums sitting room bless her!!!

So Saturday was the day I visited the options centre for my new home!

I had already envisioned the colour scheme for my lounge thinking of grey and purple. I had researched interior design sites about painting and colour schemes around a house.

I picked grey as a colour that would be a constant throughout the house in varying shades so went with that in mind.

The options centre was fab I could choose anything I wanted standard are as upgrade and the best thing was it wasn’t a hard sell, some things were mentioned if the lady heard my plans she would say I think we have that available but I’d need to get a price.

The tiles for the wall are all on sliding frames to make choosing easier, the cupboard doors and worktops can be switched around too. Although you aren’t allowed to take a copy away there are obviously scaled plans of your apartment (I stole a sneaky photo of mine as there was an alcove shape in one room I wasn’t aware of.

As well as clear options on my kitchen and bathroom I came away having switched my interior paint to white rather than soft white, upgrading to a double dimmer switch in my kitchen / lounge and having the space for a dishwasher made into a cupboard. I also have several prices coming back to me regarding flooring.

Here are a few snaps of my day.

My chosen kitchen option is below

And these beauties are the tiles I’ve upgraded to in the bathroom. I don’t get all of the walls done but if the price is reasonable enough I may extend it to another whole wall as I just love the look!

Loving that I can now choose paint and furnishings. My plan is price them and choose them – write a huge list then prioritise and work out how to split them between now and Octobers pay packet! Wish me luck I will keep you updated on the progress!