Mar 24 2008
This is a rug that doubles as a side table
I’ll try to prevent this from becoming an overworked theme on this blog, but we’re currently planning out our new flat from almost-scratch. We own
- a sofa bed which doesn’t really fit anywhere in the new flat, so we want to sell it on and replace it with a corner sofa
- a double bed, which we’ll probably keep
- a coffee table which has seen better days
- some slightly-unstable Ikea bookshelves
Stuff like dining table and chairs, wardrobes, bedside tables, desks, etcetera are on the list and really need addressing. Our new living room is an entirely blank canvas, begging for something bold and interesting but I don’t know what. I spent the afternoon drawing out vague plans and sketches — but without any concrete dimensions to work off, just one photo from the schedule and our memory, it’s easy to get carried away. Space for a small armchair warps and amplifies to take a three-seater sofa and metre-diameter globe (no, this is not on the cards).
Eventually I got a bit bored drawing plans and started playing with the perspectives and creating bookshelves as seen through fish-eye lenses. Interesting, but no so informative.
I can say this though: there are some crazy armchairs out there.