After all that teasing, I’m finally sharing the last post about my ikea x au pays des merveilles collab today! As you may remember, I was sharing a house before, which had its perks, but after sharing homes for the past 7 years, I really felt the need for a place of my own. So once I found a job, I kept an eye on the ads and after 6 months or so I finally found that dream place. With a limited budget (I’m still only an intern after all) it wasn’t easy, but I managed to find a charming place in my old neighborhood of Zurenborg.
In today’s post, I wanted to share the items I selected at Ikea for my studio and explain why. You already caught a sneak peek in last week’s post about the studio and what I’d like it to look like, but here are the items in their full glory!
In this second post about my collab with Ikea, I’d like to give you a closer look into my studio. As you can see in the image above, it’s quite a small space, where you enter straight into the living and sleeping area, with a small bathroom and narrow kitchen on the left. Despite the limited square meters and the lack of a separate bedroom, I immediately saw the potential of this studio: there are big windows on both sides of the space where light floods in thanks to the studio being located on the 4th floor and the arches divide the space into a sleeping and living area, while adding a bit of character.
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times before, I’ve finally moved into a place of my own this year. After sharing a house with others for many years,I felt it was time to take the plunge and get my own apartment, so that’s what I did! As of January, I’ve been living in a small studio in Antwerp and I’m totally thrilled about it. Moving into a place of my own for the first time, also meant that I needed quite a few new items of furniture to turn this studio into my dream appartment. With a little help from Ikea I’ve been trying to do exactly that, and this month I’ll be sharing the process on the blog. Today I wanted to show a few inspirational images for small homes. My studio is not big, nor does it have a separate bedroom, so it’s not that easy to achieve the rather minimal look that I adore, while still finding space for all my things. I’ve lined up a few images of studio apartments that manage to combine different functions in one space while still looking clean (1 – 2 – 6 – 8 – 9) and others (3 – 4 – 5 – 7) that represent that clean look with a bohemian touch that I’d love to achieve. Be sure to check back here next week for the next post in this ikea x au pays des merveilles project!
