My little haven

19 May 2010

cubic dreams - my bedroom and office

It's been such a busy week. I submitted my porfolio for an interim review on Friday (and had to travel to London twice in one day: once to hand it in, and then to collect it after it had been marked!). Then on Saturday I took a trip to Ikea and picked out some new pieces of furniture. The delivery was meant to be on Sunday but they called us an hour after we left the shop to ask if they could deliver the same day! I'm used to having to wait for things, but everything happened so quickly! Then my kind husband assembled everything Saturday night, and had to dash out for a wood saw first thing Sunday morning so he could cut down the desk top to fit nice and snug under the window. Then yesterday I helped out with a crazy project at uni: we're building a temporary structure out of 4000 milk crates! Eeek. My hands are so sratched and legs are bruised, but it was fun! And then last night I lost a contact lens in my eye! It's still in there I think. It's happened once before and I found it rolled into a tube under my eyelid (sorry for all the details), but so far it hasn't surfaced so I'm off to the opticians in the morning *sigh*.

cubic dreams - my bedroom and office

Anyway, focusing on my new work area in the bedroom... I chose one long surface as it makes the most of the strange uneven shape of the room. I want to claim back the corner of the room but sadly it makes up the neighbour's bedoom. We originally had a dressing table and small chest of drawers in front of the window, but it looks a lot more streamlined and spacious now. The chair is also from Ikea - it's made of string that's wrapped around a metal frame. It's so pretty and incredibly comfortable. As soon as I took it out of the box my husband and I looked at each other and suddenly realised that it's in fact a giant scratching post for our cat, Honey. And sure enough, that night, she Christened the chair by running her claws along the seat. But don't worry - as soon as I shout, "OUT!" she knows she's been a naughty girl, and luckily she hasn't tried it again. The desk is a dream to work on: so much space to spread over and all my things are at hand in the drawers! It really is a luxury for me.

cubic dreams - my bedroom and office

The lightbulb of drawing pins was my grandad's: he always had it on his desk.

cubic dreams - my bedroom & office

This is the view upon entering the room. The painting is by my father, and my granny grew the money tree for me.

cubic dreams - my bedroom and office

*All photos Cubic Dreams.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

I WANT YOUR BEDROOM. I have parts of that desk! I love it--it's huge (TWSS!) ;)

Melanie@Unravelled Threads

Helena - A Diary of Lovely said...

It's amazing Rebecca well done, great job!!
the lightbulb is SO cute, I want!!

Katie said...

The desk looks great! I love it! And the light bulb is genius.

Christina said...

Love it (: I really like the lightbulb and it's significance

Kate said...

ah yes -it looks great Rebecca!

Unknown said...

I love it. It's so clean and simple. Just the way I like it!

painted fish studio said...

the room is so lovely, and what a wonderful sanctuary!

Eyeliah said...

this white and wood provides me with lots on inspiration, thanks.

Stephanie Sabbe said...

did they do a custom length top for you? Do they do that? It looks GREAT. so tidy

Lucie said...

this is so nice to come home to--quite, crisp and stunning. you have a great blog.

Le said...

desk looks fab - love your light fitting :) and your dads painting - just great :) best le

Hannah Sadie said...

what a great spot for the desk, with all that natural light!

Le said...

Rebecca I have a 60s mod NZ house built round a courtyard to show you - it's a few posts down now - tell me what you think - le

emma wallace said...

Oh, this is so perfect! Cozy and refreshing! I love it!

I hope your poor eye is okay!

iamemmamusic.blogspot.com

Moonofsilver said...

wow! your room looks amazing. I love how your wood frames match the "wood" colored chair and your bed headboards. Amazing and clean!

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