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IKEA goodness!

February 19th, 2009

Since taking the Kosman Household Tour videos Scottie and I ventured out to IKEA! Yay!

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Technically this picture is from the second time I went with Sapna. Who’s Sapna you ask?

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Scottie works with her husband Deeps and this us waiting for the metro after our successful venture. Some people have asked if IKEA here is larger/different from those in Canada. I think this one’s a bit larger but the set up is mostly the same with the showroom being on the top floor with the purchasing area on the main level. There’s a few differences in items but the overall feel is pretty much the same. They still have the first shower curtain Scottie and I bought for the 16th floor apartment! Yep, the stick drawn coloured animals, I’m sure you’ve seen it :) They of course have the restaurant and Scottie had his tasty meatballs while I ate my erwten soep. Mmm, split pea soup. Not that you care much about that portion of the journey so let me get to the really reason why I’m writing this post.

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Ahh, a soft bath mat and shower curtain that’s a neat fabric so you don’t need the liner! Thanks for the tip Greg.

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I believe the word delicious escaped my lips when I got under this duvet :) Nice neutral colours with no pattern so it won’t keep me awake, I love it! Vargos likes it too. Oh yes, the book on Scottie’s bedside table is The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire thank you Papa. He only brought the first four books with him and wow are they ever heavy!

Thank you once again for joining the Kosman Household Tour. Thank you also for your many reassurances that the stairs are in fact treacherous. They are more treacherous while carrying (clean) cat litter apparently but I lived to tell the tale… or should it be tail? (Boo, Shannie, boo, my jokes will never do!) So long for now from the Kosmans!

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  1. February 19th, 2009 at 21:24 | #1

    Yeah, I like many others thought for some reason that the Ikeas overseas would be golden shining beacons of do-it-yourself furniture goodness. Sadly they look pretty much like they do here. The one I had pictured in my mind was nicer ;-)

    Regardless at least you two have some goodies to make your place a bit more livable!

  2. Wendy (Schmidt) Carnahan
    February 19th, 2009 at 21:32 | #2

    Nice! Are you guys traveling or did you move to Europe? I am totally out of the loop. Shannie, you are as cute as ever!

  3. February 21st, 2009 at 06:33 | #3

    Well this is all just FASCINATING, truly. Bathmats, IKEA, what Skotty’s reading… listen, where is the dedicated series of photos of Poe? Hmmm? I want the Poe Journal! The Poernal, as it were. Where, praytell, is THAT? Until there is a picture of Poe sleeping on said bathmat or running rampant through said IKEA, I will remain, in some small way, dissatisfied.

    Not that I’m not interested. But I could be MORE interested. You see?

    (hehe)
    xx

  4. Honor
    February 21st, 2009 at 23:18 | #4

    Those are the Kosmans I know!
    Thanks for the tour of the new home. I feel a housewarming party may be required!
    Didn’t see the closet space – no need I guess with that large bath.
    Miss you both.
    xo
    h

  1. March 2nd, 2009 at 01:13 | #1