What do you buy the person who has everything? An antique-looking wood and metal toilet roll holder of course.
Tag: Ikea
Mid-Century Style Bärbar Tray from Ikea
For all their ubiquitous furniture, Ikea continuously come up with new home accessories which have a stylish quality that belies their Swedish-superstore origins. One such item is this Bärbar Tray.
Square and white, it's adorned with a colourful bird pattern which has a definite mid-century flavour. It's practical yet quirky and best of all it's a bit of a bargain at just £5.29.
The tray measures 33cm x 33cm. You'll need to visit a store to pick one up but you can check for stock online here.
Hans Wegner influenced Bojne chair from Ikea
We recently showed you Ikea's Stockholm floor lamp, which looked like it had been influenced by the work of Arne Jacobsen. Their Bojne chair also looks like it has taken its cue from classic Danish design, this time the work of Hans Wegner.
Specifically, the distinctive shape of the chair back is reminiscent of Wegner's CH20 design for Carl Hansen & Son, also known as the Elbow chair. That chair was designed back in 1956 but only went into production a couple of years ago.
Arne Jacobsen-like Ikea Stockholm floor lamp
Just browsing the current Ikea range and noticed this design, which reminded us of something. After a bit of thinking, we realised what it was – the Ikea Stockholm floor lamp almost certainly takes inspiration from the classic Arne Jacobsen AJ floor lamp, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.
The similarities are obvious – the circular base, skinny angled stem and the conical head. Of course, the original has a little more panache about it, as well as more detail, but the Ikea version gets the look for a whole lot less.
Available in three finishes (black, white and nickel-plated), the Ikea lamp is made of aluminium and steel, standing 140cm high and using LEDs, which means 80 per cent less energy and lasting 25 times longer than an incandescent bulb. Price? £86.81.
Marhult decoration stickers from Ikea
After the Keith Haring stickers we featured last month, Ikea have offered up some more designs: the Marhult decoration stickers.
The designer of these designs is unknown but the stickers show food stuffs such as ice-cream, cherries and pineapple, all depicted in a bright retro palette and a suitably Scandinavian flavour. These stickers are suitable for using on tiles so – if they're to your taste – they're perfect for brightening up a kitchen.
The stickers cost £5.99.
Available in-store only, find your nearest stockist online
Ikea’s Slatthult – budget Keith Haring decoration stickers
Keith Haring's instantly identifiable style has cropped up a lot over the years on this site. Ikea's Slatthult aren't even the first time we've featured his style on decoration stickers – long time readers of the site may remember these decals from Supernice we featured a few years back. However, as you might expect, Ikea's pricing is the cheapest option by far.
Each pack contains the 14 stickers shown above, indicitive of Haring's art, itself influenced by 70s and 80s street.
And that price? A pack sells for just £7.99.
The packs are currently available instore only but you can find out more online.