Comments on: Lunch at IKEA

By: JuliaS

JuliaS — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:58:16 +0000

Breakfast at Tiffany’s is one of my favorite movies. I love that you know what the mean red’s are – too many of my friends look at me funny whenever I say that!

By: Bea

Bea — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:37:46 +0000

One day, I will also go with you, and I will leave Mr Bea at home because he sucks the Tiffany out of every trip, because it’s his least favourite place on earth.

I hope your closets are looking as neat and tidy as you wish your thoughts would be.

Bea

By: Flying Monkeys

Flying Monkeys — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:55:51 +0000

I have never been to an IKEA…or watched Breakfast at Tiffany’s. *GASP*

I do love looking at mock ups of what things should look like in houses, however they never look like that in mine. *shrug*

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:21:22 +0000

IKEA is an escape for me. I could spend hours wandering around that store with no purpose. Their home arrangements (where they set up a super-small apartment and invite you to come in and see how amazing they’ve made it look) are my favorite. I see those and I believe I could live in a 350 sq. ft. home.

And I very much have the mean reds, too. I hope a different color takes its place very soon.

By: B

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:27:16 +0000

Oh and Lori….. Please go watch Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

By: B

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:23:30 +0000

I know people who have a similar experience at tupperware parties. They truly believe that their pantry could look like the one in the magazine. (I think they are called Type A personalities?) It cost us a lot of money last time as my husband bought a lot of tupperware (decided not to fight him on that one) YET when we got it all home and unpacked, our pantry looked more or less the same. Still, a rock-n-serve is kinda handy.

I have the same packing issue with bad estimation on how much room emotional baggage takes and believing it can be squashed into a smaller space than it needs. (“Yes, I’ll come to the first b’day party” ……. and then have to leave in a hurry cause I’m losing it).

I hope you feel a little more in control with your lovely Trofasts

By: Lavender Luz

Lavender Luz — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:44:34 +0000

I have never seen Breakfast at Tiffany’s OR been to IKEA.

But I’ve done my share of cramming things into a car, with no help from kids with tissue paper for biceps.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:44:12 +0000

Your Ikea is my Target. And I felt comfort reading your post about filling in the gaps with home organization and cleaning because that’s exactly what I do, even if I couldn’t put it to words before. I’m swallowed by artsy projects right now in an effort to clean out the cobwebs and the tears, and it feels just the tiniest bit better to not feel so alone with my projects.

And warm fuzzies for the Breakfast at Tiffany’s dialogue. ♥

By: Battynurse

Battynurse — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:55:07 +0000

I love going to Ikea too. I can go in and see a room/house arrangement that I like and envision how I could maybe condense my life into that small of a space just so I could live in one of those long for places like Santa Barbara. I’m pretty sure the reality though is that I’m too much of a pack rat and I don’t think all the Ikea stuff in the world will make it doable for me to live in a 400 sq foot apartment no matter how appealing it sometimes sounds.

By: loribeth

loribeth — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:47 +0000

I adore IKEA. Especially at Chrsitmastime, when they have all the ornaments & gingersnap cookies that remind me of childhood Christmases at my Swedish grandmother’s.

My dh, however, has to be dragged into the place kicking & screaming. He loathes crowded parking lots & lineups at cash registers. And, since he is the driver in the family, that means we haven’t set foot in the place for years. *sigh*

I get that same kind of “all is right with the world” feeling in a bookstore, though. ; ) Especially in Chapters on a Saturday night, with a Starbucks tea latte in my hand, when the daytime crowds have started to subside.