JFQ ([info]phatlip) wrote in [info]ourbedrooms,
@ 2007-09-13 02:47:00
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New Stuffs + Questions






My new lamp. I am in love with this lamp. I can't stop staring at it, haha!


My pillow with my name on it. Embroidered by my Auntie.


Shelves hanging by my bed. I really want to get some floating shelves.


And lastly, yours truly.



I just recently got new bedsheets and a lamp! Both from Ikea. I fall in love with that store over and over again, every time I go there.

And so, as for my question(s). I love my new sheets, but since I have a twin size bed, only one [patterned] pillowcase came with the set. Does anyone know where I can get JUST the matching pillowcases for my other abandoned pillows? Or, if this is impossible, am I better off making pillowcases from a solid, orange fabric? Tell me what you think!

Also, floating shelves - easy or hard to install?

Thanks in advance!



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[info]____adorkable
2007-09-13 10:52 am UTC (link)
i think the 2 pillow cases you have that aren't in the set are great. keep those! especially the embroidered one :)
xo

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[info]sugarlobotomy
2007-09-13 04:26 pm UTC (link)
I totally agree, especially the embroidered one! and mismatched sets & folksy linens are totally in right now (heh, at least in the decorating magazines I read!). Stick with it! I think it's a lovely combo. Plus, the room is really nice, altogether. Great atmosphere & lighting!

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(no subject) - [info]phatlip, 2007-09-13 06:05 pm UTC

[info]ogr7
2007-09-13 10:54 am UTC (link)
Oh god, the burnt orange of your walls. Fantastic.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:51 pm UTC (link)
It's actually a bit more maroonish-burnt-orange-ish color. I wish I could how the true color! Thanks!

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[info]crzydimond
2007-09-13 11:11 am UTC (link)
I agree with [info]____adorkable, the cases you have go well. And more orange might be a tad overload with your walls!

I do love that lamp! My room never has enough light.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:53 pm UTC (link)
Basic floor lamps helped me out with lighting but then I got tired of the light that just falls from the top. But this lamp gives off light throughout the whole thing!

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[info]artfremd
2007-09-13 11:19 am UTC (link)
I believe IKEA does sell the pillowcases alone as well, if I remember correctly. That's weird that your set only came with one, though, because I've bought sets there several times and they've always come with at least two matching cases.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:54 pm UTC (link)
Aww boooo. For twin size sets? I guess I gotta go back to Ikea again. I got a good excuse this time, haha! Thanks!

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[info]meisjekim
2007-09-13 11:46 am UTC (link)
you areamazingly beautiful! wow! that first, and the floating shelves from the ikea are very easy to instal and look really pretty! i have two of them, solid big black-brown wooden floating shelves. i even think they are more steady as any other ones i ever had!

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[info]____adorkable
2007-09-13 12:30 pm UTC (link)
i have the floating shelves and had to take one down as it started crumbling and was very wobbly. however, i think it might have been due to the wall it was fixed on, and that my dad didn't put it up very well either.

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[info]monotony
2007-09-13 12:11 pm UTC (link)
LOVE it. especially your comforter, but the wall color... everything!

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:55 pm UTC (link)
Thaaaank you!!

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[info]sixavenue
2007-09-13 01:39 pm UTC (link)
Your room is so sweetie, I love it for sure.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:55 pm UTC (link)
Haha, thank you!

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[info]lotuspedals
2007-09-13 01:43 pm UTC (link)
i love that bedspread, i almost got it but it doesn't match my room very well.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:56 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! I hate when that happens.. finding furniture you love but it won't match the rest of your room, ugh!

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[info]missmarmalade
2007-09-13 01:55 pm UTC (link)
Great colors!

The floating shelves...they can be sturdy or
no so much, depending on the wall. In our
place the wall studs aren't evenly spaced &
therefore it's not extremely sturdy. When
you buy the shelves they come with details
on how to install them for a few different
kinds of walls :) Good luck!

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:57 pm UTC (link)
Awesome! Thanks so much.

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[info]aroussa
2007-09-13 02:04 pm UTC (link)


haha :)

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:57 pm UTC (link)
HAHA! That is sooo me right now!

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[info]andmakebelieve
2007-09-13 02:43 pm UTC (link)
love the sheets grl

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:57 pm UTC (link)
Thanks.

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[info]korolyeva525
2007-09-13 02:50 pm UTC (link)
I LOVE YOUR SPACE!!!!

I have floating shelves from West Elm. They were totally easy to install.

The back of the shelves have little slots that hang on the screws that you screw into the wall. So I measured the spaces between slots and wrote it down. Then I got painter's tape and a level, put the tape on the wall with the level, and marked where the screws needed to go on the painter's tape. Then I screwed the screws into the wall where they were marked on painter's tape, took off the painter's tape, and hung up the shelf. Easy easy!

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 05:58 pm UTC (link)
Woohoo, sounds pretty simple! Thaaank you!

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[info]lunabee
2007-09-13 03:03 pm UTC (link)
For me, installing the floating shelves was the biggest pain in the ass. My shelves fell a million times so I ended up putting a large nail in the middle to keep it semi-sturdy. I won't put anything heavy on them but I know that one day they're going to fall again.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 06:45 pm UTC (link)
Aw, that sucks. Were the nails drilled into studs?

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[info]asoftskeleton
2007-09-13 03:24 pm UTC (link)
I used to have the duvet from Ikea. I see so many people posting it here and I don't understand! The material is so heavy and uncomfortable. That's the problem I encounter with a lot of Ikea bedding, the fabric just isn't soft.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 06:00 pm UTC (link)
I was upset when I felt how rough the duvet was, too. I guess I anticipated it to be a lot softer in real life. But I have a regular sheet underneath it and then that softer red down throw underneath that. Then, tada! Problem solved.

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[info]hyperoma
2007-09-13 03:59 pm UTC (link)
the lamp looks great!

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 06:00 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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[info]purple_scara
2007-09-13 04:06 pm UTC (link)
love the colors of your room!

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 06:01 pm UTC (link)
Thanks =)

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[info]_tieherdown_
2007-09-13 04:08 pm UTC (link)
i have the same duvet. i made my own pillowcases from orange, yellow, and brown fabric, but my walls are white. i say go for a darker yellow or a brown. orange pillowcases with orange walls would be too much.

ps. i love your room and ikea too!

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 06:01 pm UTC (link)
You're right with the orange overload. Thanks for the advice!

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[info]ghostthief
2007-09-13 04:52 pm UTC (link)
I really want to take a nap in that bed. And you have really nice eyebrows. //end creepiness

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 06:04 pm UTC (link)
Haha! Thanks! I'm glad to be getting an eyebrow compliment because I went tweezer happy this summer and messed up my eyebrows making them too thin and yuck. So then I had to go through this horrible, ugly stage of growing them out. And just recently, I got to reshape them and clean em up. So thank you for noticing!

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[info]kansassatin
2007-09-13 04:56 pm UTC (link)
You look pretty fierce. -.O

I love your room. Everything goes so well together. I love the pillow your aunt embroidered.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 06:02 pm UTC (link)
LOL.

Thank you!

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[info]heartxshapexbox
2007-09-13 05:05 pm UTC (link)
oooh we have that lamp in our living room...but it's been clawed to death by my cats- they like to climb up it :(

i love the colour of your walls! =D

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 06:05 pm UTC (link)
Haha, I wonder how it looks with the cat scratches in it. Does it look cool? I can see how they would mistake it for one of those carpet playing stand things, haha.

And thank you!

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[info]poppysleep
2007-09-13 07:10 pm UTC (link)
You and your room are beautiful. I also love your lamp.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 09:41 pm UTC (link)
Aw thank you =)

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[info]i_married_raab
2007-09-13 08:02 pm UTC (link)
i have that lamp!

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 09:36 pm UTC (link)
Don't you just looove it!

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[info]eruditepisces
2007-09-13 08:21 pm UTC (link)
Usually, I steer away from orange in any form, but your room just made me so happy. It feels like a room I'd love to spend time in; you seem pretty cool yourself. :)

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-13 09:37 pm UTC (link)
Aw, thanks! That's my fevorite corner of the room. There's like, 75% of the room I have shown yet...!

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[info]r0xikat
2007-09-13 10:54 pm UTC (link)
yay filipina :D I'm starting to really like that lamp since a lot of people are taking to it too (and posting it) .. hmmmm.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-14 12:29 am UTC (link)
Woohoo! Not only is the lamp visually pleasing, but it gives of a lot of a light too.

I lurked around your journal! Yay for the fulcrum! I'm adding you...

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[info]lolitalust
2007-09-14 01:03 am UTC (link)
delia's sells pillowcases by themselves.

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[info]phatlip
2007-09-14 01:16 am UTC (link)
I mean, in the same pattern as my duvet cover.

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