Epistles to Ikea, the reprise

Dear Ikea,

I wanted to write about the second- and third-to-last times I came to visit. Both times were with Rene.

The first one was during February vacation. I was cleaning my room and trying to figure out how you could help me with my small living space issues while watching General Hospital. (Mais bien sur!) GH ended and on came Oprah who did that day's show with Nate, which was, rather serendipitously, about living in small spaces featuring products from---YOU! (Mais bien sur!)

It gave me some good ideas, particularly about "going up" for storage space--using veritcal space rather than horizontal space. Also, finding multi-functional pieces to use; like Transformers, only instead of cars to robots, it's table to desk.

I took some before and after shots. Just click to enlarge the photos.

Here's my bureau:



Here's one of my walls:



Here's my desk:



Those are shoe wracks that I used instead as mini-shelves in order to "build up" for storage options. The magazine holders are 2 for $.39 and I use them for everything.

So, all that is left is the second to last time I visited you. I will write about that day very soon.

Thanks again, Ikea, for your brilliance.

Sincerely,
Bridge