6 (More) New Products From Ikea I'm Loving💝

Disclaimer:  I haven't been paid to recommend any products, just sharing my latest favourite products from what my Hubby calls "my happy place" (and he's right too😊) 

 Hi Honeys,

How are you today?  I hope you're well and staying warm. The temperature has definitely changed over the past week or so.  Time for the heating to go on, ours is on already.  As I type this, our furbaby Jade is napping in her bed in front of the fire bless her.  She's twelve now and not as active as she used to be.  She loves her naps, and cuddles with her Mum on the sofa (and walkies with her Dad too of course💖) 

Like all of us I'm sure, I've been keeping our American cousins in my thoughts and prayers after hurricane Ian swept through this week. Hoping everyone is safe🙏We apparently saw the much weakened effects of it when it reached us in the UK with high winds and torrential rain.  Keeping our American cousins in my prayers🙏      

This hasn't been the best year, it hasn't even been the best couple of years honeys to be honest. Things have to get better though, they just do🤗 

Today is the first day of October, how did that happen?  Where has this year gone to?  Well, the first day of October of course, other than meaning yet another year has raced past us far too fast, it also means Blogtober is here. 

Blogtober means that bloggers take on the task of writing and publishing thirty one blog posts in thirty one days during this month. It's a great deal of work but it's also a great deal of fun too😊  Welcome then, to the first day of Blogtober for 2022🤗💖

You might remember that I recently shared six new Ikea products I've been really loving and I thought for the first post of this years Blogtober, why not start off back in my "happy place😍

Today's post then honeys will share six (more) new (to me) items from Ikea.  It's got lots of pics, as usual, so it might be worth grabbing a cuppa (and maybe a cookie or two) and settling down somewhere comfy.  See you back here in a few minutes...

6 New Products From Ikea I Love And A New Use For An Old Favourite...

Disclaimer:  I haven't been paid to recommend any products or shops, just wanted to share my latest smiles from my favourite place😊  

Hi Honeys, 

How are you today?   It's been such a beautiful sunny day here, just a tiny bit cooler, at 16C, than it has been but it felt perfect.  Far better than the mini heatwaves we've been having recently, although I know I'll miss them (a lot) when winter arrives.  It'll be here in no time, unfortunately and my heart sinks at the thought of it.   Never mind, dear ones, only 201 days till spring 😄🌻🌹

For todays post then, I thought I'd share some of our latest Ikea finds, some of their newer products and how we're using them.

Six products and me waffling about them....  Might be wise to go grab a cuppa (and maybe a couple of cookies🍪😊) and I'll meet you back here after the page break?  See you in a bit...

Blogtober 2019: Day 2: Latest Ikea haul...

Disclaimer:  I haven't been paid to promote any products, just wanted to share some smiles found on our latest visit to my second favourite happy place, first being our home of course 😊

Hi Honeys,
How are you today?  Staying warm I hope?  It's such a beautiful, sunny day outside, if it didn't feel so chilly, I could almost be fooled that summer had decided to hang around a little longer 😊 

Today, I thought I'd share what we bought on our recent trip to Ikea.  You know, the trip where I took so many photos that, even after being completely brutal with myself, I still ended up with so many photos I really liked that it took three posts to share them all 😄

In my defence, I hadn't been able to visit in such a long time that almost everything had changed over, displays were new, so many new items, well it all got a little overwhelming and I had my camera so.. 😄  If you missed them you can see the posts here honeys: part one, part two and part three

On to today then, and to celebrate day two of Blogtober, I thought I'd share our little Ikea haul...

 
As with most of my Ikea posts honeys, you might want to grab a cuppa, and maybe a cookie or two and get comfy.  Meet you back here in a few minutes?

How A Little Kitchen Trolley Became An Island And Helps Me Meal Prep With Ease...

Disclaimer:  I haven't been paid to promote any products or shops/stores honeys, just wanted to share our latest kitchen smiles and how it's making meal prep achievable for me x

Hi Honeys,
How are you today?  Can you believe we're headed into autumn again?  Hubby and I have been decluttering, emptying cupboards and re-organising.  The contents of the kitchen cupboards have been moved around to make everything a little more accessible and to make the kitchen a little easier to work in.

As you'll know if you've visited before honeys, I have mobility issues and the osteoarthritis in my lower spine has been making life not so fun for quite a while.  I have two choices dear ones, I can give up or I can try to set up systems around our home that will allow me to keep doing the things I love to do, like meal prepping, cleaning and even my beloved laundry.... what? You mean not everyone loves doing laundry?  OK, I know, I'm weird 😄

Some of these new systems really are already making my life so much easier though and I'm so grateful for that.

Today I thought I'd share one of the changes that's made the most difference (so far) We have a trolley situation going on in our kitchen dear ones and I love it (or them...)

I know what you're thinking honeys.  They look exactly like Ikea's RÅSKOG trolleys don't they?  Oddly enough, they're not from my happy place, Ikea, at all.

Why not go grab a cuppa and meet me back here in a few minutes and I'll share all...

It's Ikea Time! A Fun, Rainy Day Visit: Part Three

Disclaimer:  I have not been paid to promote any products or stores, just wanted to share my smiles from our latest shopping trip x

Hello Honeys
Back again with the third, and final part of our fun, rainy day visit to my official happy place... Ikea! During the first two posts we looked at beautiful living room, bedroom and dorm room displays and then at some gorgeous kitchen displays too.

This final post is basically a round up of lots of little interesting items we spotted on our wander around the store 💖  This includes a new product called TEMPERERAD which I'll admit (until I looked at the back of the packaging) I genuinely had no idea what this pretty brass item was or what it was supposed to do.  Of course now that I know what it is I feel ridiculously silly but we're getting ahead of ourselves 😊    

There are quite a few photos in this final post dear ones so why not grab a cuppa and maybe a cookie and meet me back here in a few minutes and we'll have a wander through the assorted bits and bobs and come new products we discovered on our latest visit...

It's Ikea Time! A Fun, Rainy Day Visit: Part Two

Disclaimer:  I have not been paid to promote any products or stores, just wanted to share my smiles from our latest shopping trip x

Hello Honeys
Back again with part two of our fun, rainy day visit to one of my favourite happy places... Ikea 😍  In part one we saw lots of lovely living rooms, bedrooms and, because it's back to school time, dorm rooms too.  If you missed it, you can see it here 💗

In today's post I wanted to share some beautiful kitchens we saw during this latest trip.  It's been quite some time since our last visit and because it's been a while, almost all of the displays were new to us... yaaaay!  I always especially look forward to seeing the kitchen displays, and all of the organisational ideas too. Always dreaming of the perfect kitchen 😍

That's not to say I don't love our own little kitchen, I adore it because it's where I'm happiest 😊 It's where my little baking area is, it's where I try out my culinary experiments (Hubby is a great sport and never complains when asked to test them, thank you sweetheart x) and it's where my laundry lives too.  I know (I've been told) I'm odd but I love doing laundry.  It's what I do for fun 😊

Why not grab a lovely cuppa, and maybe a cookie, and meet me back here in a few minutes dear ones and I'll share some the gorgeous displays we found in the kitchen section ❤

It's Ikea Time! A Fun, Rainy Day Visit: Part One

Disclaimer:  I have not been paid to promote any products or stores, just wanted to share my smiles from our latest shopping trip x

Hello Honeys,
How are you today?  All well I hope and having a wonderful week 💙  I've been, with the assistance of our furbaby Jade of course, mostly doing laundry (to take advantage of the sunny days and warm temperatures by pegging it all outside) and a few little organising projects around our home. 

Yesterday I spent most of the day smiling while editing photos taken during our trip to Ikea last Wednesday on the rainiest but still far too warm day 😊  It really was a fun, albeit exhausting, day out and I wanted to share in the hope that they might make you smile too 💚

I discovered while editing the photos for this post just how many I'd taken (hint: too many!) so I've been forced to split this post into three parts.

Even after being quite ruthless with which photos to include, there were just too (too) many to force into a single post.  If I'd included all of the images in a single post it would be far too long to possibly scroll through, you'd need several huge pots of tea or coffee and not just a cuppa and it would drain your batteries too!

Even (massively) slimmed down (and divided between three posts) there are still quite a few photos in this post dear ones so why not go grab that cuppa (and maybe a couple of cookies) and meet me back here in a few minutes...

Small Item Delivery From Ikea & A Look At What We ordered...

Disclaimer: I haven't been paid to share any products I just wanted to share my experience of online shopping at Ikea and what I choose for my first order x


Hi Honeys,
How are you today?  Our furbaby Jade and I did some laundry this afternoon, got it all pegged out and when I went out with my next wash, a gorgeous sherpa throw Jade got for Christmas from her Auntie Miriam (She still adores it honey, thank you x) I felt the rain on my face!

So, that was it, luckily the bedding and towels were all dry but I couldn't help thinking it must be wonderful not to live in the rainiest place in the world 😄

In yesterdays post I shared a tiny kitchen organising project I'd planned using some items from the Sunnersta range from Ikea.  I recently discovered that Ikea will now deliver smaller items!

I knew our nearest Ikea would deliver large, bulky items, having previously ordered a kitchen cabinet and full size worktop from them, but the fact that I can hop online and order organising project supplies and have them brought to the front door is a real game changer!   

I haven't been to my favourite store in around two years I think honeys, we don't own a car and it's just too far away, so home delivery is just the best news! 😍

So, having discovered this wonderful news, of course I wanted to try their home delivery service, so I went to their website and placed an order... 

In yesterdays post I promised I'd share the contents of this first order and I'll do that today, so, why not grab a cuppa and maybe a cookie or two and meet me back here in a few minutes honeys?

A Mini Kitchen Organising Project With Sunnersta!

Disclaimer:  I haven't been paid to promote any items, just wanted to share a mini kitchen organising project and being excited that my happy place now delivers smaller items 😊

Hi Honeys,
How are you today?  A rainy day here all day today so no laundry being pegged outside unfortunately but laundry has to be done none the less, so not for the first time I've been so grateful that we bought the couldn't-be-without-it-now pulley 😊

Other than laundry, our furbaby Jade and I spent some time upstairs de-cluttering and tidying and also had some fun in the kitchen on a mini organising project. Well, I say we, Jade keeps me company and is in charge of smiles and bringing me one of her toys to play when I'm busy cleaning or dusting or whatever else I'm doing 😊

On Monday we did have a great pegging-out-laundry kinda day and peg out laundry we did ☼  We were also eagerly awaiting a delivery from my happy place... Ikea 😍   Now we already knew we could order large items and have them delivered (as we did when we partially re-modelled our kitchen by buying and installing a new worktop and storage unit along one wall) but I recently discovered that it's now possible to order smaller items too!

I can't even tell you how excited this made me honeys, ridiculously excited 😄

I love to visit Ikea, love it!  Unfortunately we don't own a car and it's quite some distance from our home so we don't get to visit very often.  Then there is my limited mobility to be factored in now too.

Last time we visited I was in pain for days afterwards so the very idea I can just pop online and have items for our organising projects delivered is beyond wonderful 😄

I decided I'd test the delivery waters so to speak by ordering a few items (I'll write a post sharing my mini haul soon honeys, promise.)  Included in that order were a few items I'd hoped would improve the storage we'd previously set up at the side of our kitchen cabinet.

Do you remember my dismay at the discontinuation of the Bygel range at Ikea?  Ikea replaced Bygel with a new line called Sunnersta and as it turns out, it's incredibly useful.  We even replaced the Bygel rail in the bathroom with a Sunnerta rail (and containers.)

So, for this mini organising project, we ordered a Sunnersta rail, a packet of Sunnerta S hooks and a Sunnersta container.

Ikea Muffinsmix Choklad - Yummy Chocolate Muffin Mix From Ikea

Disclaimer:  I have not been paid to promote any products, just sharing some fun I had yesterday in the kitchen x

Hi Honeys
Feeling at a bit of a loss for anything to do yesterday afternoon I wandered off into the kitchen and discovered something I'd actually forgotten buying!

On our last trip to Ikea I had picked up a pack of their make in the carton chocolate muffin mix.  I was interested in trying it since I have previously tried the other two items in the range.  One being their multi-grain bread mix (yum!) and the other being another muffin mix, this time a lovely lemon flavour.

Having really enjoyed the multi-grain bread, seriously delicious when topped with a little marmalade I thought, and the lemon flavour muffins I had promised myself we'd pick up a pack of their chocolate muffin mix on our next visit.

Having brought it home it was promptly forgotten all about and left to languish in the cupboard.  To be fair though I have been battling a persistent, and ouchy, arthritis flare for what feels like forever now and baking has been the last thing on my mind.

Anyway dear ones with my laundry all done yesterday and on the lookout for something to do I saw the cartoon in the kitchen and I thought "why not?"

If you've tried any of the Ikea mixes honeys you'll know they are essentially a carton containing the ingredients to which you add water and then shake vigorously in order to mix them together. This is explained in the usual Ikea fashion by an illustration on the packaging...

Now I know there are mixed feelings on the Ikea illustrations which act as wordless directions on how to use their products but I like them and have to admit I find them charming 😊

So, on to the muffins mix itself then honeys, what are the pluses and the minuses.....

I 💙 Ikea! 7 Of My Favourite Products & How We've Used them In Our Home...

Disclaimer: I haven't been paid to promote any products, I just needed cheering up and thought I'd share some homemaking smiles 😊

Hi Honeys
Back again 😄  Today, in an effort to cheer myself up from the never-seemingly-wants-to-go-away cough I thought I'd chat about some of my favourite things from one of my favourite places..... Ikea and how we've used them to create some kind of order in our home.

I decided to limit myself to just a handful of my favourite products (not easy!) so here are seven of my Ikea favourites and how we've put them to wonderful use....

Ikea Muffinsmix Citron - Lemon Flavoured Muffin Mix

Disclaimer: I haven't been paid to promote this product, just sharing some fun Hubby & I had in the kitchen making yummy muffins x

Hi Honeys
At a loose end and with nothing much on TV to watch last night Hubby & I wandered off into the kitchen to try a muffin kit we'd bought on our last visit to Ikea a while ago.  

You might remember I tried one of these shake and bake cartons some time ago, the Ikea BRÖDMIX FLERKORN Multigrain Bread Baking Mix so you can imagine I was curious when I saw a similar carton promising yummy lemon flavour muffins ❤ 

I adore baking honeys, I really do.  I also adore muffins.  Add grins & giggles with Hubby in the kitchen into the mix and we have a winner 🏆

The Muffinsmix Citron, or lemon flavour muffin mix, comes packaged in a bright, pretty carton and is also available in chocolate flavour.  The cooking method is the same as the bread mix in that you are asked to add water, shake and then bake.  It couldn't be any easier!

Using the Ikea Ideal Candle Dish For Pretty Bathroom Storage

Disclaimer: I haven't been paid to recommend any products, just wanted to share my mini organizing project :)

Hi honeys
After the tour of our tiny entryway/mudroom yesterday, where I showed how we'd used one of our latest Ikea purchases (the Sunnersta rail & accessories) I thought I'd show you how I used another recent Ikea find :)

This pretty ceramic rectangular dish was one of the first items I added to our Ikea shopping list for this past visit because I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it!

Image and product details can be found here

This beautiful dish is part of a collection of three different candle dishes, two square and this rectangular dish, all available in both white and black.  I can think of so many uses for these candle dishes honeys, and I'm planning on maybe buying the smaller of the square dishes next visit to sit by our hob to coral olive oil bottles, seasonings etc. 

For today though, I thought I'd show you how I used the rectangular version in our bathroom for the prettiest storage...

Our Tiny Mudroom Tour

Disclaimer: I haven't been paid to recommend any products, I just wanted to share our latest project in our organizing adventure :)

Hi Honeys,
Well, we finally (other than a few finishing touches) finished work on our teeny tiny entryway/mudroom and I thought I'd share.  

You might remember that we organized items such as bottled water and bottles of soda in this little entryway because it's always cool out there using green crates organized as cubbies.  This system worked really well for quite some time but we wanted a change and now that it's done, it looks like a completely different space and we couldn't be happier with it :)

Let's take a look then will we honeys?

Rosie's Latest Fun & Fabulous Ikea Finds...

Disclaimer:  I haven't been paid to promote any products, just wanted to share our latest smiles from our Ikea shopping trip x

Hi Honeys
Hope everyone is well x  Guess what? It's actually been sunny outside today! That means I've spent today doing laundry yaaaaay :)

I'm so grateful for the sunshine today honeys, not just because it will allow me to hang out laundry (although that is a huge bonus) but because after all of the rain over the last day or two (which did it's best to torture me) today I feel (almost) human again :)

So, I thought today I'd share a glimpse of what we brought home with us from our trip last Wednesday to Ikea...

I so adore Ikea honeys, it's a wee distance away though and we don't have a car.  Hubby hires a car for the day whenever we go and we usually make plans to do our grocery shop as well as any other errands that need done too.

This is why our Ikea visits are planned to the nth degree with a shopping list prepared, measuring tape & camera in hand :)  A word of warning, this post is quite long and has lots of images, might be best to grab a coffee (and maybe a cookie?) I'll wait till you get back....

OK, let's have a look at what we brought home this time then shall we?

The Heart Wants What The Heart Wants...

Hi Honeys
Have you ever heard of the old Scottish saying "What's for you, will no (won't) go by you?" Essentially it means that if something is meant to be, it'll happen.  If you're meant to have something in your life, it won't go past without knocking on your door :)

You might remember honeys, during a recent visit to Ikea I fell in love with the cutest earthenware jar?  It was love at first sight :)  

I picked it up, then put it down again, then picked it up... and again thought... "no, it's £6.50... money doesn't grow on trees (at least not around here anyways! I work hard for my minimum wage :) "It's wasteful to spend so much on something just because it made me smile" I told myself and snapped photos of it instead :)  

Well honeys, I've spent the past couple of months wanting to kick myself.  I really did fall in love with this adorable little jar, so I resolved to treat myself on our visit this past Wednesday. 

Well, we looked high and low while walking around the store this week only to find the TILLFÄLLE Collection, just like the GILTIG collection, had been discontinued! 

Nooooo!  Now I really did want to kick myself!  Oh well, I thought, lesson learned.  In future listen to your heart when it speaks to you.  

Then on the way out of the store, in a little space they call "bargain corner" - a space where they put remaining items of discontinued stock - nestled among leftover dishes and kitchenware I saw this...

Joy! The last little Tillfalle jar in the store was sitting there waiting for me to come along and take it home :) It had been reduced, it said on the sticker attached, to £4 too!  Now if that isn't the universe speaking to me honeys, what is?  :) 

So, now I have to find the perfect spot to put it in our home.  I have a feeling it might find its way into our newly painted and re-organized little entryway/mudroom... there is what I think might be the absolutely perfect place for it :)  

What about you honeys?  Have you ever fallen in love with something and just had to have it?  I can't wait to share our little entryway with you and share it I will, as soon as we make a few finishing touches :)  For now though dear ones, I have to dash off, shower, dress and get organized for work.  Till next time, I hope you have a fabulous weekend full of smiles and fun, huggles always xx

Best Ikea Purchase Ever!

Disclaimer: I haven't been paid to recommend this product, just wanted to share our latest (and happiest) smile x

Hi Honeys
It's Friday again and so much done this week, thanks to Hubby having a week's holiday from work and following me around the house checking off jobs as we go from a little list I'd made :)

On Wednesday we made a trip to Ikea, with another carefully prepared list as always, and we did it! We managed to find one of the new Ikea products I'd spotted online in a preview of the new catalogue.

This wasn't just any product though, this looked like it could be the single best thing we've ever bought from Ikea, and if you've read this blog you'll know that Ikea is my happy place :) Seriously honeys, I'm obsessed! You can't walk into a room in our home without meeting some Ikea somewhere :)    

So, what is it then, this amazing Ikea product that actually made me so happy when I spotted it, and

doubly so when we actually found one on our latest visit?

It's the GLASSGLAD glass dome with base and I LOVE it! Essentially it's a display case to protect and store precious things while allowing them to be seen, appreciated, loved and all those good things that fill a day with smiles just because :)  It looks like this...

So, why all the excitement you ask honeys?  We have a treasure you see.  A one-of-a-kind, can never be replaced treasure discovered while going through boxes taken from cupboards in our efforts to downsize.  

This treasure means the world to us and we'd love to be able to display it in our home but not without a way to protect it from the elements (ie: dust) and, if we can (such as avoiding direct sunlight etc) from any further unnecessary aging. 

Would you like to see our treasure then honeys, now that it's found a new, safe, place to live?  Here it is...
   

This is the cake topper from our wedding cake, it's a little over thirty years old (hey I was a young bride! :) The bride's dress and the groom's shirt have discoloured a little to look more cream coloured than the white they were but she still has her tiny bouquet and her separate little lace veil attached.

The topper is perfectly complete, still having it's pink feathers, flowers & ribbon, it's silver foil leaves & tiny silver bell, all in place exactly as they were, a lifetime ago now although it feels like yesterday (or maybe the day before :)

There are simply no words for how much this means to me, or for how vividly it brings back memories of what was the happiest day of my life. Truly precious things like this deserve to be seen, to be loved and to be a part of our daily lives, don't you think honeys?

I can't help looking at it each time I walk into our living room and each time I do I smile :)  Thank you Ikea for making that possible x

Do you display your treasures?  What brings back the happiest memories for you dear ones? Till next time, have a fabulous weekend, smile lots and hug even more, hugs always xxx

Sept 2019 edit: This dome is no long available from Ikea I'm afraid (we tried to buy another one without success) but there are various different versions available in different sizes, you can see them here honeys x

Ikea Ideas & Inspiration Part Two: Lighting, Chairs & Family Trees :)

Disclaimer:  I haven't been paid to promote Ikea or their products, just wanted to share our recent trip with you x

Hi Honeys
Welcome back for the second part of our trip around Ikea, this post is picture heavy with lots of lovely things so why not take a minute to grab a cuppa?  I'll wait, in fact I'll get a cuppa too... oh and maybe a cookie :)

Soooooo many lovely things to see honeys!  Let's get cracking shall we?

Ikea Inspiration Part One: Room Displays

Disclaimer:  I haven't been paid to promote Ikea or their products, just wanted to share our recent trip with you x

Hi Honeys
I'm starting to recover from an all-too-busy weekend at work after having a sofa day with our furbaby Jade for company.  She's perfect company for a sofa day because she adores cuddles and hugs as much as her Mummy does :)

Since I was stuck on the sofa with an ouchie spine and shoulders I spent (parts of) this afternoon editing the photos from our latest trip to my happy place... Ikea.  Take that Disney world! The happiest place on earth is Swedish and full of clever storage ideas and flat packs :)  

As usual I took too many photos.... hey, like I said, it's my happy place :)  The Ikea store is quite a wee distance from us and since my mobility isn't great we don't get to go there very often, each visit really is a treat.

Today's post is made up of my favourite part of a visit to the store.... the room displays!  Oh my how I love wandering around their wonderfully laid out, perfectly organized room settings! So much inspiration honeys :) Wanna join me for a tour around a few of my favourite rooms from this visit?

Back Cupboard part 1: The Cupboard That Time Forgot!

Disclaimer: I have not been paid to recommend any products, just wanted to share our latest organizing project, hugs x

Hi Honeys 

I hope you're well and having a fabulous weekend.  I thought I'd share the organizing project Hubby & I spent almost four days working on last week :) 

In our home, directly facing the back door, is a large-ish cupboard.  This cupboard has a history dear ones.  Back when the houses were built, in the mid 1950s, and for some years afterwards, when most homes were heated by a coal fire, homes would have their coal delivered.  The coal would be deposited into this cupboard facing the back door to be scooped into a pail and taken to the fireplace as needed.  

In an age of central heating this cupboard tends to become a "catch-all" for assorted stuff from around the home that doesn't have a designated place to be. In others words honeys, our cupboard was a junk cupboard :)   

What a waste of valuable storage real estate!  This had to change and change it did :) OK, before we start, why not take a moment and fetch yourself a coffee? and maybe a cookie :) 

OK, this is shameful but I share it in order to let you know the task facing Hubby & I when we started this project last weekend. Here it is honeys, in all it's shameful over-stuffed-ness.  Our back cupboard before a (major) declutter and organization...