When we bought our apartment we moved in with pretty much zero furniture purchases and used everything that we had before. Now we decided that it’s time we’ve updated our living room. We have no plans to be moving any time soon, therefore we might as well make it as nice as possible.
The whole movement has started because of that BD movie and the player. The TV could use a refresh, and along with it could the arrangement and the layout of the room. Also I decide that it’s time I finally got my surround system back in place, as we have never connected the rear speakers after the move.
We visited a lot of furniture stores and came to the consensus — they either have something small, ugly or just plain wrong for our room, or they have something that costs WAY too much money. 5 grand for a freaking collection of shelves and doors?
Naturally IKEA came to mind and we came up with what we think should serve our needs for a very good price. IKEA though has no planning tools, but that’s when my old friend Sketch-Up helped me out. Many more updates to come.
October 9, 2009 @ 23:15
Looks great so far, and you are right, a corner couch will fit nicely. A large rectangular coffee table and you have a conversation and TV watching are that’s comfy, well placed, and always filled with great witty conversation. By the way, any thought’s to which TV you wanna get?
October 10, 2009 @ 13:35
I’ve done a lot of reading and I’m pretty much settled on non-LED LCD from Samsung. Either B650 or B750. I think this is the best balance between high picture quality and cost.
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