When we moved things around to accommodate our Christmas Tree, we decided we liked the desk (that we no longer use as a desk since we got our laptop) as a 'drop zone' that separated the large room into two spaces - the living room and the entry way. (It's now standing immediately to the left of the front door). But that left us with an empty wall. We decided ideally if we couldn't knock that wall down (and we have no plans to do that since it would screw with the floors) - we would love built ins that double as some cabinets / storage (for the mess of toys) on the bottom and a display / bar area up top. Its the first thing you see when you walk in, so it better look nice!
But then we realized that that would cost about $1000 - even from Ikea or DIY'd. So that's on hold until we a) put away the money or b) find something better (like a REALLY cool piece from craigslist). In the mean time, we got this 15' plug in light cord from Ikea, lampshade from Target, and light bulb from Lowes. We hung some photos we had had framed but never hung and moved our chairs / table down from hiding in the attic. Its supposed to look like a reading nook and give us more seating when we have people over (which is a lot more often since we had the kids). I love the new light, but not sure if the whole thing looks a little like a dentist office waiting area... if there were fake plants, it probably would. Oh well, we're working with what we have!
But here's the best part. The lamp is a plug in. But its not. Well, not anymore. The husband found a remote switch that has two pieces: 1: you plug piece A into your outlet and your lamp cord into piece A. 2: you put batteries into this white light switch that you can tape or screw up anywhere. It's genius. Seriously. I carried it around for an hour just switching it on and off. That ran us about $16 at Lowes.
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