After moving in and having a baby within a week of each other last summer and then just surviving the first year of life with two kids we have finally done some home projects this summer and it feels great to cross a few things off our wish list.
Out of all our IKEA projects I think this one HAS to be my favorite! We installed the new BESTA shelving units from IKEA in our formal dining room, (which we actually wanted to serve as more of an office since we don’t have too many formal dinners right now.) ;) I did want the room to still serve the purpose of a dining room though so that we had both options. As a result we didn’t really know what to do with it and after sitting pretty much empty with a table and chairs and one very large window for a whole year we bit the bullet, drove to Cincinnati, filled up the back end of the van with IKEA boxes, and proceeded to spend about a week of evenings assembling the units…
Not the best “before” shot, but you get the idea!
Getting closer…
Ta-Da!!! It’s finished!
We have two new dining chairs that serve as comfier ‘office’ chairs for working at the table and hopefully we’ll continue to replace the rest of them with time. We also need to finish decorating the shelves, but we LOVE it. Love, Love, LOVE it! The room went from a pass-through to a space we enjoy being in. :) A big thanks to my hubby for working hours and hours to assemble and safely anchor those shelves to the wall. Have I mentioned we love it?
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