Home shopping

Emilee's sister, Beth, is visiting from Oregon for the weekend so we all decided to take a little trip to Ikea because... well, do you really need a reason to hang out in Ikea?? ;) Just as it is in Singapore, you walk in not intending on buying anything, but leave with an inflated sense of the interior designer in you, a mental picture of your fabulously coordinated and stylish future house entirely planned out, which then slowly transforms into the dull painful awareness that, oh right, we're grad students...

Well, Jude and I were actually looking for something specific- we decided that as much as our couch is a really comfy place to crash, the number of friends and family who visit us justifies buying at least a sofa bed/ futon so they can be more comfortable. And putting it in our study will also give our guests a little more privacy than sleeping in our living room.

We weren't intending on spending too much, but so we finally settled on the Lycksele in a deep scarlet red, with the Lovas mattress. It's a little more expensive than we were willing to pay, but for the design and how well it's made, we figured it's actually quite a good price. My cousin Jean will be visiting us next week from Hong Kong, so she'll be the first to break the sofa bed in :)

So yes people, knock on our doors all you want- we're ready for you!