Spring tends to get people excited and motivated, in general, and I’m no different. All of a sudden, goals feel a bit more reachable, and getting up in the morning feels less backwards. Who gets up when its pitch black out anyway?? But now, the suns out, the temperature is up, and everything feels a bit lighter. There’s so much to look forward to! The kids are going to school in lighter jackets, splash pants, and rubber boots.
Here I am, over here, just itching for my annual spring Edmonton trip with Jerilee! It is SUCH a fun part of the weather improving!! Our very first year, we went in February and that was a poor choice. We FROZE. We both hate winter, so spring is just a way better time for it.
In the spirit of dreaming about shopping, I present to you my Ikea wishlist!! Now, guys, I’m counting on you. If I’m missing something awesome, tell me!! Also, it feels important to say, there is NO WAY I’ll be getting all of these things. Hence, “WISH” list. I’m not made of money, but dreaming is free!
We’ll start with the big stuff. Ready? GO!
I’d love a bathroom vanity for the basement! Now, we’re trying pretty hard to make the basement match the rest of our house but to be totally honest, we like our kitchen cabinets from Ikea SO MUCH BETTER than our “custom” bathroom cabinets. So even if the basement bathroom vanity doesn’t match the one upstairs, I’d rather not buy the same ones locally.
Ideally, with that vanity would come a sink. Or two! I anticipate we’ll have a small handful of kids getting ready for school downstairs eventually, and I think two sinks would be smart. So I’d at least look at Ikea.
I’d love to get some cabinets over the toilets. I don’t know why I didn’t think of these sooner, but they’re an obvious choice for a family like our who will always need more storage solutions. So ideally, we’d have one for all three toilets in our house. I’m not sure we’d need one in the en suite, but we’ll decide when the time comes.
Once our basement exists, the tv will move downstairs and we’ll just have a sitting area upstairs, probably with our instruments and such. I’d love a cabinet that sits on the big long wall along the living room and dining room, to sort of break that area up. Maybe something like this. We’ll have to see.
Possibly this bitty little bunk bed for the little boys when the bedrooms move around. Possibly not. Its SO nice and short, with full sized twin mattresses. But I’m not sure yet.
Ok, to the smaller stuff!
I want metal garbage cans! No link, because I don’t even care. But our plastic ones upstairs – the plastic garbage cans that EVERYONE has – have absorbed the smell of Waverly’s diapers, and I’m pretty over it.
I’m thinking maybe some new pots… Doing research on that. Ours are starting to wear out, and I think I want to change what we use completely. There’s also a big pasta pot with a pasta insert. I love the idea of that way too much. Also the steamer insert thing. We love steamed veggies over here.
I’m stoked about the 365 food storage containers! The containers are big and priced well! I’ve seen some large families use them on YouTube who swear by them! I’d love to check them out myself. My pantry would be happy, too.
I bought some cute succulents at Ikea the last time I was there, and I’d love some more! Plus, some cute pots to put them in! I don’t know what happened last time around, but there were NO pots for them that weren’t ridiculously large.
Also this bougy watering can would make my life, haha! Seriously, I put this towards the end, but its actually at the very top of my list of wants.
We need more little glasses. Now that the older kids are using real glasses, they’re breaking a little more often, lol! Ours from Ikea have pears on them, but those are long gone. Not sure what they’ll have when we get there next, but we’ll probably get the same size and shape so they all stack together.
I’d really like this little hanging laundry thing! For little annoying things that I drape over hangers and end up on the floor. Bras and such. Would be SO nice, and will fit nicely in our laundry area in the basement once its all finished. Could also bring to the lake for swim suits, wet clothes, etc.
Whew! Guys. How did I do? Its kind of ominous, but I’d never buy it all at once. And if I did, I’d be dumb, because it wouldn’t all fit in Jerilee’s car, haha!
What am I missing? What are your Ikea must-haves?