The post on Ikea in India reminded me of a post I wanted to do on how people make the basic boxy Expedit unit into something super stylish. Our Expedit 5×5 has followed us around a lot:
- from the Toronto Ikea (squished with us in a too-small rental car)
- to our first condo in Michigan (in a Soho industrial styled basement)
- to a home in Minneapolis (in a living room corner with Japanese tansus)
- to Chicago (in a travel-themed guest room)
- no, it’s not going to the India pied a terre!
It’s black and birch and I haven’t seen it at Ikea in many years. Here’s my beloved Expedit holding too many momentos in our guest room, but I can’t bear to put them in boxes in the basement. Thus the usefulness of Expedit:
Here are stylish Expedits in other people’s homes …
Via the San Franciso Chronicle:
Via Cameron MacNeil blog:
Via Karl&Ellen flickr:
Via Elements of Style blog – Stacy London’s TV show set:
Via Design*Sponge:
Creating office dividers, via olojin flickr:
Via simplyvonne flickr:
Via the Decorologist:
Via Ikea Hackers:
Via samanthapynn:
Via ikeaqueen flickr:
Via Ikea Hackers:
And finally, Expedit for the dollhouse, from The New York Times:
Nice post on the Expedit! I loved looking at so many ways to use this piece which I personally like so much.