Black & Gold - The new IKEA ANGENÄM vases and dishes

I've been to IKEA a dozen times in the past week but I always only hit the Fundgrube (without success) and never took the time to stroll through the store (it was hoilday season and IKEA was awfully crowded...ugh!). So I totally missed the new Angenäm line - an oval bowl, a large dish and two vases - all made from hammered aluminum. Usually I'm not into black accessories (two weekends ago I just dumped some of my black furniture that was left from the early nineties and sat in my cellar compartment ever since) and I never thought that I will ever be again. And gold!? I never liked gold! (Says the girl who recently hung a huge golden painting frame in our corridor!) I don't plan to buy any black or golden furniture but I'm not sure if I can resist this pretty, pretty bowl or one of the vases when I hit IKEA again...

Image from LIVET HEMMA, Photographer: Nina Broberg

Images from ikea.de

IKEA ANGENÄM Bowl for 19,99 €/$24.99, IKEA ANGENÄM Dish for 17,99 €/$19.99, IKEA ANGENÄM Vase for 17,99 €/$19.99 (large) or 19,99 €/$14.99 (small)

12 von 12 / 12 on 12th of February 2012

I know, I know it's already the 13th 14th 15th 16th and I am pretty late to post the 12 images I snapped on the 12th of February but I think I never spent this little time in front of the computer as I did in the past two weeks. Mostly because of my back. It gets sore as soon as I sit on my desk for more than an hour so I only did the work that had to be done and spend as much time as possible away from the computer. Today my back is finally a little better after I ultimately started controlling and correcting my posture constantly...

Anyway, back to Sunday, Feburary 12th...
I started the day like everyday: with feeding two hungry cats! Two VERRRRY hungry cats!

Let in the sun and finally made myself some breakfast: Seminola porridge with cinnamon and sugar (Grießbrei mit Zimtzucker).

Paxon needed some extra cuddles and afterwards he hung out in the sun on the radiator next to my desk...yes, Paxon loves it extra-hot!

I spend some time making this little painting, a hand-lettered golden ampersand. And we laughed about our silly Mini :)

For dinner we had some Beef Bulgogi (here's the Martha Stewart recipe expect I made mine with beef instead of pork) and 7up. I know, 7up sounds pretty unspectacular. But it always reminds me of the family vacations in Forida back in my childhood days when 7up wasn't available in Germany. Yes, I am already that old that I remember the times when we didn't have 7up in Germany...I always brought home a few cans or sometimes I got some 7up (and Dr. Pepper) from my Grandma who rented one of her apartments out to some officers from the US Army...

Oh, and we played "Würfelhit" and later in the evening I hung out at the couch with my Hello Kitty slippers watching TV.