IKEA is My Home Decor Inspiration

I’ve made no secret of my love for the Swedish, affordable, furniture giant IKEA. Having grown up being dragged there over the weekends and browsing the yearly catalogs for entertainment, everything I know about getting a house together has come from the warehouse in yellow and blue. So naturally, my apartment looks like it could…

There’s No IKEA in Beirut…

Desperate times call for desperate measures, the saying goes. And it couldn’t be truer in the case of furnishing our home. Do you know how tough it is for a young couple with a limited budget to find something that fits their style without breaking the bank in a country that’s all about appearances and what’s…

The Absolutely Important Trip To IKEA

Graduate students must really have a tough time because if our group is any indication, the simplest thing will make us ecstatic. Like a trip to IKEA. For me, going to IKEA is practically a family tradition. I’m not sure when my first trip there was, but I’m pretty sure it was before I could start…

INKOM: The First Day

It seems all my posts about the Netherlands begin or include a story about me walking. And I know it’s getting really boring for you to read about me walking, but really, when the only bike you can ride is one with training wheels and you want to save on money after using the bus,…

Throwing Stuff Away Doesn’t Come Easy to Me

As a college student, I’ve accumulated a whole bunch of papers, books, notebooks, catalogs, folders, and just stuff. And over the past three years, I’ve creatively tried to pack them away in a small two shelf-closet, three drawers, and an IKEA contraption that has three shelves. To mark the end of every semester, I would…