My Favourite Nook

My favourite nook in the house came to be rather unintentionally. For a compulsive planner like me, ‘unplanned’ only gave it so much more charm and character.

I wanted to have a reading corner in the study but the end result was entirely different from what I had originally had in mind. My initial plan was to have 2 walls lined with white Ikea BILLY bookcases and a 2-seater sofa, something very similar to a pin I found shared in my earlier post "Finding Inspiration".

But here's how my cozier-than-expected nook turned out.


The beautiful open shelf that houses our collection of books and magazines was one we came across by chance. It was on sale and the hubby and I decided to pick it up instead of the Ikea shelf we originally had our sights on.

The lazy chair was not even a piece I picked out. It was my husband who spent a small fortune on it, intended for him to watch television on in the living room.

The two little piggies which were intended for the rustic-country-ish kitchen were used as makeshift bookends when the kitchen turned out with a contemporary.  

The LOVE carving I had originally bought for the bedroom too winded up as a stray on the bookshelf having not fit the rest of the bedroom décor.

The framed jigsaw puzzles were little treasures we'd recovered from the store room when we moved. There's finally space to display the things I completed over a decade ago!



The clock from Ikea I hoarded for no apparent reason other than ‘it was cheap’ and the penny-farthing motif plate randomly pick out on a shopping excursion with Ink were the few other pieces that just ended up on the shelf.

So there we go. Actual space in my home that wasn't painstakingly planned out.
And I love it!