First Trip to IKEA

Today was my first time going to IKEA and let me tell you, it was ah-mazing!  

We live about 3 hours away from the nearest IKEA, and that's probably a good thing because I liked way too many of the things they have there.  What blew me away most was how beautiful, sturdy, and reasonably-priced the furniture was.  

We left with "big girl" furniture for our daughter's new room since she'll be transitioning out of her crib soon (eek) and moving into what was my craft room.  We got her the small Hemnes dresser and Hemnes twin bed (full review and room makeover will be on the blog soon).  And since my craft room will become her room, we decided to bite the bullet and get the Hemnes sideboard to hold all my displaced craft supplies.  I just loved the Hemnes line from IKEA, can't you tell?  We also picked up a cute (and cheap!) wooden train set for her.  

I was expecting IKEA to be a lot of modern furniture and accessories, but I was pleasantly surprised to see they had a lot of great "farmhouse-inspired" pieces that fit with our New England style.  

I should have taken more pictures for the blog while we were there, but I was just too busy browsing and shopping!  ;)