This weeks list is another reader request. What would I buy for my new home if money was no object. Here goes:
I’m so getting a white Smeg retro fridge. We were going to get one for our current kitchen but this fridge is deeper than regular fridges so it wouldn’t fit. With the new place I can hopefully build around it. I’m getting the fridge/freezer version though and pray it comes in white as I can’t find it online. Pretty please be available in white!
But this was supposed to be a list of dream items I’d love but either can’t afford or don’t want to spend all that much on. On top of that list is white Corian kitchen counter tops. I loooooove the sleek all white look with the integrated sinks. Ikea has their own version (Personlig) which is more my budget and which I’ll be checking out.
Would I cook and bake more with a Kitchen Aid mixer? Probably not but I’d love for it to sit there on my counter top so I could pat it now and then and tell it that it’s looking mighty good!
For storage I’d love me some Snö by Jonas Bohlin and Thomas Sandell for Asplund. So simple. So perfect.
Yes please, Thank you very much!
And a couple of these if you don’t mind. Throw in two foot stools too while you’re at it!
I’d love some flower pots. The practical me says white but the crazy money-is-no-object me says, gimme one in each color!
I’m not used to having rugs but leather edged Björk by Lena Bergström for Design House Stockholm in light grey is so beautiful, it could move in with me any day.
I’d love to start listening to music more and maybe watch TV a little less but I hate all ugly technical gadgets and am reluctant to bring any more into my home. I’m sure I can find the perfect little spot for his little white iPal though. Pretty!
Here’s a classic that I’ve loved forever. I can so see Wille and I each having one on our desks, just like at NCIS.
So those are my dream items from the top of my head. What are yours?
And wiiiiee, it’s Friday! Have a good weekend!
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oh isn’t it fun to dream.
I would like to have a couple of these:
http://green-your-life-blog.de/2010/05/emeco-111-der-navy-stuhl-wird-grun/
good luck and much fun with your new house!
It’s an interesting phenomenon, ‘mid-century modern’ is huge over here.. but those SMEG fridges [which I love btw] just don’t seem to have caught on.
In the UK on the other hand they are absolutely THE must have kitchen accessory. It’s impossible to get a fridge here in North America that ISN’T 8 inches deeper than the kitchen cabinets.. so the bloody things stick out. They can put a man on the moon but apparently a counter depth fridge is completely beyond them.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Eames Chair in White leather before… but it sure is beautiful.
Plus I’ll make a deal with you Benita.. you can have ALL the desk lamps and I’ll have Gibbs. ;o) OK ??
Have a great weekend
Jo xx
Totally agree with you! If I can’t find my harlequin set four of those are definitely contenders because I will need some chairs pretty soon!
Deal!
I see that you have very good and expensive taste – no surprise there! But it basically means that I also have that good and expensive taste. Especially the fridge and the Eames chairs. However I would add a Thermomix and if you don’t know what it is then check it out http://www.thermomix.com.au/ this is the aussie website but it is German. Anyway good luck with the new house!
I wanted a Kitchen Aid for years, and then I got one as a gift last summer. I don’t bake more… But I pet it, and dust it, and look at it… 🙂
Oh, I’d like to have the Eames too, I like that it’s seat is so low (it will go well with my low sofa).
The corian countertop looks excellent! Need to look into that Ikea version of it.
You cannot make a wish without a wishbone.
http://www.thelollipopshoppe.co.uk/products/chairs-and-stools/special-edition-blue-ch24-wishbone-chair/
These would be top of my list at the moment, but it is forever changing!
I’d love the Kitchen Aid too! But I have my grandmothers old thing, and though it’s old and dusty I use it a lot and it really is from the fifties (as is the stereo we use, with teak speakers…).
Love them too!
Oh isn’t the Smeg wonderful? We considered this classic one for our kitchen, which we’re renovating now, but it won’t work for what we need so we’re getting a side-by-side model (also Smeg) which looks okay but is nowhere near as yummy as the one you’re getting.
LOVE the Kitchenaid mixer. I just can’t figure out why they’re sooo expensive!
And my dream item, which will likely never make it into our house, is the lovely Y-stol by Hans Wegner: http://www.3dmaxer.dk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24540. Oh how I’d love a whole family of these guys around our kitchen table, but unless we win the lottery it ain’t happening.
The white leather Eames Chair has a funny story: designer Hella Jongerius once said (in an interview or so) that she didn’t understand why it was so popular because she thought it was ugly. And then the company asked her to redesign it to her liking, and this is the result. 😉 I think it’s only existed for a year or two.
(I still don’t like it very much… Give me the egg by Arne Jacobsen any day though! And almost everything else in this list…)
A tiny bit of advice: the countertops by IKEA that look like the one you have on your list, are very scratchy, I think. Check if it’s acceptable for you when you consider it, because it kept me from putting one in my kitchen at the time…
I LOVE Smeg refrigerators. I don’t know if we even have them here in the US, I guess I’ve never bothered to look. The tivoli radio is super cute too. I have a kitchenaid mixer, not that model though. I use it more around the holidays for baking, I made a pumpkin cheesecake for Thanksgiving last year. It was super handy for that!
Hmmm, if money were no object… I would fly Benita here to Minneapolis and pay her to clean my apartment and organize my stuff! In May or June of course, not now when it is miserably cold. I’d get a Kronan bicycle too, I miss the one I had in Amsterdam. It was red with a front luggage carrier on it.
How are they scratchy? Not a smooth surface but sandpaper like? Noooo! The smooth surface is what I like about corian… dang!
How about adding a white iPad 2 <“>http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/> to the list if money was no object?
I can relate to all those items lsited in your list and would like to have them all as well. Except for the SMEG which has a too small freezer part (most fridge-freezers have too small freezer departments.
Grattis till den här fantastiska veckan för er två! Wow! Tänk så mycket härlig inspiration, så många drömmar och planer som ligger framför er… Ett nytt hus, nya möjligheter och nystart. Jag gillar det.
Din önskelista innehåller flera av mina favoriter. Jag “vill ha” en Tolomeo Tavelo, en Björk (det grå mot läderkanten är så fantastiskt läckert att jag faller trots att mattan är grå) och slutligen, men först på listan, en Snö byrå… Tänk att ha en sådan här hemma! Hoppas att du får möjlighet att fylla på ditt hem, en sak i taget, med dröminredningen. “Det är bara att spara!”, som min far skulle ha sagt. 🙂 Trevlig helg!
Great choices, Benita!
I love this Asplund chair http://www.modernity.se/20th-Century-Design/ArtID/1518/Easy-Chair-Senna-Designed-by-Erik-Gunnar-Asplund.aspx
Oh, and I’ll take two of the Eames chairs, as well.
And an Aga stove http://www.aga-ranges.com/_store/Scripts/prodview.asp?idproduct=74
And a big kitchen with a fireplace. Have a great weekend!
Hej!
Det är din nya granne här igen 🙂 Jag var också galet sugen på ett SMEG kylskåp, men kände mig lite tveksam eftersom de är så dyra och inte har fått så bra omdömen. Det slutade med att vi köpte ett från Gorenje istället, för en bråkdel av priset. Det funkar hur bra som helst och är precis lika snyggt. Kolla här till exempel: http://www.gorenje.co.uk/design_lines/retro Vi köpte det med ett litet frysfack, så har vi en stor fristående frys i källaren.
Och jag vill också ha allt på din önskelista 🙂
MVH Sarah
Yes, the SMEG is available in white. See <.”>http://www.ambientedirect.com/en/brands/smeg/smeg-fab28-fridge.html>. €999…….
Does Messy mean likely to scratch? Even the Corian is not scratch-free although I would think it would be more durable than Ikea. The advantage of Corian is it’s a solid surface all the way through so technically you could buff out scratches. However, it reality, who really wants a house full of Corian dust? I’ve heard it gets everywhere. Such a pretty surface though. I also have it for my bathroom counters. Doesn’t stain like marble either.
Jag var också inne på Gorenje eller Bosch men de känns så låga och breda men det kanske bara är synvilla på bild. Jag får helt enkelt ytterligare en albedning till att kika in hos dig snart :). Skulle helst dock ha en kombinerad kyl/frys och slippa springa ner i källaren…
I can’t see it there on that site…? It’s the FAB 32 I’m after; half fridge/half freezer.
And I forgot to add Benita, I love your style and your wishlist. I’m currently looking at the Isa Form website to order some prints to add colour on the walls. I told her I loved your Laundry print. However, I keep getting drawn to the greys and turquoises. I need to push myself to be more adventurous with colour.
All the best for your new house. It will no doubt feature in a magazine spread one day.
Ja, kom och titta! Jag upplever den inte som bred. Springet är ju lite bökigt, men vi får plats med det nödvändigaste i frysfacket. Vi har två småbarn, så det kändes nödvändigt att kunna bulla upp lite. Men jag tror säkert att ni klarar er med en mindre frys. Vad har du för andra planer för köket? Vi har också det där vitrinskåpet, det är helt fantastiskt – speciellt när solen ligger på.
Lovely list! I think you should invest in the Artemide lamps, as there a some good deals around in onlineshops at least here in Germany. I have a small one at my desk and a bigger one (the tavola size) next to my bed and love to look at them an use them every single day.
No no no, sorry! Jen is right, I meant they easily scratch. When you go, take your keys with you to give it a nice test, is all I’m saying. 😉
Hi,I’m dreaming about kitchen aid, I found they are much cheaper in US then EU. Smeg also have cooker, nice one http://www.smeguk.com/Catalogue/Product/SUK62MFX5.aspx?SID=6782634
Hm. I had one in my last kitchen and it was the best countertop I’ve ever had. But I think Ikea has a budget one that maybe isn’t as good. Be sure to get the one that is a tad more expensive (hey it’s Ikea so it’s not a very large difference…).
🙂
Aha, I’ll do the scratch test in-store before I commit then :).
I would go with the Egg or the Eames any day. Such beauties.
If money wasn’t an issue I’d redo my whole kitchen cupboards. The layout is good, the kitchen spacious. The countertops black granite (not my choice, a nightmare to clean because of the size of the kitchen) and the cupboards itself are dark brown. I would love white but cannot justify redoing them.
Anyway, don’t stop dreaming!
Amazingly this is just THE SAME as my wish list I made some time ago. Even same colours, everything same! I have until now artemide and and flower pot, bat want all the rest from the list too.
Kitchen Aid is much much cheaper (200 bucks) in US but I would have to convert the electricity and then guarantee is not valid any more.
Hi Benita,
I went to Ikea last week (my mother is changing her kitchen and I’m convincing her to use Ikea) and we decide against the Personlig white surface that looks like Corian because it was all scratched and thought after a few years hers would be scratched too.
As for the Tivoli Ipal radio, I bought and returned 3 last years. They all had issues with the batteries (did not last more that a few hours and one of them none at all). I so wanted this model because I didn’t want more electronic cables but finally after my bad experiences and seeing comments on forums all over the internet resigned and bought a normal Tivoli Radio. I think Anna at Dorr Sixteen has one in her house, perhaps hers works properly.
As for the other things, all are beautiful, the Smeg fridge, the Kitchen Aid… count +1 in everything (perhaps they can do us a wholesale price??)
I am also a Smeg and KitchenAid fan, and they are both on my wish list. I became a Smeg fridge fan after seeing a similar fridge in … a Wallace and Gromit movie “The Curse Of The Were-rabbit”! However, my color choice changed since I started frequenting your blog and other “white” Skandinavian blogs – the white is really growing one me! Good luck with decorating your new home!
I wish for the Eames DSR with the wooden legs and the rockingchair also (for the planned babyroom).
The Kithen aid has been on my list for years. I have the best parents, they recently told me it will be my present when I finish university (this spring). Haven’t decided on the colour though, want the stainless steel version but it was like 8000 sek…so maybe a white or a gray.
I have a copy of the iPal from Claes Olsson, looks ok in white and I always bring it to the beach in the summer! So it works well!
We are so happy that you like our Björk rugs! So do we.
All the best from the Design House Stockholm Team
Your wish list is very much you. Much white. But- where is the Wow thingy?
Benita,
Our house is just 3 years old and the builder installed the solid surface countertops (ours were manufactured by LG and Corian is made by DuPont, but the two are basically the same). We LOVE them! I thought I’d want a natural stone, but our countertops are a smooth grey/slate color and I really love everything about them. They clean up so easily and if you get a scratch you can use a cleaner that has a slight abrasive added and it buffs right out. They are virtually maintenance free. Unfortunately, they didn’t pour the sink basin using the Corian; we have a stainless undermount sink, which isn’t so bad because I can just wipe the mess right into the sink since there is no edge. The neat thing is it is easy to craft whatever style of edge that you like and the countertops are seamless! For a clean freak like me, that is wonderful!
Please look into the different brands of this stuff, because you might find one that is more affordable. In the U.S., it is usually less expensive than natural or composite stone and definitely way better than laminate. You won’t be sorry you spent the extra money.
Faith
I agree with Anne. I’m sure the scratch resistance comes with the quality you go with. We have LG and it really doesn’t scratch that badley. With ours, the scratches easily buff out with a slightly abrasive cleaner and soft cloth. For me, the scratch factor is small in comparison with how much I love this countertop and otherwise it is pretty maintenance free.
oooh, i completely agree about the smeg. i’d also get two splugen brau pendants for my dining room, a womb chair, replace all the flooring in my house with cork, and (my top dream purchase) a mouille tripod desk lamp: http://www.dwr.com/product/lighting/table/desk-task/mouille-tripod-desk-lamp.do?sortby=ourPicks
I love the smeg, it’s on my list too, right there with an AGA. Someday, in some kitchen, I will have both….
Womb chair, in red:
http://www.knoll.com/products/product.jsp?prod_id=145
Nelson Swag Leg Desk:
http://www.dwr.com/product/designers/m-p/george-nelson/nelson-swag-leg-desk.do?sortby=ourPicks
Pretty much any Nelson Clock:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/pillows-decorative-office-accessories/george-nelsons-desk-clocks-032729
and
http://www.dwr.com/product/accessories/clocks/nelson-sunburst-clock.do
i have an iPal and love it and have never had any problems with it! and it’s perfect for me, doesn’t take up too much space, but gives a nice sound. Just wish I had bought in a different color!!
Thanks for telling me Thea :o) I have to say I really like it in the white..
I wasn’t a huge fan of the black either, I’ve always preferred the ‘look’ of the Barcelona. I could appreciate the Eames esthetically, I just didn’t ‘like’ it. That having been said.. it wins the comfort stakes hands down.
xx
i LOVE those fridges, so cute!
Grattis till husköpet och lycka till med försäljningen!
På ett föräldraforum jag hänger kom jag över en blogg med en tjej som gjort ett fantastiskt IKEA hack. Hon har “virkat in” en pall. Galet vackert och coolt. Nu vet jag inte om du virkar men jag tänkte i alla fall på dig när jag såg denna kreativa skapelse. http://nitsirkristin.blogspot.com/2011/03/2-marius-med-frivirkade-faglar.html
Kram och hej från Charlotta
I am a bit late, but would like to congratulate you and Wille on finding a new home so soon. I hope you will be able to sell the old house equally fast! I am REALLY looking forward to see how you are going to decorate your new home.
Have a nice weekend!
Fantastisktmen tyvärr inget jag skulle våga mig på med tanke på mina extremt bristfälliga virkkunskaper :).
Ah yes, the womb. It’s on my list too but in grey…
Thank you! I also consider undermounted sinks if the integrated sinks don’t work out for some reason.
I think the Smeg looks fantastic but I have read many times that the quality is absolutely disappointing. Did you investigate that? Just because it would be so sad if you spend so much money and plan your kitchen around it and it turns out to be not worth it.
Those colorful objects that you called “flower pots” are lamps… right? I was a bit confused, but I clicked through to the site, and I guess that’s just what those lamps are called.
Hella’s white “renovation” of the Eames 670 was done in 2007. 🙂
I was just about to comment on my Tivoli iPal experience, and then I saw that you mentioned mine. 🙂
Yes, I do have one at my house, and my experience has been the same as yours. The battery life is terrible (I should note that the battery is internal and non-replaceable), and after a year and half, it cannot be recharged at all and must be plugged in in order to use it. Since we bought the radio to use in the bathroom and not have a wire running across the room (!!), this is very frustrating given how expensive the radio was.
I have a $20 Sony bathroom radio that I bought from Target more than 10 years ago that’s fared far better, alas…
I’ve now heard from several people that the quality is iffy… will check into it more and get in touch with a couple of people I know have Smegs.
Yes, they are lamps. The name of the lamp is “Flower Pot” :).
Thanks for letting me know!
I do love your taste. I can’t wait to see what the new house looks like, once you move in.
You are right. But the 28 is the only one in white it seems and that freezer compartment is tiny. So if you want the 32… another color than white. See http://www.smeg.se about which ones are available in Sweden. Silver?
I love everything on your list! I am also always tempted to get ‘one in each colour’ when they are displayed all prettily like that. As for the kitchenaid mixer – I’m actively avoiding getting one, because if I bake anymore my butt is going to get out of control. But yes – I would also pick white!
Kolla gärna upp SMEG:en innan du köper, liksom andra här har jag läst tveksamma saker om kvaliteten-att det är en billig pryl i läckert skal och att de gärna pajar. Priset står inte i proportion till vad man får. Trist, när de är så fina!
Hej,
Vi köpte precis vår rosa smeg här, tysk affär, flera tusen billigare än i svergie, skippar för 100 euro till malmö, vet ej om det är mer till Stockholm. Och den finns minsann i vitt.
http://cucine24.de/
I would also love the eames lounger, kitchen aid mixer and the nice sink. Im so excited about potentially seeing your new home and all of the projects you will be undertaking over there!
Aqeela xx
Tack för tips, men de verkar inte ha 32:an i vitt. Det är den som är halv kyl och halv frys inte 2/3 kyl och 1/3 frys…
Oooh what a fun list! I lucked out when my grandma gave me her Kitchenaid Mixer when my parents gave her a new {MASSIVE} one for Christmas. I actually do find myself baking more often because it is seriously so much fun to use! I love that you can just turn it on and go about the rest of your business. Definitely a good investment if you ask me! 🙂
Smeg fridge.
Unfortunately the only white retro fridge we have are the one that you posted a picture of.
Fridge/freezer models are not avalible in white. The closest you get is cream. But its not the same.
My suggestion is (if you have space for it) that you stick to the white fridge and have an extra built-in freezer for example http://www.smeg.se/Catalogue/Product/VR115AP.aspx?SID=6851032
Best regards
Fredrik Holmberg
Smeg Showroom
Artillerigatan 55
11445 Stockholm
Yay! Great idea, thanks!
Instead of the expensive Smeg friges, have a look at the Gorenje ones. Check their retro looking ones
I have looked at them but they also don’t come in white…
eh I want all of this!
eh I want all of this!
This is my first time that I’ll buy a Kitchen Aid Mixer, somebody know wich one is better the Artisan 5qt and classic 4.5 qt? what’s the difference?
I know that the classic is cheaper, but I want to buy something that really worth, so I need to know why is the Artisan more expensive? what’s the difference ?
Thank you!!