I've mentioned it a lot on here that I've just moved away from home, we're not quite there on the decorating yet but I have put together what is probably my favourite part of the flat.
Before we moved in we decided on a few bits of new furniture we were going to buy so that we weren't overwhelmed with flatpack and this Ikea Billy bookcase was one of the items at the top of my list. I haven't photographed the whole bookcase because I wanted to focus on one shelf in particular but I found that the case is the perfect height and width and you can put the shelves in where you like. There are six shelves in total, we have books on most of them, one smaller shelf which you can see in the top of the photo which has CD's and Xbox games on it and then this "feature" shelf which I am in love with!
The three lights are from Primark, they are £10 each and take AA batteries, we both love the look of these lights and we got them recently so they should all be in stock, the only one I can't see on the website is the Flamingo but they might have it in stores.
They really brighten the shelves up, and I love that the Pineapple is a metallic rose gold shade and not a bold colour, I feel like it balances the colours, the lights on this one are little diamond shapes too which is nice. The lights aren't really that bright so I don't use them as light sources but they brighten up a room regardless.
To add some levels to the shelf I stacked a few books together, I chose these ones partly because they wouldn't fit on other shelves, but also because they stacked really well with their differing sizes, and they are all beautiful books. Pretty Honest and Face Paint are books I like to pick through, reading bits at a time so having them on a shelf like this is ideal, if you're a beauty lover you need to give them a look, they are amazing!
The last item, and another Primark bargain, is this candle, it reminds me of the Oliver Bonas one and the others that have been popular lately and even though this one is probably smaller I think it's actually prettier. After writing this post I actually went back to pick up another one in a different scent and colour, as far as I'm aware they only have two of these but I would definitely love to have more, they are so cute and smell amazing!
The rose gold one I originally picked up is Kiwi and Lemonade scented and the silver one is actually pineapple scented but it has a slightly smokier deeper edge to it too which is really nice, I haven't burnt them yet so can't tell you how they smell once lit or how long they'll last but I think they'd make really cute little storage tins once they're burnt through, they are only £3.50 too so definitely worth a look, Primark have so many really nice candles so I'll definitely be going back soon for more.
I wasn't really sure how to go about doing this post so I'm hoping that it's worked okay, I'm hoping to get the rest of the flat sorted properly before the end of the year so I might try and get more of these posts up.
Thankyou for reading ♡
