Kali turned me on to this film: "Science of Sleep." It's from 2006, I think. It's a terrific love story about two Parisian (sort of) artists who meet each other because they have apartments in the same building.
Anyway, the reason I'm posting about it is because some of the set designs are terrific. If you have a small apartment you could learn a lot about decorating it from this film. The girl in the story is a fabric artist so there's lots of niches for colorful yarn, and lots of interesting little sculptures and paintings. It's a fun place for two young people to meet and hang out. Click to enlarge.
That's a loft ladder on the left, which doubles as a book case. In the story the girl is building a loft bed, but in this picture it's not completed yet, so she sleeps on the floor. I could swear I saw that bed at IKEA a few years ago.
Come to think of it, a lot of furniture in this room is IKEA derived. Those niches and shelves above the desk are definitely from there...
...as are the end tables. The dark brown wall hanging might be fabric, but it also looks like a type of course art paper that you can buy in art stores.
I like rooms like this one that invite you to sit on the floor. The rugs buckle easy, so I'm guessing they're from IKEA, too.
The film neglects this wall (above), maybe because the designer didn't know what to do with it.
That's (above) the loft bed fully built and ready for use. This picture is from a dream sequence, so it's in a cave.
I thought I'd focus on a few interesting details. How do you like the iron work (above) on the window? You can buy iron things like that that cheaper than you might think. I drew a version of it on acetate for one of my my kid's windows, but it got mangled before I could put it up.
There's the carpets (above) again. IKEA has great deals on stuff like this.
Cotton clouds on the ceiling! Neat, huh!? I like the shadows the clouds throw.
Last but not least, a white on black, Matisse-style wall hanging.
