It had to happen one day , as far as I aware this is the first post on Homecheeq from Ikea (correct me I’m wrong please). No matter what you think about Ikea furniture and homeware they do have a way for creating useful solutions.  This laptop table which looks like a stool is a great idea (well i think so) as it allows you to work stood up or using a chair or a stool. As the table can be adjusted to the right height you can use it anywhere around the home.

The ways of decorating your home are changing, gone are the days when the only thing you put on your wall was wallpaper and a picture of the children. Now there is a whole new level of style you can add to your home with wall hangings.  You could say that they take up the middle ground between photos and art work for your walls.  This beautifully hand crafted tapestry complete with hanging pole is just one great example of the kind of wall hangings out in the market place, this one was over at The Pier for £52.00

For those of you who don’t know what a ‘Moorcroft’ is , he was an art nouveau designer of pottery who lived opened his own factory in 1912 in Stoke-on-Trent, UK.  This vase is a classic example of Moorcroft who’s original factory still produces vases today.  Of course with a classical piece of design comes a price tag of £480.00, which if you have the money isn’t too much for nearly a hundred years of history stooped in Moorcroft’s products.

We have all wanted to prop a door open at some point in our homes, especially if you have toddlers who roam from one room to the next, it’s just makes sense not to keep getting up to open and close doors. However when you think of a door stop you think of that rubber wedge that you put under the door, or the rubber stops you screw into the floor to stop doors hitting the wall.

If you want to stop your doors and be really ‘trendy’ then look no further than the Just Original wheat filled sack as a door stop. It stands just 15cm tall and therefore isn’t that big at all and will help either prop doors open or stop them.

This tea set says Japanese all over , the age old Japanese design is also timeless and would look equally at home in any type of setting. The drinking bowls (as opposed to cups) continue the theme of the Far East, although drinking your tea from a bowl is also seen in other Asian countries.  All this needs now is a nice tasty hot drink to go with it and you can use this for any type of tea, although I’m sure the perfectionists wouldn’t dare drink anything other than Japanese herbal tea out of it.  Be a Lucky Devil and get your hands on one of these, from Lucky Devil of course.

No kitchen should be without a salad spinner, especially if you like salad,hat better way is to dry your salad? This salad spinner from Russell Hobbs goes much further that a run of the mill spinner though. It can cut, wash and dry your salad and all without you having to lift a finger, as it’s all electrical.  At a mere £29.56 + P & P from QVC it’s a bargain too.

Sometimes when it comes to design issues History can be one hell of a burden, creating something unique isn’t always that easy. So why re-invent the wheel? when you can simple take the old design and make it come to life again. These vintage red scales are part of the award winning vintage kitchen range. They scream of a by gone home making era of when times were good and life was simple , no congestion charges and no day time TV.. Bless. Available from here

Louis XVI of France was king of France and then “the French” from 1774 until 1792, he was eventually tried and executed for treason. Despite all this History generally regards him as a honest man, so it is quite apt that this armchair be named after King Louis. It displays good old fashioned French charm and has quite a presence about it. King Louis found it difficult to balance the monarchy with the winds of political change, therefore having furniture like this is a responsibility of style and adapting the space in which it is used to bring out the best features of this opulent design.

In the age of being a fit, lean mean fighting machine any serious about looking after themselves needs some gadgets to measure how their latest fitness / healthy eating regime is getting along. As the name suggests the equilibrium bathroom scale goes beyond just measuring your weight, it can measure your body fat content and water content. Although made from plastic it still looks great and can store the measurements of upto 4 people.  You can buy this from Heals at a cost of £60.00 just make sure you don’t use if it you are pregnant or have a pace maker.

As one of the bestsellers on the site purves.co.uk this ghost chair (£129.00) has certainly proven popular, and you can see why. It has a  certain  uniqueness and novelty value that isn’t tacky but will certainly add a lot to a dining area. It will look best in a  small dining area with an open plan kitchen diner, i just see it being at home in a modern funky contemporary space.