4 Key Elements to Turn Your Home into Sweet Home Cafe
Cafes have been the shelter of urban dwellers since its inception. It is a haven from conventional troubles. A dose of coffee is essential whether you’re sneaking a five minute break or spending the whole day staring out the window of a designer coffee shop.
There is more to a cafe than it is for consumption. It is a picture for easy living; a simple meal and a cup of coffee alone, or hanging out with friends, a cafe is a delight to be in.
Everyone wishes for their home to be an extension of themselves, a way of self-expression. If you dream of living inside a cafe just because, Urban Sales brings you selected pieces to bring you the kind of cozy living you crave for.
4 Key Elements
1. Wall
As the face of the space, the wall should set the tone for the area. If you want the same feel of a cafe inside your home, the wall should be the first thing you turn your attention to. One of the things you can doo to add tha cafe vibe would be painting. Another option would be adding a wallpaper. If you wish to have a LOFT style cafe, using a brick wall, although quite rigorous, is a good expression of taste.
Decorate the walls with photos, posters, and metopes that suit your taste. For movie buffs, you can frame movie posters of all the MARVEL movies or a poster of The Notebook if that is your sort of thing. Or make it look more casual by posting those posters without frames. A lot of memories can be displayed in your living room to give your home that much needed life.
IKEA KNOPPANG frame w/ poster, $89
Display abstract works of art, or your favorite movie posters with the KNOPPANG frames. Or you can display pictures of coffee bean farmers so you could always remember why you love coffee and the cafe-like lifestyle.
IKEA TVILLING poster, $19.90
Tired of looking at empty walls and bland spaces? You can add flavor to your cafe wall with these TVILLING posters. Or you can buy it for the sake of the frames and insert photos that suit your taste.
Leveraging the wall is a great way to display how much of a coffee addict you are. Take advantage of the wall, display your coffee cup collections. Then choose a suitable island cart to put your coffee equipment and now you have a cafe that you can call home! Or vice versa.
IKEA MYRHEDEN frame, $48
Not your conventional photo frame. You don’t put photos inside the squares. You pin them on top of the frame. Perfect for creating a photo collage of your summer and holiday memories. This piece makes your cafe-like home, erm, home.
IKEA BREDARYD frame, $14.90
It is quite unusual to see boxes hung on walls. But this is not a box. The BREDARYD is a photo frame that looks like a box. That’s what makes it awesome!
2. Floor
In most ways, your floor will determine the temperature of the room. Wooden floors make for a cozy atmosphere. Enter a local Starbucks and you’ll see that wood is the most used floor material in cafes. The reason for this is because wood brings a breath of nature in such an urbane refuge. The pores in the wood floor could easily change the moisture and temperature of the room according to sunshine.
IKEA TANUM rug, $22
It feels good walking of soft rugs. And because it will be ion your home and not in a cafe, you can walk on the TANUM rug barefoot.
IKEA TRAMPA door mat, $19
Enter your home with a TRAMPA door mat to gather all the dirt and dust from the outside world. During the weekends, you can just use a vacuum cleaner and it will look like you just purchased it from us.
If you are not a wooden person, concrete floors would do well in a cafe-like living space, too. You can match exposed structures such as beams and walls to enhance the sense of space.
Do a floor plan according to the motion line and characteristics of the different kinds of brewing coffee. So in order to establish this, you must first determine which method of brewing best suits you. An easy task for coffee lovers!
IKEA LAPPJUNG RUTA rug, $189
Why stop with a small rug when you can have one almost as big as a carpet? The LAPPJUNG is also bestowed with a great design patter and it is very easy to clean.
IKEA SODERUP rug, $89
The natural color of the SODERUP rug makes you feel closer to nature. And it will blend in just about any room you put it, especially in a cafe setting.
3. Lighting
The lighting directly affects the sensory experience of the habitant. Why else decorate it like a cafe if you can’t see it? Most cafes adopt soft, warm light to soften the atmosphere.
IKEA HEKTAR pendant lamp, $139
Pendant lamps are a must in a cafe. The HEKTAR will focus light where you want it and leave mysterious, warm shadows where you don’t.
IKEA SINNERLIG pendant lamp, $159
The SINNERLIG is made from natural fibers and it adds warmth to an already cozy cafe setting.
The organic combination of direct light and indirect light would need setting up. Set up lights from different materials and in different heights to transform an ordinary space into somewhere full of design.
Pendant lamps are a must in a cafe. The FOTO will focus light where you want it and leave mysterious, warm shadows where you don’t.
IKEA KRUSNING pendant shade, $25
The KRUSNING makes a space look really customized and personalized. And when you put it over a lamp, it will generate soft and diffused light.
4. Cabinets and Shelving
The shelves and cabinets are highly functional design essentials in any cafe inspired interior. This kind of design aesthetic actually solves a demand. Glass is also a great design piece which is also highly practical.
IKEA KASSEBY display box, $31.90
Display your favorite Starbucks mugs or coffee bean collections you don’t want anyone to use behind a glass case. Or your soon to be favorite movie poster: The Avengers Assemble. Showing in 2019.
With the BOTKYRKA, you can display Starbucks mugs, saucers, and coffee beans that you want your guests to use.
Open storage are commonplace in a cafe. The space between each layer is big enough that it can accommodate plants and other adornments. This would also be a good place to put photos.
IKEA YPPERLIG shelving unit, $299
If you are expecting guests to come by your home cafe, it’s best to have a shelf with many layers. With the YPPERLIG shelf, you can place mugs, saucers, plates and everything you need for a real tea party within easy reach.
IKEA KALLAX 5x5 shelving unit, $479
The KALLAX has always been a versatile piece. You can use it to store books like in a cafe. Or you can display mugs, glass bowls filled with candy, or cookie jars.
Get that shot of caffeine and get your creative juices working. Call a cafe your home sweet home!
