Home Visit...

Let's talk about the home visit... to say I was nervous was a bit of an understatement. Having people you don't know very well come to your home and nose around was an idea I wasn't looking forward to, despite the fact that I had met the team and they had all been lovely.

It was an absolute waste of nervous energy!! 

I was visited by the lovely Samantha and Christian from the Lakeside store. They both came in, sat and were very very friendly. We talked for an age about, well everything really... it was so lovely to get to know them both a bit better (Samantha and I now know what an "Ironman" competition is... CRAZY is what it is hahahaha, sorry Christian). 

From my sofa alone, Christian was able to spot a major lack of sustainability when it comes to lighting in my home... in my modest 2 bedroom apartment I have 17 light bulbs... 17????   I do use energy saving bulbs where possible but out of the 17 there are only 5. So it looks like I'll be spending a fair bit on bulbs.




I told them about my lack of organisation in the kitchen and Samantha recommended the Fortrolig and Pruta food storage sets... the Frotrolig are a must buy for me now... cook, cool, store/freeze all in the same tub? Brilliant!!!

We also discussed storage and recycling products... I like the idea of the Sortera stacking bins to sort the recycling and general waste. As I don't have much room in the kitchen, the fact that they stack neatly is ideal. 

I was left with a list of products to choose from and I had a few ideas & things to think about before the shopping trip....                                                     ... now I just need to create my resolutions!!! C xoxo

Workshop 1...

Hi Again,

I will be posting a couple of catch-up blogs today, as I'm a bit late to the blogging game and think it's better to have a new post for each part of the process. 

 

On the 1st Novemeber, Max (my 4 year old son) and I drove to Lakeside to meet the #livelagom team. Max was very excited because I had promised him that if he was good, I would take him to "Meatball Tower" (his name for the ikea restaurant hahaha) after the meeting. We were given directions to the staff entrance at the back of the store, where we met some of the other new Laggomers. From there we were all led, by Christian (Lakeside's Lagom Project Lead), to a conference room where the rest of the team waited to greet us. At this point I should say a huge Thankyou to all of the lovely ikea staff in the room, who had set up a little area for the children to play and colour in and who were incredibly patient with the noise Max loves to create hahaha. 

 

The session was great, the presentation was informative and presented in a light way that made us all relax and enjoy it. We played an eye opening icebreaker quiz, that really did point out how little I knew about the energy I am using at home. We met the team and all introduced ourselves, and what we hoped to get out of the project... it seemed that we are all guilty of the same things at home. We were taken to the restaurant for dinner (meatball tower for Max, thanks again hahaha), which was a lovely way to get everyone talking to each other, ideas were bouncing around all over the place, it really was great. After dinner we went back to our room and were introduced to induction hobs by another member of the ikea team, what a fab idea, I think the single ring hob might go onto my shopping list. We left with a goodie bag including a water bottle, lunch bag and lunch box (which have all come in very handy in our home). All in all I felt that I came away from the event excited about the project.... I told anyone, who would listen, what it was all about!! 

 

In the days after the workshops I found myself inspired to have a good Kitchen Clearout... Wow, I had so much that I didn't need or use... out of date food found at the back of cupboards, a coffee machine I never use and a whole box of glasses I didn't realise I had. Crazy!!! 

Thank you Team Lakeside xoxo

NB: Photo credits to Christian Popescu, Ikea Lakeside... Live Lagom Facebook post. 

 

How It All Started...

Hi All, 

With my Ikea shopping trip coming up this week, I thought it was time to begin blogging!

When I applied for Ikea's "Live Lagom" project, I'll be honest, I though it was a competition and of course, I never expected to win!! I then received an email from Ikea offering me the chance to take part in the project and to attend the first workshop. I read a lot after that... I researched last years ambassadors and read their blogs, looked for other Ikea projects and spend a lot of time figuring out if a "Lagom" lifestyle would suit my son and I. After deciding we could and would stick to it, I emailed back and accepted our place on the project.

I'm so glad that I did!!!

What is "Lagom"? 

Lagom is a Swedish word that means "just the right amount". To #livelagom we shouldn't deprive ourselves of anything that we want or need but we shouldn't overindulge either, that's the hard part!! 

The Project 

Ikea have selected a group of people, at each of their stores, to take part in the Project. They ask that we attend 4 workshops to learn how to #livelagom, to think of a "sustainability resolution" that we will live by in the New Year and to track our progress in a blog. In return they will give each household £300 to spend in store on products that will make our homes more efficient and help us stick to our resolutions. 

Ikea explain it far better than I can, so here is the link: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/ikea/ikea-live-lagom/

To see how we get on, please follow this blog and comment with any ideas you might have to help us #livelagom. 

Thank you, C xoxo