My husband and I both love sushi. With toddlers, we don’t always get out on the town as much as we would like to. So we have many “date nights in” or entertain at our home. We have been talking about having some friends over for a sushi night soon. Of course my mind goes straight to . . . “Ooooo! How should I set the table?” I remembered that I had bought a bamboo shade for our powder room at Ikea {a whopping ten dollar shade}. I love it in there because of the texture it adds. Not the greatest shot, but here is what I am talking about. 
I had some leftover {after cutting the shade to custom fit the window}. PERFECT. For that same ten dollars I now have a runner and vase cozy {what’s a vase cozy you ask? . . . . a little slip cover for your vase. I love to switch them out. Here is a cable knit one I have made}. 
Here is the ten dollar shade from Ikea in it’s box. 
I just lined it up with another runner to get the width right. I shortened the width just a bit so that the seems on either side of the runner would be symmetrical. 
Switch out the centerpiece for an orchid and sushi night is on it’s way. 
Then I added some extra bamboo around the vase. Super easy. Wrap and add one piece of clear tape. 
One Ikea Shade {$10.00}. One Vase Cozy. One Bathroom Shade. One Table Runner. Priceless. With the addition of our white dishes, chopsticks, and an orchid . . . I think we will be all set for sushi night. Of course we won’t be inviting anyone over until the Christmas boxes are back in their place! Will post more about our “closet cave” project soon. And head on over to Megan’s! I am honored to be chatting it up on her blog about ORGANIZATION. One of my all time favorite topics. She is running a great series at Honey We’re Home that I know you will love. 
Awesome idea! Love it. And, it is the perfect table runner for Sushi Night. I just noticed that you used a mason jar on one of your candlesticks as a hurricane…I LOVE THAT! Can't wait to see how the cave is coming along.
Great idea. Bamboo is just awesome. I did a similar project except took the bamboo sushi mats we had and created some art pieces with them or used them as actual placemats. They go great with everything! 🙂
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I love Ikea!! The runner, cozy and shade look great! Way to use it to the max! Have fun, sushi is soo good!!
I hear you girl, it is hard to get out when you have young ones. If your done with the chevron you could send it my way 😉 I am heading over to check out your cable knit cozy. I really thought they were ceramic from some of you winter posts, I love cable knit!
ok are you MAKING sushi at this party?? i am SO impressed!! even more adorable with that bamboo runner. i eat sushi at least once a week, it's an obsession. i'm coming over for sushi night!
it looks incredible. i also love sushi!
Wow, are you kidding? All from one $10 shade, so amazing! I'm actually the most in love with the vase cozy, it looks awesome…nice texture and kinda beachy… (c:
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You kill me. Looks great.
Random, happen to know why a photo doesn't show up on my blog roll for you? And heading over to your feature now!
Thanks for the tip on the shade, I need one like this. Love it cut and wrapped around the vase!
Janell
Seriously great idea! I love how you streeeetched those $10! Where'd you get the floral branches in the vase? Pretty!
Great orange wall in the bathroom! Sushi night in sounds great, and no one will even know they are not at a fancy Asian restaurant, hehehe 🙂 Loved your feature over at Megan's!
HA! You are so clever and yes, that runner is definitely saying "sushi". Love your bamboo touches Courtney!
-Rene
It looks so good – clever and streamlined! I love sushi – maybe we should have that for dinner!
Love the bamboo runner. It'll be perfect!
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Great bang for your buck….very clever! I would love to do a sushi night sounds fun!
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I can't believe that shade cut so easily…looks really good! I don't know which I'm loving more the tablerunner or the vase coozy : )
Paula
you are so creative!!! I love both projects
You are too much! Hope you have a wonderful sushi night and I loved all your tips at Megan's blog!
Very creative, Courtney! How pretty the bamboo is wrapped around the vases and the runner is perfect for sushi night. My husband and I both love sushi. Great ideas and tips on your guest post at Megan's. My goal is to organize our closets by the end of January so any help is appreciated on this topic! I hope your project is going smoothly. It'll be fun to see your reveal.
Cute, cute, cute!
Oh btw..have you ever bought any sofa's from Ikea? I'm thinking about purchasing a sectional from them?
You're way too creative, Court! I love all your ideas. The texture this adds to your space is just great!
You definitely got your money's worth! I really like the texture it added to the vase.
I didn't realize Ikea sold the bamboo shade?!?! Table looks great! Now who's making the sushi? and will you be serving like samantha in SATC Movie did for Smith?!?! 😉 "Howdy neighbor!"
Get out! The vase and the table runner look like a million bucks!
like the tip on the shade…I appreciate you share it.
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