― Douglas (Douglas), Sunday, 13 February 2005 06:00 (nineteen years ago) link
The more I live with IKEA furniture, the more I like it. They are a model of how mass-market design should be done. It's cheap to buy, easy to assemble, relatively long-lasting (not near as long as those bookcases my grandfather built by hand, but what do you want for 60 bucks?), relatively attractive (a master furtinure maker could come up with something better, sure, but you couldn't put it together yourself), readily available, and their business and labor practices are exemplary.
IKEA is a great company that makes great products. That's why the obsession, I'm guessing.
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Sunday, 13 February 2005 06:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― S!monB!rch (Carey), Sunday, 13 February 2005 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Sunday, 13 February 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 13 February 2005 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnney B (Johnney B), Monday, 14 February 2005 10:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Monday, 14 February 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link
However, Target was having a clearance sale on nifty imported furniture and I ended up spending a fortune. I got an African table, and Indian chest, three pillows and three rugs.
― Yr3k (dymaxia), Monday, 14 February 2005 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 14 February 2005 19:36 (nineteen years ago) link
however, i have it on good authority that starbucks is genetically engineering aggressive coffee beans. while docile beans normally live in harmony with the cordillera, angry coffee beans trees make the other plants sad.
― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 03:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Do you have to build your own sofas or do they come pre-assembled?
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 8 September 2005 03:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr. Zing!, Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Thursday, 8 September 2005 04:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― lil b, Thursday, 8 September 2005 05:42 (eighteen years ago) link
"Henjoy your affordable Svedish Crap!"
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 8 September 2005 05:53 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/30353_PE103235_S3.jpg
It is great, and cost £69.
Habitat do a remarkably similar (although solid wood rather than particleboard) thing for £345.
IKEA won this battle.
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 8 September 2005 08:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 8 September 2005 08:48 (eighteen years ago) link
The only thing I want from IKEA is a bathroom sink/cupboard unit, but I can't face going to the bloody store.
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 8 September 2005 09:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link
i... don't understand.
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
i want one
― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Although we'll probably be buying a bed there.
― Dan (Stupid Cheap Prices) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 12 January 2006 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 13 January 2006 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― LC, Friday, 13 January 2006 04:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 13 January 2006 05:58 (eighteen years ago) link
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― never acid again, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link
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― haitch, Sunday, 13 May 2007 05:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa, Sunday, 13 May 2007 12:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― haitch, Sunday, 13 May 2007 12:44 (seventeen years ago) link
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― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 13 May 2007 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― libcrypt, Sunday, 13 May 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_, Sunday, 13 May 2007 16:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 13 May 2007 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_, Sunday, 13 May 2007 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Is the stuff hard to put together? I've always gotten otherwise cheap stuff that is already put together, but I see they have some nice, clean-lined red shelving.
― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 20 September 2007 05:25 (sixteen years ago) link
It can be frustrating sometimes. Try to have a friend on hand who is somewhat mechanically inclined and enjoys those sorts of projects.
― dell, Thursday, 20 September 2007 05:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I once got trapped inside the Bristol branch of IKEA. I can buy already assembled furniture from the Furniture Store (it's actually called that) not far from my house. I can get a solid chest of drawers there for £50. Why would I waste my time assembling furniture when I can buy it already made? Screw that. So, dud.
― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 20 September 2007 09:19 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost No, it isn't hard as long as you really look at the instructions properly and don't try to do something clever like I did and build a loft bed with a ladder in a different direction to the one illustrated. It took me 4 hours. But Child 2 loves it now so Daddy getting all stressed out and hitting the floor with the hammer was all in a good cause.
As I'm sure I've posted elsewhere I have a load of their stuff and most of it has lasted well and still goods good.
The thing about it being flatpacked is that I cannot get a six foot bookcase already assembled in my car. Now for that matter, a bed.
― Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 20 September 2007 09:34 (sixteen years ago) link
??
― RJG, Thursday, 20 September 2007 09:36 (sixteen years ago) link
why bother doing anything?
― jed_, Thursday, 20 September 2007 11:07 (sixteen years ago) link
think i'm going to purchase some expedit shelves for the records. they really are the perfect size.-- haitch, Sunday, May 13, 2007 3:06 PM
-- haitch, Sunday, May 13, 2007 3:06 PM
― haitch, Thursday, 20 September 2007 12:04 (sixteen years ago) link