IKEA?

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So I was curious. The closest IKEA to me is 113 miles...

[ZaireinHD]

Nov 8, 2014 21:10:57 GMT -5 oped said:

So I was curious. The closest IKEA to me is 113 miles...

no not worth the trip out.
doubtful that's 113 mile round trip? then yea go

the furniture I had from IKEA lasted at least 6 years!

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Nov 8, 2014 21:10:57 GMT -5 oped said:

So I was curious. The closest IKEA to me is 113 miles...

You can sign up for their catalog on line and they mail to you. Then you can see if you like and want to drive.

Very good for small apartment and starting out. You can furnish inexpensively. You can also sell on craigslist and pieces are very popular.

[justme]

I like Ikea though don't look there to the exclusion of other stores. My furniture is a mix of Ikea, target, and Wal-Mart. Though my couches are lazyboy. I don't particularly see the point of me buying expensive furniture anytime soon besides mattress and couches. The stuff I sit on everyday. Don't see the reason to buy a 600 coffee table when my 75 works well and I don't care about destroying it or changing colors in a year or two.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Maybe I've grown out of the Ikea stage of my life. It was mostly *THE* place to go for inexpensive, self-assembly furniture or accessories when I was younger - first apartment, etc.

I wouldn't have a kitchen remodel done with their stuff - I'd prefer to use a company that specializes in quality kitchen cabinets, tables, islands etc.

I've shopped there occasionally for dishes & accessories - or smaller things like end tables.

Most of their product was originally out of Scandanavia - but 2½ times the supply now comes from China.

I don't know if you have it in the US, but we have a similar company here in Canada (at least in my city) called NorDesign. Their products are more sturdy and a larger selection - for everything living room kitchen or bedroom.

Also a place called Urban Barn

www.urbanbarn.com/category/furniture.do

[Timberwolf]

I am not impressed with IKEA either.  That said, I recently bought my everyday dishes from them  .  I have a tendency to break dishes and they were the only place I could find that will sell dishes individually.   Wouldn't you know, I have yet to break a single one, but it's good to know I can buy just the replacement pieces instead of having to buy the whole set.

[Spellbound454]

I like Ikea...Its simple stylish furniture which is pretty good quality

I have a catalogue and always check their website (amongst others) when I'm looking for a particular piece of furniture or storage problem.
but there is one only 6 miles from here so its easy to get to.

Have got some items from there....(table and chairs, rug, curtains, chair, pictures, desk, chest of drawers.. and kitchen items) and sometimes they have exactly the solution you are looking for.

Very good for small rooms or flats where everything has to be organised carefully.

[lynnerself]

We have used IKEA mostly for the kids 1st apartments at college. And small household stuff. You really have to watch the quality. Sometimes its fine (salad spinner, beer mugs) some times its been bad (knifes).

[cronewitch]

I bought a huge cabinet with shelves for a TV it is black and holds my 80in tv. We put it together and it is very heavy. Last time I went I had them let me out of the maze since I knew what I wanted because I had already been there.

I would like it to furnish a place I didn't want to spend much on like a child's room or nursery or summer cabin or kids first apartment. I bought several sets of bunk beds there for a bunk house at work, basic metal bunk beds with cheap mattresses, we were housing a few men for 6 weeks so quality wasn't worth extra money.