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IKEA Furniture

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Peoples whose homes are bedecked in IKEA furniture have a pathological lack of imagination and taste which is only outweighed by their lack of money.

Discuss.
 
After watching years of Changing Rooms and Trading Spaces, I thought IKEA was the accepted form of decorating.
 
We finally have an IKEA opening up in nearby Cincinnati. I'd love to finally see what the big deal is about with that store.
 
A number of designers use IKEA because it is reasonable, however I have heard from numerous sources that it is pretty much "disposable" furniture and does not hold up well under usage by people that weigh more than 98 pounds.
 
I have a simple chair with a leather seat from IKEA which is fine for what it is. My house is not bedecked, however.

For all that people said it was so amazing, I was singularly unimpressed at the (huge) store. It was sort of Target furniture with a slight--slight--Nordic accent.
 
Ikea is great if you're moving a lot. It's easy to disassemble and I can't stand expensive designer furniture that is impossible to move once you arranged everything into your apartment or house. Although the quality of Ikea is questionable.
 
I own no IKEA, I consider their prices too high for what it is, and the styles too aggressively simplistic. However, I do like going to the store, and I think their catalog is really cute.

All of my shelves and dressers came from Home Depot, and the rest of my furniture (aside from my bed) is from Office Depot, except for some old bits of family furniture I've salvaged from the basement (my headboard is actually our old swinging kitchen door).

My friend Caroline and I were talking about this yesterday... we had been test-driving couches at the store where she bought most of her current furniture, and visiting other fine furniture stores as well. But later we passed this terribly cheap furniture store ("Lo-Cost Furniture," it was called) where she remembered her Mom buying her college furniture from. We got to discussing whether it would be better to buy cheap new furniture or cheap old furniture.

I'm on the side of the cheap old furniture. It shows more imagination to put together a roomful of Salvation Army goodies that have stood the test of time than to just buy a suite of understuffed Sri Lanka-made couches that will fall apart in a few years for the same price. I love funny old furniture, and look forward to one day having a home of my own to furnish as funkily as I can.

Caroline, on the other hand, dislikes the idea of cheap furniture in the first place. Better have no furniture at all, is her opinion. So she's not into IKEA, either.
 
The Fab Five seem to get a lot of IKEA furniture for their straight boys. I wonder what that says about them?
 
cityboy-stl said:
The Fab Five seem to get a lot of IKEA furniture for their straight boys. I wonder what that says about them?
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It probably says that IKEA was willing to pay the promotional fees
 
I hate Ikea they have terrible service and if i wanted to put together models my choice would be model cars not furniture. For my job I usually end up there at least once a year spending anywhere from $3000.00 to $5000.00 Can. They just do not have good service there is always some sort of complication every time I go. I bought a futon like bed for my kids to sleep on after I got divorced, The matress has a huge zipper all along the length and it broke in the first year I had it, not to mention that it took me an hour to get it together.

Now thier delivery service, well you just spent $5000.00 here , Oh you want that delivered that will cost you $100.00 and we will deliver it sometime in the next two weeks. I first went to Ikea when I got divorced to possibly by a couch, when I left because there was no service I walked into a Canadian furniture store. From the moment I walked in someone was there to help me, she was not pushy but asked right away what I was looking for and within an hour I had purchased a living room set, a bed and a kitchen table and chairs. Oh you want that delivered no problem, of course there is no charge and when would you like that delivered? No thats service. Ikea sucks, ya it is good for maybe a few nick nacks and throw rugs but I will never be a major Ikea client.
 
I find Ikea's stuff alot better then it was year ago. I have a few of their stuff (mostly book shelves) from the early 1990s and they have out lasted some of the more $$ stuff. Plus, I have a soft spot for anything Swedish. *blush*
 
My furniture is entirely IKEA...I'm still a student and I needed to furnish my apartment somehow. Buying new furniture from the Bay, or Sears, or Bombay company didn't exactly suit my budget, and hand-me-downs from my parents weren't really an option since they live 3000 km away.

I intend on upgrading to better quality furniture once I actually start making money, but for the time being, IKEA suits me just fine.
 
Jesus! Trust the British to turn your choice of bookshelves into an exercise in snobbery!#-o
 
Robert~Marlénè said:
I I consider their prices too high for what it is, and the styles too aggressively simplistic.


I'm on the side of the cheap old furniture. It shows more imagination to put together a roomful of Salvation Army goodies that have stood the test of time than to just buy a suite of understuffed Sri Lanka-made couches that will fall apart in a few years for the same price. I love funny old furniture, and look forward to one day having a home of my own to furnish as funkily as I can.
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I completely agree and might add that IKEA stuff seems really...generic, sterile and overly utilitarian. Our place is furnished with a lot of nifty and oddball stuff. My coffee table is a giant(7 1/2 ft long) piece of driftwood that someone polished up and flattened out. We have nifty old steamer trunks for media stands and a pie safe for a DVD cabinet. But then, we live in a log cabin, so it all works.
 
I love IKEA! I don't own any of their pieces mind you, but I love to go walking around in their stores and grabbing a catalog whenever I'm in Houston. Considering how much you pay for their products, the fit and finish seem to be on par...
 
I like IKEA. I like the generally simple and modern design that they have, and I've found their products to be of good quality in my experience. I've purchased things from other places for much more than haven't held up as well as that from IKEA.

This isn't to say I don't like furniture from other places as well, but IKEA is/would be one of my sources.
 
I find that IKEA stuff is great so long as you're just using some basics.

I have an expedit book case for my books and one for my Stereo.

I have the chest of drawers in my closet, one arm chair in my bedroom that's just there for me to throw clothes on.

I have their wooden hangers for my pants, a set of martini glasses for when I have big parties and you need cheap glass wear that it doesn't matter if it gets broken.

I have lots of their candles because they're cheap, don't smell like anything and come in lots of muted colours and sizes.

I have what's left of the china/cutlery set my mother bought me 15 years ago, and it's not chipped and still in great condition. I replced the plates and coffee cups as I got more cash and bought ones I liked. But I still have the capuccino cups and the sugar spoons.

I have a few pots and pans I bought for really cheap when I first moved to LA and coudln't really splurge on expensive everything.

I have a big pillow for my dog to sleep on.

I have a teddy bear which Troy bought me when I said it was cute.

I have a duvet cover I thought was cool and a square of carpet by my front door.
 
just1paul said:
however I have heard from numerous sources that it is pretty much "disposable" furniture and does not hold up well under usage by people that weigh more than 98 pounds.
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well it is made for the european, not the us market :P

as soilwork said - entire ikea rooms look ridiculous - but for poor students it still is a good way to save lots of money ;)
and their glass indeed are the secret hint for any party. you laugh and smash your glass, too if any of your guests is embarassed because he broke his ;)
 
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