Deliver me from Swedish furniture!
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Deliver me from Swedish furniture!
I'm in love. If you have an IKEA in your area and have yet to visit it, I'd suggest staying away as far as possible. They've got so much good stuff, and it's all so bloody inexpensive... it's amazing. I can't go there without finding someing new and insanely useful.
Including massive picture frames for the prints from my cycling-photography project. The really sad thing is that it's cheaper for me to drive 250 miles to Emeryville to buy large picture frames than it is to purchase them here in Sacramento.
Is anyone else as addicted to this place as I am?
Including massive picture frames for the prints from my cycling-photography project. The really sad thing is that it's cheaper for me to drive 250 miles to Emeryville to buy large picture frames than it is to purchase them here in Sacramento.
Is anyone else as addicted to this place as I am?
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I used to ride by an IKEA every day on my commute to work when I was up in Chicago. Never got addicted to it 'cuz I already had too much junk in my apartment. Plus all my money was being funneled into my recording studio and my bike at the time.
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Originally posted by Matadon
I can't go there without finding someing new and insanely useful.
I can't go there without finding someing new and insanely useful.
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I love Ikea. I love it so much I am not allowed to go there unsupervised
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Originally posted by MeHT
Is it really useful or is it that you only persuade yourself that it's useful?
;P
Is it really useful or is it that you only persuade yourself that it's useful?
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The oddest thing, and I feel bad for feeling excited about this, is a new thermos. A stainless-steel one, with no logos, markings, or identifying marks of any kind (I poignantly refuse to offer free advertising to Starbucks, Nike, etc.). It's large enough to hold an entire pot of coffee, and pours properly...e.g, doesn't dribble coffee down the side, and it doesn't leak like many cheaper thermi (thermoses?) do. Ten dollars.
Why am I happy about this? Because I'm a coffee nut, and I have a press and a grinder at home. Buying coffee every day at work gets expensive; now, I can have gourmet coffee all day long, at my desk, for about $5 a week.
Mmmm...bliss.
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I want one of those little coffee tables with the yin and the yang. You know the ones I'm talking about.
Disclaimer: 80% of my furniture is from Ikea.
Disclaimer: 80% of my furniture is from Ikea.
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Ikea is the biggest scam since Salad bars. You pay more, build it yourself, and most people still think they got a deal
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Originally posted by Maelstrom
Ikea is the biggest scam since Salad bars. You pay more, build it yourself, and most people still think they got a deal
Ikea is the biggest scam since Salad bars. You pay more, build it yourself, and most people still think they got a deal
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Actually, Ikea has very nice stuff. However, one of the few things we got there that I didn't like was a couch and chair that were really cheap but totally uncomfortable. When we moved we sold the couch for next to nothing and just left the chair behind. However, they have great book shelves, kitchen stuff, etc. And we have this really comfortable lumbar-support armchair, which is totally unlike the crummy chair we bought years ago!
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Originally posted by wabbit
Actually, Ikea has very nice stuff...<snip>... they have great book shelves, kitchen stuff, etc.
Actually, Ikea has very nice stuff...<snip>... they have great book shelves, kitchen stuff, etc.
The shelf ended up straight and looking good, so no complaints there. But still, I'd rather be monkeying around with my bike than spending hours practising book shelf construction. Their smaller stuff that requires little or no assembly is OK though.
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We've got an IKEA in Edinburgh, and I think it's got a mix of very good stuff and some not so good. We bought a "Poang" chair and footstool which sits in a corner and is very comfortable when I'm reading or listening to music.
Lights are very good too and bulbs etc are cheap (even energy saving ones)
The picture frames are particularly good value.
But hey, we've had a couple of SAAB turbos, including our present 9-5 estate, so I obviously like Scandinavian stuff.
Lights are very good too and bulbs etc are cheap (even energy saving ones)
The picture frames are particularly good value.
But hey, we've had a couple of SAAB turbos, including our present 9-5 estate, so I obviously like Scandinavian stuff.
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Originally posted by chewa
We've got an IKEA in Edinburgh, and I think it's got a mix of very good stuff and some not so good. We bought a "Poang" chair and footstool which sits in a corner and is very comfortable when I'm reading or listening to music.
Lights are very good too and bulbs etc are cheap (even energy saving ones)
The picture frames are particularly good value.
But hey, we've had a couple of SAAB turbos, including our present 9-5 estate, so I obviously like Scandinavian stuff.
We've got an IKEA in Edinburgh, and I think it's got a mix of very good stuff and some not so good. We bought a "Poang" chair and footstool which sits in a corner and is very comfortable when I'm reading or listening to music.
Lights are very good too and bulbs etc are cheap (even energy saving ones)
The picture frames are particularly good value.
But hey, we've had a couple of SAAB turbos, including our present 9-5 estate, so I obviously like Scandinavian stuff.
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Originally posted by Matadon
I'm not a big consumer (well, unless you talk to the guys at the LBS, but that's another story). There's a ton of things there that I've found, and once purchased, seem to make life easier and/or more comfortable. Doesn't help that I'm pretty anal-retentive, so stuff to help organize other stuff fits into that category.
The oddest thing, and I feel bad for feeling excited about this, is a new thermos. A stainless-steel one, with no logos, markings, or identifying marks of any kind (I poignantly refuse to offer free advertising to Starbucks, Nike, etc.). It's large enough to hold an entire pot of coffee, and pours properly...e.g, doesn't dribble coffee down the side, and it doesn't leak like many cheaper thermi (thermoses?) do. Ten dollars.
Why am I happy about this? Because I'm a coffee nut, and I have a press and a grinder at home. Buying coffee every day at work gets expensive; now, I can have gourmet coffee all day long, at my desk, for about $5 a week.
Mmmm...bliss.
I'm not a big consumer (well, unless you talk to the guys at the LBS, but that's another story). There's a ton of things there that I've found, and once purchased, seem to make life easier and/or more comfortable. Doesn't help that I'm pretty anal-retentive, so stuff to help organize other stuff fits into that category.
The oddest thing, and I feel bad for feeling excited about this, is a new thermos. A stainless-steel one, with no logos, markings, or identifying marks of any kind (I poignantly refuse to offer free advertising to Starbucks, Nike, etc.). It's large enough to hold an entire pot of coffee, and pours properly...e.g, doesn't dribble coffee down the side, and it doesn't leak like many cheaper thermi (thermoses?) do. Ten dollars.
Why am I happy about this? Because I'm a coffee nut, and I have a press and a grinder at home. Buying coffee every day at work gets expensive; now, I can have gourmet coffee all day long, at my desk, for about $5 a week.
Mmmm...bliss.
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Originally posted by Juha
Umm, yes. I went for one of their book shelves several years ago. I needed the space badly, and bought several modules of it, complete with drawers, glass doors etc. The works. By the time I had finished tightening all those Allen screws it was a different time of year, my friends no longer recognized me and I had developed a carpal tunnel syndrome.
The shelf ended up straight and looking good, so no complaints there. But still, I'd rather be monkeying around with my bike than spending hours practising book shelf construction. Their smaller stuff that requires little or no assembly is OK though.
--J
Umm, yes. I went for one of their book shelves several years ago. I needed the space badly, and bought several modules of it, complete with drawers, glass doors etc. The works. By the time I had finished tightening all those Allen screws it was a different time of year, my friends no longer recognized me and I had developed a carpal tunnel syndrome.
The shelf ended up straight and looking good, so no complaints there. But still, I'd rather be monkeying around with my bike than spending hours practising book shelf construction. Their smaller stuff that requires little or no assembly is OK though.
--J
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There's no Ikea near me, but there's a stoer called ScanDesign just around the corner from my house.
It's mucho expensive, and tres chic! I really love scandanavian furniture. It's high class in a Warhol sort of way.
Anyway, check their website out:
https://www.inspirationbyscandesign.com
It's mucho expensive, and tres chic! I really love scandanavian furniture. It's high class in a Warhol sort of way.
Anyway, check their website out:
https://www.inspirationbyscandesign.com
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IKEA is about style and sweat-equity. They've got great stuff if it suits your personal fashion and you're willing to apply yourself (think cordless drill.) Wouldn't be great to have a bike store like that?
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Originally posted by Matadon
...plus you gain the added benefit of getting to shop for power tools...
...plus you gain the added benefit of getting to shop for power tools...
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You guys better watch your IKEA purchases,.......remember what happened to Edward Norton in the movie "Fight Club".....
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Personally I always figured that the whole build it yourself with allen key thing was just a ruse to encourage would be cycle mechanics. I just wish they'd design something that needs a chain tool to build it.
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Originally posted by MikeS
Personally I always figured that the whole build it yourself with allen key thing was just a ruse to encourage would be cycle mechanics. I just wish they'd design something that needs a chain tool to build it.
Personally I always figured that the whole build it yourself with allen key thing was just a ruse to encourage would be cycle mechanics. I just wish they'd design something that needs a chain tool to build it.
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Originally posted by MeHT
Make window blinds that use bike chains? 9-speed window shutting cassette - how cool is that?
Make window blinds that use bike chains? 9-speed window shutting cassette - how cool is that?
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Originally posted by Flintlock
You guys better watch your IKEA purchases,.......remember what happened to Edward Norton in the movie "Fight Club".....
You guys better watch your IKEA purchases,.......remember what happened to Edward Norton in the movie "Fight Club".....
Ive seen er sorry heard that Porn has more tangable plots and better acting...
Oh, I have several Ikea "Billy" book shelves, a chair that well, is'nt so comfortable, a cheap kitchen table, but you know what it's like when you're first setting up house, you can get reasonablely stable furniture that functions.