Have you ever bought furniture from IKEA?
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That Lady in PA
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We have, ages ago.
Easy to assemble, no leftover parts if you follow the instructons.
Our son had a huge PAX system in his bedroom.
It followed him to his dorm apartment and then to his starter house.
He ended up selling it for more than I paid for it 10 years prior.
Easy to assemble, no leftover parts if you follow the instructons.
Our son had a huge PAX system in his bedroom.
It followed him to his dorm apartment and then to his starter house.
He ended up selling it for more than I paid for it 10 years prior.
Dave03
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- Dunder Mifflin, Scranton Branch
Maybe 20 years ago. A cabinet, 6' across, 7' tall, 2' deep.
Three compartments, one with shelves, one with drawers, and one with just an open wardrobe area for hanging clothes.
Three compartments, one with shelves, one with drawers, and one with just an open wardrobe area for hanging clothes.
Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
When I lived outside of Philadelphia in the early 2000s I bought a few small kitchen items and a flat pack bookcase with doors.
The biggest issue for me was the weight of the box.
I had to open the carton and move the pieces a few at a time to get them into my apartment.
I didn’t have any issues and the quality was about what you would expect for the price.
I think that it’s fine for a first apartment or a growing family that doesn’t want to spend a fortune while the kids are small.
At that time they also had a wonderful selection of reasonably priced handmade carpets but they were still a bit too spendy for me.
The biggest issue for me was the weight of the box.
I had to open the carton and move the pieces a few at a time to get them into my apartment.
I didn’t have any issues and the quality was about what you would expect for the price.
I think that it’s fine for a first apartment or a growing family that doesn’t want to spend a fortune while the kids are small.
At that time they also had a wonderful selection of reasonably priced handmade carpets but they were still a bit too spendy for me.
JustDave
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Never have. The closest IKEA that I know of is 700 miles away in Chicago. My sister and her husband have taken me there a couple of times, although they don't have any IKEA stuff that I know of. But the store is an interesting place to visit. Maybe not on the order the Museum of Natural History, but still interesting.
bowmore
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I did not buy any furniture from Ikea, but when we moved into our new apartment we bought many pieces that had to be assembled.
The life saver was a cordless drill and a set of metric allen drivers. It sure beat using that those little right angle wrenches that come with the pieces.
The life saver was a cordless drill and a set of metric allen drivers. It sure beat using that those little right angle wrenches that come with the pieces.
hollydolly
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- London England
This office room where I aam now is completely kitted out with furniture from Ikea.. the bookshlves, the desk, the drawers....even the icture frames, but not the pictures in them
Never once had an extra bits left over...
I'm sitting on this chair right this second...posting ths..so you can see exactly what I can see
to the left of the desk where I'm sitting right now is a 6' 6 Ikea Bookselves with glass doors.. you can see it in this earlier picture just when the room was first done
Never once had an extra bits left over...
I'm sitting on this chair right this second...posting ths..so you can see exactly what I can see
to the left of the desk where I'm sitting right now is a 6' 6 Ikea Bookselves with glass doors.. you can see it in this earlier picture just when the room was first done
hollydolly
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- London England
On the tall glass fronted cupboard I did the patterning on the glass so it looked a little different from a straightforward Ikea piece... It has 7 wide shelves and it's what holds all my trainers and shoes..
Jules
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We bought kitchen cabinets for our laundry room. Great quality.
We did it based on the rave reviews from friends who did their whole large kitchen 20 years ago.
DSSon did his large kitchen by himself too, about two years ago. Lots of flexibility for quality.
Not part of the topic - I’ve never had the Swedish meatballs.
We did it based on the rave reviews from friends who did their whole large kitchen 20 years ago.
DSSon did his large kitchen by himself too, about two years ago. Lots of flexibility for quality.
Not part of the topic - I’ve never had the Swedish meatballs.
hollydolly
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- London England
I have and now we can buy them in the supermarket as well... and I do... I love them,,,
In the Ikea store the hot dogs are tastier than Costco...
ETA I have 2 kilos of Swedish meatballs in my freezer...
Jace
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V.nice..like the wall color,too!This office room where I aam now is completely kitted out with furniture from Ikea.. the bookshlves, the desk, the drawers....even the icture frames, but not the pictures in them
Never once had an extra bits left over...
I'm sitting on this chair right this second...posting ths..so you can see exactly what I can see
to the left of the desk where I'm sitting right now is a 6' 6 Ikea Bookselves with glass doors.. you can see it in this earlier picture just when the room was first done
Lawrence00
Senior Member
I did a desk backwards once 
had to unassemble half of it and redo. That shouldn't be possible. Bone head Swedish engineers.
had to unassemble half of it and redo. That shouldn't be possible. Bone head Swedish engineers.
hollydolly
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- Location
- London England
thank you... the paint isn't Ikea.....V.nice..like the wall color,too!
