I LOVE Ikea!

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I lived one year in Hungary, there is IKEA there and I really enjoyed going there, I bought so many good things for a nice price, and the furniture is really easy to assemble. I'm back to my home country and I miss it! Here we have an IKEA-like store but it's too expensive and actually the furniture isn't easy to assemble alone (although they ad like it was).

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When buying from IKEA, it's always best to buy from product lines that they are particularly strong in. They're pretty good for book shelves and other storage furniture. I've had two of their BILLY bookcases for almost 7 years now and they're still going strong. I've also bought 3 of their storage cubes from their new EKET range to store my vinyl in and they work very well too. I also like to go there to buy bars of my favourite chocolate brand Marabou. However, for things like beds, desks, chairs and tables, I prefer to buy higher quality items from elsewhere as I don't trust IKEA's build quality for those types of furniture.

I didn't get a dresser, just a means of clothing storage for my out of season clothes- bags. I made a list of what I wanted/needed at home, took necessary measurements, and then...I had to coordinate pushing two carts and a cartless pile of chairs to the checkout line and then to my car.

As far as I know yeah...my boyfriend has some furniture from there, and from the look of it its all fairly easy to put together with minimal tools. I feel confident I could get something from there and put it together myself without much trouble.

Though he also had a glass case from there which he shattered the door of by accident setting it down in a storage place, so that wasn't good. I sort of hope they've come up with a newer model for that, with better protection against shattering because I saw when he set it down and it was pretty gently. Luckily it was made of some sort of glass that shatters into more dull than sharp pieces...still probably wouldn't want to step in it without shoes.

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I love Ikea. So does my daughter. She laughs and loves all the stimulation. I like how the store is set up. It's like an alien world that brings me comfort.

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I went to Ikea once and it was so long ago I don't remember much except the dazzling brightness.

There's an Ikea opening somewhat near me soon so I guess I'll probably be taking a trip down.

It's quite nice, but can be a bit on the dear side at times...

For a lot of things I'd probably be inclined to make it myself I mean, cupboards, shelves, bed frames, that stuff isn't too tricky. I guess I'm inclined that way though now, as I am a product design student


---> P.S. If anyone is deciding that making furniture themselves is the best option, I'm happy to offer some help, It can be quite a good bit of fun at times, although I can't spend all my time helping out as I've still got some studies to handle, and I'm already part-way through designing my own new PC case

Putting together a new Ikea shopping list for another Ikea run. For one thing, I need a floor lamp. They have one that has a tray that will charge my cell phone. I have many other things on the list, but that's the latest addition.

I'm excited about getting furniture from there. I want a bookcase or two, a nightstand, possibly another dresser if I have room for one after I get the one I just bought and this thing:
http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/spr/29128687/

I need a new desk too.

Are you planning on buying the Billy book cases? Those are very popular.

Just got back from another Ikea trip. It was mostly successful. There were a couple things I wanted that they had already sold out of and that I can't order online. :single tear:

Things I wanted but couldn't buy:
The PS chopsticks
The purple/yellow/green Sommar table cloth
The green Sommar table runner

Maybe someone will sell the Sommar table cloth and table runner on eBay