Anya ,'Sleeper'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
IKEA is good for the rag rugs that I replace every few years. Cats. Claws. No point in nice things.
Whenever I go through a store of nice home furnishing, I mentally divide everything in the store into two categories: Things the cat will destroy, and Things the cat will not destroy.
Yeah, I have a dog hair scale that I rate furniture and clothing on before purchase. Thankfully we're past the stage of needing the dog teeth scale as well.
My mental calculus is will cathair show and do I care if it does?
xpost: hah!
Mine aren't that destructive, limiting themselves to killing rugs and one back corner of the loveseat that I didn't know about for ages. Oh and Mister Kitty has a thing about pulling strings, so he can't be in my closet.
Why no more IKEA, Tom?
All my IKEA furniture is falling apart, or permanently scarred by minor bumps. I just want something a little more solid.
I'm tired of furniture I have to put together myself. Most of the IKEA stuff I've bought seemed like a good idea at the time, but less with the love as time goes by.
My current apartment has one IKEA piece, a few Target pieces (but one broke so annoyingly that I'm not bothering to go back) and stuff from Cost Plus World Market. I like the World Market stuff. It's nice and heavy, and really really simple to put together. Though I still don't like doing that.
I only have 4 actual pieces of furniture from IKEA (wall shelf, shelf unit, tv stand and my dining room table.) I usually go there for odds and ends like rugs, a teapot, frames or whatever. I got a set of blue glass dishes and bowls there that I like.
The World Market stuff looks nice. Hasn't made it to this part of the world yet, unfortunately.
I've never had a piece of IKEA furniture last more than a year. I've had enough people tell me "But my IKEA couch has lasted 15 years!" to suspect that 15 years ago, they were making much sturdier furniture.
Plush Passover plagues! Too cute.
We have a World Market ottoman which is fabulous. Also in a zeitgeisty kind of way, we are going to IKEA tonight....for dinner. Hey, it's close and I love them crazy meatballs.
We have the old white Billy bookcases that are about fourteen years old (a bit discolored, but still standing) and a small white dresser we got for Jake's nursery that has survived all three kids. One of the coffee tables was destroyed early on -- it had to be the softest pine ever, because Jake running his Matchbox cars on top of it made dents.
I like the odds and ends at IKEA best, though. Oh, and we got a duvet cover there that rocks.