Try not to laugh.
My dining room table is nice. The shelving unit is kinda crappy, but eh, I'll replace it eventually.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
sarameg - Apr 07, 2006 6:55:16 am PDT #9429 of 10001
Trudy Booth - Apr 07, 2006 6:56:25 am PDT #9430 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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.
Me too!
I love my Ivar bookshelves. They are highly adaptable and useful for studio apartment living.
Vortex - Apr 07, 2006 6:56:27 am PDT #9431 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
I think that this is true.
msbelle - Apr 07, 2006 6:57:18 am PDT #9432 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
As long as I put it together with glue, the IKEA has done well. The stuff that is not glued is woobly bo bobbly. I have 2 stools, a coffee table, an entertainment center, and a corner shelf that I sold. The rest has been wall shelves and the odds and ends.
bon bon - Apr 07, 2006 6:57:39 am PDT #9433 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't like the stuff that looks like it came from IKEA-- the Swedish must really love plastic and light woods. But my (dark wood) entertainment unit has survived for two years with only damage to the fiberboard back of the bookshelves.
I guess it's a bad idea to get a bed there, hmm?
brenda m - Apr 07, 2006 7:02:51 am PDT #9434 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My bed is from IKEA, and it's done me very well. So was my last one, come to think.
tommyrot - Apr 07, 2006 7:04:00 am PDT #9435 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have some very sturdy metal Ikea shelves that I like. I could probably stack gold bars on it without it collapsing.
Scrappy - Apr 07, 2006 7:05:31 am PDT #9436 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Our office (except for anthrocart desks for the computers) is all IKEA stuff and it works really well. Certain of their items are really fabulous and styling althoug I agree that and others are too laminate-y.
§ ita § - Apr 07, 2006 7:05:35 am PDT #9437 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's that store that I can never remember the name of, because I get stuck on Dutch Elm and West Nile (so now I have to see what two-word combination of those for is the actual name...West Elm...there we go) which opened a branch not too far from my house. I'm scared to go in there, because I fear the impulse purchase.
Jessica - Apr 07, 2006 7:07:41 am PDT #9438 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I didn't know West Elm had stores! I thought they were web/catalog only. I love their stuff.
[eta: Uh-oh -- according to their website, they've got 2 in NYC, and both are within easy subway/walking distance from me. Crap.]