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.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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.
msbelle - Apr 07, 2006 6:57:18 am PDT #9432 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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.]
bon bon - Apr 07, 2006 7:08:52 am PDT #9439 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
West Elm is *very* close to my apartment, but has been still too expensive for the impulse buy.
P.M. Marc - Apr 07, 2006 7:12:02 am PDT #9440 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I guess it's a bad idea to get a bed there, hmm?
Our bed and mattress are both from IKEA.
I really like the mattress (it's an all-foam one), and the bed's okay. Just avoid the pressboard ones.
Things IKEA does well: mattresses; kitchen cabinets; rugs; glassware; the Poang chair; those weird square cheap coffee tables (mine's been very abused, and has held up nicely).
Their dressers always seemed flimsy to me, which is why when we finally got dressers this year (they just came yesterday!), we went to one of those all wood places instead.
Jesse - Apr 07, 2006 7:12:53 am PDT #9441 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I like West Elm stuff a lot, but I can't help feeling it's too expensive for what it is. I.e., way more expensive than IKEA for stuff that looks marginally better than IKEA.