IKEA

[Rye]

Everyone loves it, just like all the other Swedish things that have come to be recognized internationally, like Abba and Rantzien's eyebrows. What kind of things have you bought there? Post some pix if you can.

I'm going IKEA shopping sometime this week. My goal is to get a small desk, a small black rug, chair, and a storage bin system to go underneath the desk to create a small sewing station in my room for under $150 dollars. I wonder if I can do it! I sure hope I can; I'm tired of my sewing stuff being all over the house and in the way. The black carpet will be nice too, since it means I'll be able to see stray threads better so I can clean up faster.

[Tavrobel]

I bought my current coffee table, my TV stand, and several lamps from IKEA. I don't think you'll be able to find all of those things for < $150 total and have it look good. But if you don't care about color or pattern coordination, then it can be done.

But my favorite purchase is the Swedish Meatballs at the cafeteria.

[Miriel]

Our apartment is almost entirely furnished by Ikea. I'm typing this on a desk from ikea, while sitting in a chair from ikea, and illuminated by an ikea lamp.

Del Murder and I go there just for fun sometimes since it's just down the street. Oh and to eat in their cafeteria.

[Rye]

I bought my current coffee table, my TV stand, and several lamps from IKEA. I don't think you'll be able to find all of those things for < $150 total and have it look good. But if you don't care about color or pattern coordination, then it can be done.

But my favorite purchase is the Swedish Meatballs at the cafeteria.

It's only the desk and the chair that I'm really picky about. The desk has to be a certain hue of light wood, because it'll be put next to my other desk that has my fish tank and TV on it, and if the two are mismatching colors it'll drive me up the wall. The fabric bins can be easily bought in target, and I'm pretty sure we have a black rug somewhere. The chair doesn't need to be a specific color as long as it's something that doesn't clash with orange or green (I'd prefer an orange chair, but a black chair works as well) but it has to be something that is at least partially comfy, because I'll be spending hours in it when I do bigger projects. It's just that desk... I found something for about 40 dollars that seems promising on the website, but I still need to measure the space to see if it'd fit. I have a very limited amount of space! I pine for an office room!

[Tavrobel]

It's only the desk and the chair that I'm really picky about. The desk has to be a certain hue of light wood, because it'll be put next to my other desk that has my fish tank and TV on it, and if the two are mismatching colors it'll drive me up the wall. The fabric bins can be easily bought in target, and I'm pretty sure we have a black rug somewhere. The chair doesn't need to be a specific color as long as it's something that doesn't clash with orange or green (I'd prefer an orange chair, but a black chair works as well) but it has to be something that is at least partially comfy, because I'll be spending hours in it when I do bigger projects. It's just that desk... I found something for about 40 dollars that seems promising on the website, but I still need to measure the space to see if it'd fit. I have a very limited amount of space! I pine for an office room!

Go with black. Everything matches with black. Even black. I've found that even when you match desks and chairs, it can get fairly uncomfortable sitting at the chair while working at the desk. It only gets worse if you mix and match them based on price and color. If the person who you're shopping with is nice enough, it's okay to be freakishly obsessive. You are going to be using it for a lot.

And no, you should not be buying by yourself. Even I know not to buy furniture by myself.

But you're also talking to the guy that uses his coffee table as a workspace, dinner table, footrest, and general whirling mess of entropy. The universe suffers heat death every time I see my own table, and those are just the good days.

[Shlup]

I have a $20 nightstand from IKEA and some Christmas ornaments that were like a quarter a piece after Christmas. My friends and I like to browse and eat lunch there. It's fun!

[Bunny]

I wish I could go to IKEA :(

[Del Murder]

IKEA is awesome. Like Miriel said, our entire apartment is IKEA.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I have a dresser from IKEA and I hate it. I hate IKEA.

[Rantz]

They have lots of good deals, but I find it so exhausting to go there because they make the thing like a maze and you have to go through the whole thing unless you manage to find one of the Super Secret Shortcuts™. My computer desk is from there, though. And some other stuff.

[demondude]

I like stealing their little wooden pencils.

[Iceglow]

I need to go to Ikea but I'm being lazy about it, theres 2 that I can go to but both are around 45 min bus ride away or 25 - 30 by car however I don't drive so can't really have it easy, I also would need either a delivery to my door which costs or a cab which also costs.

[Zeldy]

I've only ever been like once! I got one of those wooden men thats arms and legs move about, like what an artist would use. It lost an arm though.

[Chris]

All of the IKEAS I have been in, have been disgustingly enormous. For some reason, I always get a heachache whenever I visit IKEA. I like it, though. Great stuff, and their cafeteria is insanely inexpensive.

[Levian]

I'm sitting in a chair from IKEA now. I bought a couple shelves and a chair from ikea when I moved away from home. I'd buy more stuff from there if only it wasn't so far away from home or I had a car.

I think IKEA definitely have become more classy in the last decade, so that's good.