I went to IKEA for the first time ever today

[1gobluedem]

Wow, that place is hypnotizing...

On the plus side, I found all the bedroom furniture I want; I know my SO will turn cartwheels of joy when he learns that he gets to pick it up and assemble it. :rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

1. I LOVE Ikea...

And I LOVE assembling their furniture. I can't go there too often, b/c I always come home with waaaay more than I intended to purchase.

:hi:

Our bed is from Ikea, and I f'n love it. Can never move though, since if I have to take it apart, I'll never get it back together. :rofl:

[1gobluedem]

2. Can you make a trip to Michigan in August?

I'll be ready for the furniture by then and you can probably assemble it faster than SO can. And I have two friends who are knitting maniacs who you can hang out with when you're finished! :hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

3. That would be lovely! Would I get to see MrsG too?

:D

:hi:

[1gobluedem]

12. Definitely!

She'll need to keep Kittimus away from the yarn, though.

Just saw her and the Grumpy Jr's at a baseball game Tuesday night -- fun time!

[Mutley]

4. IKEA is evil

They always make me spend too much money.

:grr:

[littlebit]

5. I have a

53' trailer filled with Ikea furniture sitting beside my house right now.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. They have an IKEA add on for the Sims 2.

I saw it at Target today. Glad you enjoyed IKEA. We don't have those in Oklahoma that I know of.
Duckie

[Rising Phoenix]

7. IKEA is what homophobia looks like!

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

8. !!!

:spray:

:rofl:

:)

[Rising Phoenix]

9. .....

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

10. I totally forgot about that part of the trip...

:rofl:

Have a good time tonight, and good luck with the surgeon. :)

[Rising Phoenix]

11. thanks hon!

[krispos42]

16. A big yellow and blue store?

:scratches head:

:shrug:

[nytemare]

13. That place rocks!

The cafeterias are priced well, too. I like the way they think, how they shape and package the products in a way that allows more items to be packed on a pallet, thereby making lower prices. The furniture is decent quality, and usually, you can find what you need.

[Scooter24]

14. My boyfriend is in love with their lighting dept.

He always seems to find an excuse for buying something. We have so much LED-lighting in this house thanks to IKEA it's unreal. Though it did save us several thousand dollars since we didn't have to hire a lighting designer. :)

Not a big fan of their furniture but I did find a few things that are cute.

[nadine_mn]

15. The Secret to Ikea - go straight to the market place and avoid the showrooms

Because thats where they make you want to redo your whole house in IKEA everything.

This may make me sound like a cheap ass bastard - but when they have slippers, dishes, towels, blankets and backpacks dirt cheap (like .99 for slippers, $5 for backpacks) I buy a shitload and donate them to shelters. I can't afford to buy more expensive stuff to donate and I would rather buy 20 prs of slippers than 5 prs for the same price.

The sad thing is my husband...bless his heart.. has yet to put together any piece of furniture correctly - there is always something off... but he tries and he gets so damn excited to bust out the power tools.

[AccessGranted]

17. Ikea is way too much fun

It's a pain to put the stuff together, but it's pretty easy and the stuff looks decent and is cheap. Cool place.