[ARCHIVED THREAD] - IKEA.... (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 2/1/2015 11:29:58 PM EDT
| Had never been to one until yesterday.... Some interesting stuff.... Cafeteria food was good...Instructions posted on the importance of cleaning your table in the cafeteria, designated bottle warming area... Wow.... Was a mass of liberal ecotards.... |
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A friend of mine like them and he's not anti-gun at all, but he's also not yet an enthusiast. I know they're okay, but I prefer stuff with a little more life expectancy. It depends a lot on your lifestyle. We buy a lot of IKEA shit because they are right down the street, my wife likes to change the look of the house pretty frequently and the stuff is pretty fucking sturdy for the price. She's into the whole "modern" thing and they have a pant load of that shit for prices I don't bitch about. Win, win. |
| Whenever I have a chance to stop in an Ikea, I take it. Not for the junky furniture, but for their food. A plate of gravad lax, maybe a bowl of soup. Or a plate of veggies and roasted chicken. All cheaper than a combo at a fast food place. Then a stop by the food market for pickled herring, roe in a tube, and cheap ass cookies. |
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Wait until you try to put that crap together. For the most part it's pretty easy. I have a desk from IKEA, that was a scratch and dent from 2007. Still holding together Also have a chair, tables, and various odds and ends. It's fun looking at all the vignettes in the showroom too. |
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One o the best nights with a gal I ever had was crawling around on the ground helping her assemble a Ikea futon thingy.... It's also when I learned futons can be folded into all sorts of different shapes and angles.  Turn around a few years later, helped a gal I was with build a Ikea coffee table. That's when I found out Ikea coffee tables are hell for stout. 2/2 I really should stand outside and offer pretty gals walking out of the store help with assembling their furniture.  |
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I bought a leather recliner there once that was absolutely the best piece of furniture I had ever bought. Comfortable. Built like a brick shithouse. Reasonably priced. Naturally, when I went back to buy another one, it had been discontinued. 
Their leather couches and loveseats are very well made, much better than the typical Ashley type shit. I'm sitting very comfortably in my pöang chair right now, one of the best chairs I've ever owned. |
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Folks love to hate them, but whatever. They have a lot of options for affordable stuff. It's not high quality, but it also doesn't break the bank. I wouldn't buy larger ticket items there (kitchen cabinets), but there is absolutely nothing wrong with a lot of their other stuff. In fact, my wife and I were there yesterday to get some stuff to setup a sewing station for her in our house. I built it last night and she loves it.
Yeah, a lot of their stuff requires assembly. Again, whatever. I have tools and can turn a wrench. Their instructions are usually decent pictographs. I have never been shorted parts, but they have bins with tons of spare parts at my local store, which is very cool. And food? 99 cent breakfast in the morning and Swedish meatballs later in the day. Done and done. 
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Got an Ikea a couple minutes from my door. I go there often. They're also building a BassPro a block or so away, which I'll go to more often... LOL
Most Ikea furniture sort of sucks, but it has its purpose. I just bought some kitchen cabinets in closeout (75% off), which was great for adding a cheap wall of cabinets it our eat-in kitchen. Also good kids' furniture, which is helpful as a father of four. And there are sometimes interesting things to be found in their bargain area... a couple weeks ago, I bought a whole cartload of miscellaneous "parts" for $10. Much of it went straight into their dumpster, but lots will be useful for other projects (eg. pieces of butcher block countertop, cabinet doors, etc.). Good when you;re building out a couple workshops, kids' rooms, etc. Also bought our oven and induction cooktop there, significantly cheaper than elsewhere. |
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It takes one tool - which they provide. Quoted:
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Wait until you try to put that crap together.  It takes one tool - which they provide. I've found when people complain about assembling IKEA furniture, it's more a statement about the person complaining than it is about IKEA furniture. |
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Quoted: I've found when people complain about assembling IKEA furniture, it's more a statement about the person complaining than it is about IKEA furniture. They've been making knock down furniture since shipping knock down was a thing. A lot of their hardware is pretty slick for locking in pieces solidly. |
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One o the best nights with a gal I ever had was crawling around on the ground helping her assemble a Ikea futon thingy.... It's also when I learned futons can be folded into all sorts of different shapes and angles.
Turn around a few years later, helped a gal I was with build a Ikea coffee table. That's when I found out Ikea coffee tables are hell for stout. 2/2 I really should stand outside and offer pretty gals walking out of the store help with assembling their furniture. Hmmm.... They're building a new Ikea store in St. Louis. Hmmm... I have two or three rusty gears in my brain, and they're turning. I think I have been inspired. |
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Be sure to get drunk first. Make it a real adventure. No tools allowed except a screw driver, a crescent wrench, and a bottle opener. Quoted:
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assemble ikea furniture after you've burned the directions. spend the day wondering what part is missing.  Be sure to get drunk first. Make it a real adventure. No tools allowed except a screw driver, a crescent wrench, and a bottle opener. I have assembled DOZENS of pieces from IKEA shit faced drunk with the wrong tools. Only fucked up one or two. |
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Be sure to get drunk first. Make it a real adventure. No tools allowed except a screw driver, a crescent wrench, and a bottle opener. Quoted:
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assemble ikea furniture after you've burned the directions. spend the day wondering what part is missing. Be sure to get drunk first. Make it a real adventure. No tools allowed except a screw driver, a crescent wrench, and a bottle opener. yes makes it more fun, grab some glue too! |
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Quoted: Hmmm.... They're building a new Ikea store in St. Louis. Hmmm... I have two or three rusty gears in my brain, and they're turning. I think I have been inspired. Quoted: Quoted: One o the best nights with a gal I ever had was crawling around on the ground helping her assemble a Ikea futon thingy.... It's also when I learned futons can be folded into all sorts of different shapes and angles. Turn around a few years later, helped a gal I was with build a Ikea coffee table. That's when I found out Ikea coffee tables are hell for stout. 2/2 I really should stand outside and offer pretty gals walking out of the store help with assembling their furniture. Hmmm.... They're building a new Ikea store in St. Louis. Hmmm... I have two or three rusty gears in my brain, and they're turning. I think I have been inspired.  Do it! |
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I have assembled DOZENS of pieces from IKEA shit faced drunk with the wrong tools. Only fucked up one or two. Quoted:
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assemble ikea furniture after you've burned the directions. spend the day wondering what part is missing. Be sure to get drunk first. Make it a real adventure. No tools allowed except a screw driver, a crescent wrench, and a bottle opener. I have assembled DOZENS of pieces from IKEA shit faced drunk with the wrong tools. Only fucked up one or two. That's the way to do it. I love working on stuff while drunk. The stars seem to align towards perfection. Plus, I'm a hell of a lot less bitchy. Win win. A true man can assemble or disassemble anything in the house while fall down drunk. If shit still works with missing parts, then consider yourself a specialist in achieving product efficiency.
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One o the best nights with a gal I ever had was crawling around on the ground helping her assemble a Ikea futon thingy.... It's also when I learned futons can be folded into all sorts of different shapes and angles.
Turn around a few years later, helped a gal I was with build a Ikea coffee table. That's when I found out Ikea coffee tables are hell for stout. 2/2 I really should stand outside and offer pretty gals walking out of the store help with assembling their furniture. A testament to the durability of IKEA furniture considering those plus size models you talk up are like 250+ |
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It depends a lot on your lifestyle. We buy a lot of IKEA shit because they are right down the street, my wife likes to change the look of the house pretty frequently and the stuff is pretty fucking sturdy for the price. She's into the whole "modern" thing and they have a pant load of that shit for prices I don't bitch about. Win, win. Quoted:
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A friend of mine like them and he's not anti-gun at all, but he's also not yet an enthusiast. I know they're okay, but I prefer stuff with a little more life expectancy. It depends a lot on your lifestyle. We buy a lot of IKEA shit because they are right down the street, my wife likes to change the look of the house pretty frequently and the stuff is pretty fucking sturdy for the price. She's into the whole "modern" thing and they have a pant load of that shit for prices I don't bitch about. Win, win. If you're consistently changing the interior of your home then it's the place to shop. I occasionally change the layout, but never the furniture so I like stuff that lasts. |
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Wait until you try to put that crap together. It takes one tool - which they provide. Shit, most of the stuff I've put together takes either an allen key, phillips head / flat head screw driver, and a small hammer. Most of the issues can be solved by using a drill instead of the included tools or a screw driver. pro tip: take the "included allen key tool", cut the long part of the allen key off, chuck it up in a drill, and go to town |
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One o the best nights with a gal I ever had was crawling around on the ground helping her assemble a Ikea futon thingy.... It's also when I learned futons can be folded into all sorts of different shapes and angles.
Turn around a few years later, helped a gal I was with build a Ikea coffee table. That's when I found out Ikea coffee tables are hell for stout. 2/2 I really should stand outside and offer pretty gals walking out of the store help with assembling their furniture. Hmmm.... They're building a new Ikea store in St. Louis. Hmmm... I have two or three rusty gears in my brain, and they're turning. I think I have been inspired. Do it!
If I get pepper sprayed, I'll post a thread here when my vision returns. I'll try it when the store is up and running. It's right next to St. Louis University, too. I mean like two or three blocks away. The quality of women down there is... Wow. Just. Wow. |
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Some very stylish, unique stuff can be had at Ikea at prices that you would not see in other furniture stores.
They seem to take a well engineered, systematic approach to furniture design. Everything in Ikea is compatible with everything else and it all snaps together with relative ease. If I had one near me I would probably buy most of my furniture there. |
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Quoted: A testament to the durability of IKEA furniture considering those plus size models you talk up are like 250+ Quoted: Quoted: I really should stand outside and offer pretty gals walking out of the store help with assembling their furniture. A testament to the durability of IKEA furniture considering those plus size models you talk up are like 250+ The rest are all 5'8-5'10 115-130. ETA- Yes I'm bragging. Why? Why not! |
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O SNAP! I could WRECK some of those meatballs right now. Time to forage around my kitchen like a raccoon. Quoted:
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I used to go to the one in Newark, it's right by the airport, eat some meatballs, watch the 747's land, good times. O SNAP! I could WRECK some of those meatballs right now. Time to forage around my kitchen like a raccoon. Lol. Don't poop on anything, or bite anybody while you're foraging. Stay out of the trash can while you're in there. 
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