Hard to find elegant, postmodern furniture for all my apples in the house. So I found it: IKEA. Inexpensive and elegant but solid furniture. Perfect. Where can I get the signature Apple white paint?
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IKEA furniture sucks. At least what I have is not built very well at all. Things may have changed but I would never buy something from them again.
cycocelica said:
I got my computer desk from IKEA http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stor...=25907&langId=-1&parentCats=15600*15872*16133 and I think it is a fairly nice desk, especially for the 79.99 I paid for it. It even survived a 500 mile move jamed into the back of a trailer in 2 pieces, and is perfectly fine. Not to mention shopping at IKEA is SOO much fun, I love the carts that go sideways
. And the swedish meatballs are good too. Also you must grab a bottle of Lingenberry Concentrate from the food store, it is good stuff 
For assemble-it-yourself furniture I've found Ikea to typically have very good price/performance compared to other big retailers.
LethalWolfe said:
Yeah their prices are very good, and the quality is better then you would expect for the price, I mean your not going to get the highest quality (but I don't expect it for $80). Not to mention building my desk was fun
todd2000 said:Yeah their prices are very good, and the quality is better then you would expect for the price, I mean your not going to get the highest quality (but I don't expect it for $80). Not to mention building my desk was fun
You thought building your desk was fun??
I found the little allen wrench tool they give with a lot of their furniture made my hands sore after screwing in what seemed like a million screws on the bookshelves we got. All in all, the furniture is not bad for the price you pay. We got silverware for 8 for under $10 and it has served us well. Not to mention that we like the $.99 pasta and jazz night they have on Wednesday here at the College Park store. If we ever have to make a trip there we try to schedule it for that night. Nothing like a little live jazz to get you through the store.
Yes, plus IKEA looks good. It's the only affordable contemporary furniture. The rest is all Victorian junk!
IKEA is a gamble. Some of their items are great like the book shelf I baught, and some are absolute crap like the armoire I also baught.cycocelica said:
With IKEA it is highly suggested that you do not do catalogue orders but go to the store to see the item in person and check out the construction.