i've never been to an IKEA and the nearest is hours away so CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 18, 2019 5:49 PM MST
There's almost a sort of cultish rage when it comes to this store. I have actually heard someone say "Thank goodness....I won't have to drive 5 hours now when I want to go to one."
Have you ever put any of their furniture together? Oh. My. Word. No. You need an engineering degree to do it. At least the pieces I've seen and handled. Never again.
A bed, a sofa and a couple bookcases. No issues. The written instructions are pointless unless you can read Swedish, but the diagrams are plain enough.
You have extra parts because the maker of the bed chose his "Lot Tolerance percent Defective" for the inclusion of the assortment of parts to be what it is.
I built two of those one summer. I could only work weekends. They are immensely sturdy and should last 100 years. They can be taken apart to relocate them. They got passed down somewhere and I don't know who has them. I hope they enjoy. My ex gave the plans to my son-in-law so he can build some.
Hello ProdigalSon. There is one down in Palo Alto. I went there once, I will not be doing that again. Once you go inside you have to walk completely around the store, passing the cheapest, ugliest (in my opinion) furniture made. It was like a maze of horrors....
IKEA is a great example of high price due strictly due to branding. If you like anything you see at IKEA ... don't buy it before looking online for similar item(s).
Let's see... a giant warehouse big enough to get lost in, hoards of zombified people who have likely been lost for days, furniture that's impossible to put together and in odd non-American sizes... yeah... no.
Responses like this have managed to actually make me more intrigued than I was to begin with. I feel like I need to go just to find out how relatable some of these comments are.
We have four or five huge stores in London.....go there at your peril ...once you enter any of those stores you have to walk around the whole store to get to the department that you want and then on to where you collect your items and then to try find the exit...... Ive heard of families trapped in their stores for years as they ventured in their with out maps or their sat nav battery failed.....:(
Its a false economy to by their self assembly furniture if you yourself aren't compartment..... It can take two men two days or more to assemble a flat pack kitchen and make sure you have all the correct opponents... When you find items missing or gave by passed quility control ....it's then a trip back to the store
Kitchens carcassess are much better when glued together in a factory then the cam lock flat pack units.....there are much harded to break when installing and are far less likely be damaged from water leaks or water spills.... The drawers are weak and very flimsy and not really suitable for everyday family use....
Benedict Arnold 