Ikea Claus is Coming to Town!

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » September 10, 2008 3:27 pm

buffettbride wrote:
SharkOnLand wrote:
buffettbride wrote:WOOOHOO!!!!!

Ikea is coming to Denver! YAY!!!!
When? Where?

My wife will be extremely excited. I gotta admit, some of their stuff is pretty cool.
Centennial, according to this...

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx? ... ovider=top

Wanna tailgate the opening with me?

I'll bring the lutefisk.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » September 10, 2008 3:30 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
SharkOnLand wrote:
buffettbride wrote:WOOOHOO!!!!!

Ikea is coming to Denver! YAY!!!!
When? Where?

My wife will be extremely excited. I gotta admit, some of their stuff is pretty cool.
Centennial, according to this...

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx? ... ovider=top

Wanna tailgate the opening with me?
I'll bring the lutefisk.

I got the Cottonelle.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » September 10, 2008 3:54 pm

OK......I have to say that I HATED Ikea....it was one of the single most horrible shopping experiences of my life.....I got lost, like a thousand times...their sh*t is ugly....the layout of the store is confusing.....it's just over-whelming.........I was so disappointed because I drove 50 miles to see it and wanted to love it.....but I hated it.

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » September 10, 2008 4:13 pm

pbans wrote:OK......I have to say that I HATED Ikea....it was one of the single most horrible shopping experiences of my life.....I got lost, like a thousand times...their sh*t is ugly....the layout of the store is confusing.....it's just over-whelming.........I was so disappointed because I drove 50 miles to see it and wanted to love it.....but I hated it.

I live about 10 minutes from one and I could not agree with you more...it's a scary weird place

creeky · Post by **creeky** » September 10, 2008 4:15 pm

I LOVE IKEA!!!!

I am slowing getting more storage systems in my wardrobes ... have a plan now for the mess in the shelves of my coffee table - they have smaller storage boxes - they will look nice in there!

And the breakfast for $2 is pretty good value!!!!

pbans · Post by **pbans** » September 10, 2008 4:18 pm

Frank4 wrote:
pbans wrote:OK......I have to say that I HATED Ikea....it was one of the single most horrible shopping experiences of my life.....I got lost, like a thousand times...their sh*t is ugly....the layout of the store is confusing.....it's just over-whelming.........I was so disappointed because I drove 50 miles to see it and wanted to love it.....but I hated it.
I live about 10 minutes from one and I could not agree with you more...it's a scary weird place

I think we're the only ones.....I've about been burned at the stake for saying it among my friends.....

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » September 10, 2008 4:23 pm

Therre's at least one Ikea on Long Island. I've never been there.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » September 10, 2008 4:25 pm

pbans wrote:OK......I have to say that I HATED Ikea....it was one of the single most horrible shopping experiences of my life.....I got lost, like a thousand times...their sh*t is ugly....the layout of the store is confusing.....it's just over-whelming.........I was so disappointed because I drove 50 miles to see it and wanted to love it.....but I hated it.

OMG I AM NOT ALONE!!!!! There is some of their stuff I have been interested in however I hate the way the store is laid out, the crowds and I too felt overwhelmed

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » September 10, 2008 4:26 pm

buffettbride wrote:We probably shouldn't get into my obsession with home storage systems. I'm not an incredibly organized person, mind you, but I love bins, buckets, shelves, drawers, hangers.

I'm freaky.

shocking news

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » September 10, 2008 4:27 pm

I'm worried that the two people on this site I resemble most are not feeling the Ikea love. Perhaps I'm doomed to the container store and American Furniture Warehouse.

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » September 10, 2008 4:34 pm

buffettbride wrote:I'm worried that the two people on this site I resemble most are not feeling the Ikea love. Perhaps I'm doomed to the container store and American Furniture Warehouse.

That's how the cult of Ikea pulls you in, with the Ikea love. Then you start buying all the stuff with weird names you can't pronounce and then you are trapped.

We got the fall catalog at our house last week. I put in it in my neighbors fire pit and burned it

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » September 10, 2008 4:38 pm

buffettbride wrote:I'm worried that the two people on this site I resemble most are not feeling the Ikea love. Perhaps I'm doomed to the container store and American Furniture Warehouse.

now I LOVE the Container store!!

UpstateNYPH · Post by **UpstateNYPH** » September 10, 2008 4:59 pm

I agree with getting lost. Ikea on a weekend? Forget it, the crowds are unbearable

But like I said, some good deals can be found, but not all are good deals. For the most part the stuff is good quality.

And be prepared to put a lot of crap together. When I moved into my apartment, I wasnt set up for over a week. I didnt want to see an instruction booklet for a year after all that assembling

But yeah the meatballs are f'in goooood.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » September 10, 2008 5:02 pm

buffettbride wrote:I'm worried that the two people on this site I resemble most are not feeling the Ikea love. Perhaps I'm doomed to the container store and American Furniture Warehouse.

See, I dig the Container Store....a lot.....

pbans · Post by **pbans** » September 10, 2008 5:03 pm

ph4ever wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I'm worried that the two people on this site I resemble most are not feeling the Ikea love. Perhaps I'm doomed to the container store and American Furniture Warehouse.
now I LOVE the Container store!!

HAHAHAHAHA.....should have read ahead......

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » September 10, 2008 7:14 pm

pbans wrote:
ph4ever wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I'm worried that the two people on this site I resemble most are not feeling the Ikea love. Perhaps I'm doomed to the container store and American Furniture Warehouse.
now I LOVE the Container store!!

HAHAHAHAHA.....should have read ahead......

you know if the 3 of us ever get together it could be one hell of a time

Post by **SMLCHNG** » September 10, 2008 8:18 pm

pbans wrote: See, I dig the Container Store....a lot.....

Me too. That's why I don't go there often.

Never been to an Ikea. Where it's being built? Right across the highway from my office. So I'll be able to see it being built.

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » September 10, 2008 8:27 pm

pbans wrote:
Frank4 wrote:
pbans wrote:OK......I have to say that I HATED Ikea....it was one of the single most horrible shopping experiences of my life.....I got lost, like a thousand times...their sh*t is ugly....the layout of the store is confusing.....it's just over-whelming.........I was so disappointed because I drove 50 miles to see it and wanted to love it.....but I hated it.
I live about 10 minutes from one and I could not agree with you more...it's a scary weird place
I think we're the only ones.....I've about been burned at the stake for saying it among my friends.....

I don't like it either...although it's been a loooooooong time since I've been in one. I remember going there with my bro back when they first came to SoCal I think. Besides having a horrible personal experience there when my the automatic seat belt in my bro's car RIPPED my entire earring from my ear

, I just didn't like the store. And I couldn't figure out why all the furniture seemed to come in the same sized box, no matter what it was. For years I thought it was like those things you drop in water and they expand.

Poof!!! Instant furniture!

I know when they've opened them in the Sacto area in recent years there have been people lined up for days for the grand opening, just to get the free gift cards.

Caribbean Soul · Post by **Caribbean Soul** » September 10, 2008 8:40 pm

Frank4 wrote:
pbans wrote:OK......I have to say that I HATED Ikea....it was one of the single most horrible shopping experiences of my life.....I got lost, like a thousand times...their sh*t is ugly....the layout of the store is confusing.....it's just over-whelming.........I was so disappointed because I drove 50 miles to see it and wanted to love it.....but I hated it.
I live about 10 minutes from one and I could not agree with you more...it's a scary weird place

I had never experienced an Ikea until very recently.
We had to get my daughter a bed for her off campus apartment - and there was one she saw online that was listed as in stock at the Ikea near where she would be, so we figured that would be an easy fix....
O - M - G ! !

I was in NO WAY prepared for the maze that is called a store! ! ! And to top it all off the maps and signage was all completely in French!

(Oh I forgot to mention she goes to school in Montréal) We got lost several times and separated to the point of having to use our cell phones to re-connect once.

But thank goodness the salespeople were all bilingual and very helpful. Amazingly enough we found all the right boxes in the warehouse and even assembled it all with no parts left over!

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » September 10, 2008 8:49 pm

ph4ever wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I'm worried that the two people on this site I resemble most are not feeling the Ikea love. Perhaps I'm doomed to the container store and American Furniture Warehouse.
now I LOVE the Container store!!

Me too! We don't have one here....but I visit when we go to Cleveland.

Never been to Ikea...

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