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.
those of us that are clutter oriented are always fascinated by storage products. We don't use them well....but we are fascinated by them.
It's like watching Martha "anti Christ" Stewart.....You know there are people that actually do this stuff.....and you admire their ability to do so...but you just can't quite figure out one thing.......
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.
If you go to IKEA often enough (I have been known to go for 4 weekends in a row ) - you soon get to know the "shortcuts" to get through the store pretty quickly to where you want and out - without having to walk through the lot (assuming yours are set up how ours is).
I dont like some of their furniture - but I did get a gread DVD tower ....
and I love the trolleys with bins and stuff you can use in the wardrobes!
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.
those of us that are clutter oriented are always fascinated by storage products. We don't use them well....but we are fascinated by them.
It's like watching Martha "anti Christ" Stewart.....You know there are people that actually do this stuff.....and you admire their ability to do so...but you just can't quite figure out one thing.......
WHY???????
The woman made homemade marsmallows once. WHO WOULD DO THAT???? They are $.99 at the damn grocery store!!
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.
those of us that are clutter oriented are always fascinated by storage products. We don't use them well....but we are fascinated by them.
It's like watching Martha "anti Christ" Stewart.....You know there are people that actually do this stuff.....and you admire their ability to do so...but you just can't quite figure out one thing.......
WHY???????
The woman made homemade marsmallows once. WHO WOULD DO THAT???? They are $.99 at the damn grocery store!!
I personally think she's EVIL I think she should be destroyed!!!! She's a tool of the devil to make working moms feel inferior.
DOWN WITH MARTHA!!!!!!
Well...(said in my best Bubba voice) I've been on sabbatical.
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.
those of us that are clutter oriented are always fascinated by storage products. We don't use them well....but we are fascinated by them.
It's like watching Martha "anti Christ" Stewart.....You know there are people that actually do this stuff.....and you admire their ability to do so...but you just can't quite figure out one thing.......
WHY???????
The woman made homemade marsmallows once. WHO WOULD DO THAT???? They are $.99 at the damn grocery store!!
I personally think she's EVIL I think she should be destroyed!!!! She's a tool of the devil to make working moms feel inferior.
DOWN WITH MARTHA!!!!!!
Very well said, she is not the tool, she's the devil. Only Martha could come out of prison stronger then she was before.
I thank the Lord for the people I have found
-Elton John
I Love Ikea....my house is ALL Ikea. When we bought our first pieces 15 years ago, we had low expectations about how long it would last, it was so inexpensive and with six of us....well, we're not what you'd call easy on furniture. That original piece is still with us (and many more since then) and when we bought a new house two years ago we furnished the whole thing with Ikea. (My house looks like one of their displays).
Tips for shopping there:
Go when you have enuf time to really look. This is not a store to be rushed thru the first time.
Learn the store, upstairs is mostly the display area and yes it is a maze but each store has short cuts to get where you want.
Housewares and all the fun stuff are downstairs and you can get there without going through the maze.
Go when it's not busy....avoid the weekend if possible.
If you need something from the warehouse and your not familiar with it, ask for help, they are there to walk you from item to item if necessary.
Always check the seconds room, first! I have save hundreds of $$$ over the years because something I wanted was there with a small ding or because it was a display model which saved me from having to assemble it and it was marked down too. When I arrive at Ikea I go to that room first. (It's located in the warehouse by checkout.)
Be prepared to have to assemble the stuff. It takes time and patience but the instructions are written for idiots and are very detailed. In all the items I have bought over the years only one caster was missing on a piece. When I went back to get it, they gave me a whole new piece of furniture and apologized.
And most importantly, when you arrive, EAT at the cafeteria FIRST! Then if your there long enuf you'll have time to eat again b4 you leave. (yes, I have been known to do this!) Their food is so good. And don't forget to take home a bag or two of meatballs and some gravy packets, oh and grab a dollar hot dog and a cinnamon roll and coffee on your way out the exit.......
Salukulady wrote:
And most importantly, when you arrive, EAT at the cafeteria FIRST! Then if your there long enuf you'll have time to eat again b4 you leave. (yes, I have been known to do this!) Their food is so good. And don't forget to take home a bag or two of meatballs and some gravy packets, oh and grab a dollar hot dog and a cinnamon roll and coffee on your way out the exit.......
My family has food issues so meatballs, gravy, hot dogs, and cinnamon rolls are all no-nos.
I didn't realize that Ikea was this seemingly all-inclusive experience. The one in Denver will even have a supervisded child-care area.
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 an expensive time
fixed it for you.
SAVE THE EARTH
It's the only Planet that has chocolate.
Salukulady wrote:
And most importantly, when you arrive, EAT at the cafeteria FIRST! Then if your there long enuf you'll have time to eat again b4 you leave. (yes, I have been known to do this!) Their food is so good. And don't forget to take home a bag or two of meatballs and some gravy packets, oh and grab a dollar hot dog and a cinnamon roll and coffee on your way out the exit.......
My family has food issues so meatballs, gravy, hot dogs, and cinnamon rolls are all no-nos.
I didn't realize that Ikea was this seemingly all-inclusive experience. The one in Denver will even have a supervisded child-care area.
When my kids were little I used their child care area....unfortunately they only keep 'em in there for like 30 minutes at a time......One time my sister and I spent 6 hours in Ikea. We didn't mean to, we were just having so much fun! My two youngest were little and they got tired after we ate lunch. We were downstairs where they have the large flat push carts. I went to the bedding department and lined the bottom of the cart with pillows and blankets and the kids slept while we finished shopping and ate dinner.
Salukulady wrote:I Love Ikea....my house is ALL Ikea. When we bought our first pieces 15 years ago, we had low expectations about how long it would last, it was so inexpensive and with six of us....well, we're not what you'd call easy on furniture. That original piece is still with us (and many more since then) and when we bought a new house two years ago we furnished the whole thing with Ikea. (My house looks like one of their displays).
Tips for shopping there:
Go when you have enuf time to really look. This is not a store to be rushed thru the first time.
Learn the store, upstairs is mostly the display area and yes it is a maze but each store has short cuts to get where you want.
Housewares and all the fun stuff are downstairs and you can get there without going through the maze.
Go when it's not busy....avoid the weekend if possible.
If you need something from the warehouse and your not familiar with it, ask for help, they are there to walk you from item to item if necessary.
Always check the seconds room, first! I have save hundreds of $$$ over the years because something I wanted was there with a small ding or because it was a display model which saved me from having to assemble it and it was marked down too. When I arrive at Ikea I go to that room first. (It's located in the warehouse by checkout.)
Be prepared to have to assemble the stuff. It takes time and patience but the instructions are written for idiots and are very detailed. In all the items I have bought over the years only one caster was missing on a piece. When I went back to get it, they gave me a whole new piece of furniture and apologized.
And most importantly, when you arrive, EAT at the cafeteria FIRST! Then if your there long enuf you'll have time to eat again b4 you leave. (yes, I have been known to do this!) Their food is so good. And don't forget to take home a bag or two of meatballs and some gravy packets, oh and grab a dollar hot dog and a cinnamon roll and coffee on your way out the exit.......
Salukulady wrote:
And most importantly, when you arrive, EAT at the cafeteria FIRST! Then if your there long enuf you'll have time to eat again b4 you leave. (yes, I have been known to do this!) Their food is so good. And don't forget to take home a bag or two of meatballs and some gravy packets, oh and grab a dollar hot dog and a cinnamon roll and coffee on your way out the exit.......
My family has food issues so meatballs, gravy, hot dogs, and cinnamon rolls are all no-nos.
I didn't realize that Ikea was this seemingly all-inclusive experience. The one in Denver will even have a supervisded child-care area.
When my kids were little I used their child care area....unfortunately they only keep 'em in there for like 30 minutes at a time......One time my sister and I spent 6 hours in Ikea. We didn't mean to, we were just having so much fun! My two youngest were little and they got tired after we ate lunch. We were downstairs where they have the large flat push carts. I went to the bedding department and lined the bottom of the cart with pillows and blankets and the kids slept while we finished shopping and ate dinner.
I'm not an incredibly organized person, mind you, but I love bins, buckets, shelves, drawers, hangers.
) - you soon get to know the "shortcuts" to get through the store pretty quickly to where you want and out - without having to walk through the lot (assuming yours are set up how ours is).
Me too. That's why I don't go there often. 
