Tinkerton Posted September 30, 2017 Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 I'm seriously considering not getting flooring when we buy our new build next year. Light fixtures and fittings will stay the same for the most part, pretty much the only thing I'm planning on changing is actual decorating (painting walls and chosing curtains / blinds etc) I imagine its different with a not-new build though. Link to post Share on other sites
jv83 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Just did the Ikea thing. My strategy is to find everything that I need online. Their web page has a wishlist function, so I make one of those then print it out and sort it by what department I need to go through and in what order. Leave the pregnant wife at home and enlist help from a friend who is extremely focused and doesn't get phased. Go on a regular week day, stay hydrated and mobile and never buy stuff that's not on the list, cause that's how they get you! Basically plan it like an assault where the enemy is foolishly sounding Swedish furniture and trinkets. Four years ago we managed to buy a whole kitchen and get it packed in to a car in 45 min. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Oh god. I've been awoken for a other trip. At least this time she's promised it's the wrong one. Link to post Share on other sites
jv83 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 I feel for you scorch! Only good thing about my recent battle with Ikea was their new wireless control system for light bulbs. It lets you control the light remotely. Meaning I don't need to get out of bed to turn of or adjust the light. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Wrong one? I meant last one. And no. It won't be. *fruitcage*. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 He's spent so much time 'shopping' that his brain has become addled. We need to send a rescue party, stat. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Just £3 a month is all that's needed to help those affected by being exposed to the conditions inside an Ikea. Link to post Share on other sites
Xaccers Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Wrong one? I meant last one. And no. It won't be. *fruitcage*. Just think, if you had a Nissan Leaf, you could take advantage of the chargers there. "Sorry love, I'd best stay with the car while it charges, wouldn't want to hog the space when it finishes and stop someone else being able to charge now would we?" That'd get you at least 30 minutes Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Or, just don't go? Link to post Share on other sites
Xaccers Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Or, just don't go? And miss out on their tasty meatballs? Are you mad? Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Nope, I think I'm willing to swerve something I can get anywhere to avoid going to ikea Link to post Share on other sites
Pdubyuh Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 The cheap Ikea food is the best thing, their dirty hotdogs are awesome Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Is it worth it though, is it? I swear I can hear a distant bell, ringing very slowly. A warning. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Nope, not going. Supposedly delicious, yet ambiguous food, combined with a journey of 2 hours each way driving, and furniture made from sawdust bonded with liquid *suitcase* does not a day trip make. My wife had a good lot of ikea furniture when we got together. It's poorly made and doesn't stand the test of time. As in 6 months or so. And if you disassemble it, you're *fruitcage*ed. It's temporary, single-use items, and I'd rather have second-hand well made stuff. Personal opinion of course, and my house is more suited to older tat than modern items. Forgive me if I came across as rude, I do not mean to Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 You're not wrong. It's not designed to be dismantled and reassembled - moving house for example. If I could afford it, I'd replace everything in my house with good quality solid wood furniture. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Again, I don't mean to insult. It really does serve a purpose, but I personally would rather invest my money elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 To be fair, it does depend what you buy. They do have some higher spec ranges in Ikea. I've had my bedside table for about 10 years, and it's still going strong despite me literally standing on it when I was painting a ceiling. Would I rather have solid wood furniture? Of course. But that doesn't mean it's all junk. Just stay away from the Hurdal. Anything is an improvement over the Hurdal. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Apologies, I don't know names. What I've seen though... *adopts 1000 yard stare* I've seen some things, man. The quality I've seen is *fruitcage* horrendous. Maybe I've not been enlightened to the good stuff as I've never been. But what I saw was bad Link to post Share on other sites
DrAlexanderTobacco Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 I found two Malm variants to be rock solid - disassembled to move house etc, used them for years. Bed frame, tiny square table, both terrible pieces of *suitcase* These are incredible: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/sofas-armchairs/armchairs/po%C3%A4ng-armchair-birch-veneer-hillared-dark-blue-spr-09197808/ Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 I found two Malm variants to be rock solid - disassembled to move house etc, used them for years. Bed frame, tiny square table, both terrible pieces of *suitcase* These are incredible: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/sofas-armchairs/armchairs/po%C3%A4ng-armchair-birch-veneer-hillared-dark-blue-spr-09197808/ Malm are indeed awesome. That's what my bedside unit is, the name escaped me. And yes, those chairs are ace. Got one of those too. Link to post Share on other sites
Xaccers Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 That reminds me, I need to check the tightness of my malm bedframe, after 10 years I think the long edge on my side is a bit loose. Link to post Share on other sites
Pdubyuh Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 The thing that gets me is you can have, say a massive coffee table for like £12 and then they have some small tea light candle holder and its £25 their pricing doesnt seem to make any sense?!? Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 The tea light holder probably cost more to make, those MDF coffee tables are cheap as anything... Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 They're not even MDF anymore. Most of the cheap tables are, honest to God, cardboard reinforced veneer. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 So are a lot of houses though. Honeycomb cardboard with a thin plaster board skin for walls, honeycomb cardboard with a wafer thin ply veneer for doors. Link to post Share on other sites
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