At Ikea now

[Bailey Guns]

And he "claims" he has never been to Ikea!

I call Shenanigans!

Never been. She brought two boxes of that "some assembly required" crap. I put one together. The other is still in the box...from about a year ago, I'd guess.

[BPTactical]

Never been.

Cmon now Carl, you know it was like that time you kissed your sister. It felt ok but you just know you don't want anybody you know to see you doing it...

[Bailey Guns]

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

[BPTactical]

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

[spqrzilla]

So where did the OP finally find Carl? Kitchens, I'll bet.

[gnihcraes]

was just there yesterday, had to take the 1 ton just to pick up the stuff the wife and daughter bought. Decent stuff for the tween/teen rooms. I'm tired of "OAK" that all the other box stores have. Ikea stuff seems more well built than the Walmart China stuff. (same goes for "America"n Furniture Warehouse)

So, Yes, I've been to Ikea.

Decent food cheap too.

[spqrzilla]

Decent food cheap too.

Real men don't eat lingonberries.

[Wulf202]

I went once to buy some minor kitchen stuff and look at their econo space saving apartments.

[KAPA]

Every one likes to hate on Ikea and they always say their stuff is cheap and poorly made. Newsflash, it's disposable furniture, and YOU build it. I am yet to have a single item of IKEA anything fall apart on me and this is after more than a decade of shopping there and moving across the country a few times. When I build this stuff it gets put together properly with heavy duty adhesives and I use a drill with the right attachments so I'm not turning their little wrenches for an hour to get one screw set.

I just built an entire toddler room a few months ago and threw it all together for around $500 and the stuff is SOLID! If I would have got the same stuff from some fancy furniture store, I was looking at dropping about 2-3 grand. If you want a piece of furniture to hand down, you are going to be paying 5-10 times as much as you would at IKEA.

[MrPrena]

Every one likes to hate on Ikea and they always say their stuff is cheap and poorly made. Newsflash, it's disposable furniture, and YOU build it. I am yet to have a single item of IKEA anything fall apart on me and this is after more than a decade of shopping there and moving across the country a few times. When I build this stuff it gets put together properly with heavy duty adhesives and I use a drill with the right attachments so I'm not turning their little wrenches for an hour to get one screw set.

I just built an entire toddler room a few months ago and threw it all together for around $500 and the stuff is SOLID! If I would have got the same stuff from some fancy furniture store, I was looking at dropping about 2-3 grand. If you want a piece of furniture to hand down, you are going to be paying 5-10 times as much as you would at IKEA.

+1
I can't say bad things about Ikea items, because I have over 20 years of experience with them.

My parent's $150 kitchen table+chairs lasted over 15 years (bought it about 1992 )
I bought a desk for $100 at around 2001, and i use it at a basement now. I think I assembled and disassembled (screw and unscrew on mdf) over 8 times since my purchase.
I don't think it will be steady enough to handle one more assemble and disassemble.

I Do not have $$$$ to buy stuff from Scandinavian design, oak express, or other high end stuff. Quality is better overall than AFW shits relative to $.