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How totally sweet is IKEA? (or maybe a sweden thread)

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Plus, great, workable ideas

    They made a friggin' 8 ft x 6 ft bedroom look sweet

    They put in a bunk bed didn't they?

    Everything looks so much better if you have a bunk bed.

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    Ikea is awesome.


    All women in Sweden are fucking babes: Fact.

    I recently found out that, actually, all Swedish women and men that are allowed to leave Sweden are hot as FUCK while everyone still in the country is like average looking

    that's not entirely true but seriously

    it's like they're allowed to be exported if they're just hot enough to fool foreigners into thinking that everyone in the country looks like that and thus luring in unwary tourists

    Hey, I'll take average. I'll take anything, I don't care!

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    Ikea is awesome.


    All women in Sweden are fucking babes: Fact.

    I recently found out that, actually, all Swedish women and men that are allowed to leave Sweden are hot as FUCK while everyone still in the country is like average looking

    that's not entirely true but seriously

    it's like they're allowed to be exported if they're just hot enough to fool foreigners into thinking that everyone in the country looks like that and thus luring in unwary tourists

    That is pretty much the case for an awful lot of countries

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Plus, great, workable ideas

    They made a friggin' 8 ft x 6 ft bedroom look sweet

    They put in a bunk bed didn't they?

    Everything looks so much better if you have a bunk bed.

    No! It was just a single bed, with shelving around, a shallow wardrobe and mirror opposite

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Every time I go to Ikea I see the day beds and think "man, that's such a cool thing"

    totally gonna have a day bed in my TV room when I move out.

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    This is the coolest table set.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Thank you, it was a day bed

    I couldn't remember the name I was like 'no it wasn't a sofa bed'

    it was a day bed

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    This is the coolest table set.

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    it's for tiny people though

    that eat tiny food

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    This is the coolest table set.

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    shit yes.

    if I owned a cafe

    they are so space friendly

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    What is a daybed? Is it like a futon or something?

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I tell you what IKEA is not good for

    Sofas

    Although I did see one leather sofa that actually came pretty close to my ideal

    I like the big sofas you can sink into with the low-rise arms that can also act as pillows

    IKEA's sofa arms are generally way too high and they make one sit up

    I want to lounge on a sofa

    If I want to sit up I'll grab a chair

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    IKEA have some awesome CD towers and CD cabinets. They have this really awesome metal one that you bolt onto the wall.

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Also this table.

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    The top folds out and the other leg swings out.

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    CampionCampion Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Blaket wrote: »
    This is the coolest table set.

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    My mother has something like that, except it's a coffee table with a glass top and dark oaky looking wood around it. Then there are these black leather-like cushioned ottomans that slide in underneath. Very cool.

    Also, god bless the Swedes

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_d73w0I38

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    What is a daybed? Is it like a futon or something?

    white%20daybed.jpg

    halfway between a bed and a couch

    it's big and comfy and you put it in the living room and fill it with a thousand cushions and nap on it

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    "space friendly" is the most disappointing phrase in the english language

    t janson you know what else ikea isn't that great for

    beds

    they look nice but they really aren't very structurally solid. the mattresses are merely okay.

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    We have two Billy bookcases, two Benno CD/DVD shelves, an Expedit entertainment center, and a few other things

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    "space friendly" is the most disappointing phrase in the english language

    t janson you know what else ikea isn't that great for

    beds

    they look nice but they really aren't very structurally solid. the mattresses are merely okay.

    Unless it is the cheapest bed ever and you just want to save money never buy an IKEA bedframe.

    Their idea of single (or any bed size) isn't the traditional size so you have to buy their stuff.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Yeah, unless I was a student, I wouldn't buy an IKEA bed either

    This mattress and bed we have aren't IKEA; the mattress is some horribly expensive deluxe shit with adjustable pressure and a wool topping which I think we need to start paying back Mori's mother for

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    i got a full bed from crate and barrel that will survive me in a nuclear holocaust and a posturepedic matress with the cushion thing on it

    goddamn that bitch is comfy

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Also I have never owned a full length mirror, sorry Viv

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    From IKEA I have a coffee table, two sets of shelves a (new!) tv cabinet a computer desk, oven gloves, an ironing bored, half a dozen allen keys and a love for sweden.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Next step: Sort out closet

    Then: Buy some unit for the kitchen that will contain our oven and microwave

    Then: I might look into more furnishings and lighting; our overhead light is harsh

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    #pipe wrote: »
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    What is a daybed? Is it like a futon or something?

    white%20daybed.jpg

    halfway between a bed and a couch

    it's big and comfy and you put it in the living room and fill it with a thousand cushions and nap on it

    Oh.... That is awesome.

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Janson you are now officially my favourite forumer.

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I have 2 Billy Bookshelves, a Mikael desk and drawers, a couple weird little side tables next to the couch, assorted accoutrements, a whole mess of picture frames, and about a dozen digested hot dogs.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    They had some niice feather cushions for $6

    and what I think might make a nice light quilt for summer for $35

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Oh yes and a mirror.

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    The Mikael desks are nice

    I'd want to get one for the kitchen here but it is just too tall and would block the window

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Oh also some manchester. Sheets and pillows and a quilt cover.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Blaket noooo I'll get into trouble with your ladyfriend

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Vivienne is no longer just a forumer.

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    i must say this though

    some of ikea's stuff is getting cheaper

    worse wood and changed assembly and such

    i had a Billy bookcase from years back and got a tall one recently

    the wood is cheaper and instead of metal bolts held in by twist-caps on the end shelves like there used to be, it's just the metal bolts

    :|

    and also they stopped selling the Jerker desk for some reason, which is dumb. It's an amazing desk and they don't sell anything else even approaching in quality to it right now.

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    They do have some crap, which is why you need to go to their showroom and hit and wiggle everything

    But yeah, lots of lovely stuff, too

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    #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Moriveth wrote: »
    The Mikael desks are nice

    I'd want to get one for the kitchen here but it is just too tall and would block the window

    I can't stand those 6 foot high "computer desk" workstation deals.

    I just got this one

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    with this guy underneath

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    and also they stopped selling the Jerker desk for some reason, which is dumb. It's an amazing desk and they don't sell anything else even approaching in quality to it right now.

    hahaha

    jerker desk

    yes I am fifteen years old shut up

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    FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Moriveth wrote: »
    hahaha

    jerker desk

    yes I am fifteen years old shut up
    i'm still waiting for some product to include BEES in the name

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    MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    They do sell Femmen Vag shower curtains

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    JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Oh, well, why thank you, then

    I'm pretty particular about furniture, which is funny considering that I have a lot of white particle board stuff right now

    But, white is really best in our small space, and particle board is cheap but sturdy

    Here is the awful part

    We had to undo all the packages to get the expedit stuff into the car

    Then in getting it together, which was a logistical nightmare in our apartment, we scraped it a few times

    Normally this would bug the HELL out of me. If there is one thing I hate it is scratched or damaged furniture and there's not much you can do to repair particle board

    So. I got the white-out and actually painted over the little nicks and scratches. And actually, it doesn't bother me nearly as much as I thought. You can't see it unless you get really close now.

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