Ikea Furniture

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<p>Can’t speak to the quality of items on overstock dot com but the items are reviewed, the prices are reasonable and shipping is a few dollars.</p>

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<p>DH and DS assembled a desk, kitchen table and chairs, microwave cart, bookshelves, small side tables, and two different shelving things for the bathroom when DS moved into his grad school apartment. We had a van and it took two trips just to buy the stuff. Then DS and DH took a,most two days to assemble it all.</p>

<p>I personally liked the fully hardwood dresser that I bought for $50 because it was a return with a scratch on BACK side of one of the front legs…which they repaired before they delivered it (at no charge because we also bought the mattress set from them). $500 dresser for $50. It’s in our spare bedroom and I wish I could get it to DS…it’s really nice!</p>

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<p>Two years ago, I had Costco to deliver a mattress from its online catalog, they stated up front, the delivery will only to your door steps, they will not enter the house. So, we have to lug the huge king size mattress to the second floor, open the box and set it on to the bed. Lots of elbow grease there.</p>

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<p>alp, moving a mattress is the worst thing in the world!!! Years ago DH and I had to move him into his walk-up apartment in Brooklyn. At that time I vowed I would never, ever try to move a mattress again. </p>

<p>And I haven’t.</p>

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<p>D2 bought two IKEA pieces for her dorm room–a leather (or at least it looks like leather) chair and a 5-shelf glass and metal stand for books. Both are 7 years old and are still in good shape inherent apartment. The glass shelving took a very long time to assemble. If it were mine, I’d have happily paid someone to assemble. D’s roommate-- an engineering major–considered it a challenge and wouldn’t give up. It took her a long time, but she did it.</p>

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<p>I have quite a lot of Ikea furniture in my house. Coffee tables, end tables, bookshelves, TV stands, Desks, kitchen cart, etc. One thing I probably will never purchase from them is a couch. I have sat on them all and find almost all of them to be very uncomfortable. My one friend got one there and I actually like hers - but have never seen it in the store. Not sure if it’s an old model or what.</p>

<p>There is a local store to here where I bought all of my couches from and got a great deal.</p>

<p>One suggestion to VeryHappy - Many of the IKEA couches have covers that you can put on them to change the colors. Is this the type of couch you were looking at? If so, maybe you could buy an extra set of the covers. I do think the stuff holds up well but if you have animals it might be nice to have that as well - that way you can put the new ones on and make the couch look just like new again!</p>

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<p>Thanks, fendergirl. That is the type of couch it is. Interestingly, the couch with one cover is $499; an extra cover is $149!</p>

<p>I guess that means the couch itself is worth only $350. Hmmmmm.</p>

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<p>Or they just make tons of money on covers. Lol</p>

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<p>I’m curious…has anyone here ever tried to wash one of those covers and then put it back on the couch?</p>

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<p>I have three sets of covers, two are machine washable and the third says dry clean, but I have sent all through the washing machine (front loader) and hung up to dry. No problem getting them back on.</p>

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And studies show 42.5% of couples who attempt IKEA furniture assembly end up divorced ;)</p>

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<p>I went to see the karlstad couch yesterday and I really liked it. I thought it was really comfortable. I guess I could either get the 80in couch, which I really liked but then I only have about 15in of clearance if I wanted an end table which I think is pushing it. If I get the armchair/chaise lounge configuration it fits with an end table perfectly, but they didn’t have that set up so I have less of a sense of how big that really is. It’s only something like 65in wide.</p>

<p>We have built a couch, a desk, two beds, two dressers, and several shelving units from ikea and never found it to be too much trouble. I’ve never built anything in my life and I can do it. The only trouble we had was one of the major pieces in our bed frame, the holes were drilled on the wrong side of the board and we had to redrill them. My fiance was really annoyed but it was okay in the end.</p>

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<p>There is a psychological component to assembling something called the IKEA effect. It shows that the labor you put into making something makes you love it more than you otherwise may have.
As to moving mattresses–We found some straps at the U-Haul store (wish I could remember the name of them) that are very long and made for moving heavy items easily. They keep the weight down very low to the ground. My sister and I easily moved a queen mattress with them in addition to a washing machine. Could never have done it otherwise. Think they were $20.</p>

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<p>Not if you limit yourself to tables, shelving units, kitchen chairs, and other simple items. </p>

<p>My daughter and I assembled quite a few of those when she moved into her current apartment two years ago, and we’re still speaking to one another. (She’s pretty good with plans and a screwdriver, and I’m pretty good at holding in place whatever I’m told to hold in place.)</p>

<p>But we would never have attempted anything as complex as a couch.</p>

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<p>Oops- typo above. Its a cute (not cure) cartoon.</p>

<p>My s loved his Ikea furniture when he lived off campus in college. Like Thumper, we got some of it in the “scratch and dent” section, and some of that is already assembled- a real win/win (less expensive and already assembled). We had to assemble his bed, though, in the house in incredible heat. The roommate in charge of setting up/turning on the electricity had messed up the date, so there was no light or A/C. That was an experience.</p>

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<p>Another plug here for Craigslist, based on our experience over this past year furnishing our vacation house. We went to an IKEA store to eyeball the stuff, sit on the couches, etc. And then found the couch we wanted (a sectional sleeper that would have been around $1600 new) on CL for half the price, including an extra cover. We discovered that you can search for just about every IKEA item on CL and find lots of choices. Probably closer by than the closest IKEA store too, even if IKEA is just down your street! It seems like everyone owns something from that store, and sooner or later wants to part with it. This time of year especially because end-of-school-year is big moving time.</p>

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<p>IKEA furniture = Colleges. Cost and prestige do not necessarily (or even often) = value and quality.</p>

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<p>Jym…not me. I don’t own a stick of Ikea furniture…and the stuff we assembled for DS came from Target and Staples.</p>

<p>When I buy furniture for myself, the first question…do you deliver and assemble anything that needs assembly. If the answer is NO…I move on. Now for my kids, well…they can assemble!</p>

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<p>I disagree on ikea furniture = colleges. You could look at my ikea furniture and have no clue where it came from… And my house is furnished quite nicely. I remember the first time my friends came over after I bought this house at 25… They were amazed by how “grown up” it is.</p>

<p>I have these gorgeous silver and black glass tables that look very expensive… And it cost me eighty dollars for the two end tables and the coffee table. That was half off the already low price at ikea because I bought them on sale.</p>

<p>I love their dressers. My next dresser will probably come from there. I want the hemnes 8 drawer dresser.</p>

<p>I will admit to having my college futon in a second floor bedroom. It’s a back up bed for when i have extra guests and my guest room bed is full.</p>