they opened a new IKEA nearby, cool stuff resonable prices...

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/IkeaNearYouView?storeId=12&langId=-1&catalogId=10103&StoreName=west_sacramento :thumbsup:

We just got ours in November, it's still a 40 minute drive from me, but at least it's there.

All kinds of neat stuff :P

we've already got our new place's stuff all penciled in for approx 800 - $900 :bounce:

just to get into the parking lot. You'd think it was the opening of a new theme park or something.

traffic & crowd control...who'da thunk it :shrug: hubby mentioned it looked like an event at the state fair cept more colorful

about three or four months after the grand opening to check the place out. :-(

Pretty much my exact sentiment (but ours won't open until this summer).

of the first trip, it's been snowing every time I drove down there. . . . weird eh?

I have these two square tables I got there that are supposed to be end tables, but I put them in front of the sofa about a foot apart and use them as a more mobile coffee table . . . they look very nice and only cost $17.00 :P

When my daughter went to school in DC we went to the one in Virginia for all her stuff for her first apartment. Now that she's moved back home for the time being, she's still got all her furniture.

scandanavian liberal paradise! to quote nationstates

:rofl: too true :hi:

:P

Love the place, but shopping there is like walking through an amusement park funhouse. :)

x( still way cool though :-)

but I love it there.

The acrylic will discolor after a couple years because of the exposure to light and heat. x(

Throwaway overpriced made-in-china garbage.

neg-head somewhere abouts :rofl: we can't all shop in aspen :rofl:

but some of their furniture is cool. I just love going there. They have great kid stuff.

:bounce:

:P

oh and a moon & star night light, oh and a green frog soft sculpture stool thingy, oh and a...well you get the drift :rofl:

Did you see the little plastic torch looking lights so you could make the kids bedroom look like a castle? I really got a kick out of those.

I think my favorite was the giant stuffed hedghog though :P

Some I've had for years -- from pots and pans to beds, couches, rugs, lamps... everything. Inexpensive, but not cheap.

And, the bulk of their stuff is made in EU countries... AND they are the best retail to work for, per the experts. Lowest turnover, too.

check it out, most of the stuff we gravitated to was higher end stuff anyhow :hi: it sure ain't the dollar tree i'm just say'n

they manufacture everything at the lowest cost possible so we in turn get low prices... (aka China)

Not many people at the MoA store either. Apart from the checkouts and a handful of staff to assist with the warehouse area...

I'll stick to Levitz... oops, they're doing a bankruptcy closure. :(

:hi:

Winchester rifles will soon be made in japan, and my best friend's dad has made several million dollars selling photolithographic reduction systems to china as well, shit dude...all your CPU chips will be coming from somewhere else :shrug: talk about a straw dog

http://www.buyblue.org/node/5647

Some good information about their practices.

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B-)

I can actually buy some decent furniture!!! Even Comsumer Reports loves it!

oh yeah, i'll be ready :thumbsup:

I hear it's huuuuuuuuuuge. I'm afraid I'll go in and never come out. Or buy everything in the store. :scared:

True story: the first time I went to Central Market I was so stoned on food choice I bought $70 worth of produce.

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:D

that i could never have afforded on my theater arts scholarship :rofl:

bad cheap like wal mart.

approach alone to 'limited space living' is not to be found nor understood at outlets such walmart, and one is able, if it is the jones's one needs to keep up with; to deck the place out with high-end leather, verneer & drippy, high impact color & 'design house' appointments...if...that's what's really happening of course.

true though, i didn't see a bin full of cheetos anywhere B-)

We already have furniture--bought or inherited--not that Antiques Roadshow will ever see any of my "inheritance." A few pieces from Ikea would not transform my (ahem) "eclectic" decor into "Scandinavian cheerful."

Ikea is good for picking up useful odds & ends. Like decent-looking bookcases. Yes, you can spend more money & get better bookcases--but I've already spent that extra money on books.

Besides, the Houston store is a good place to enjoy our highly diverse city. Lots of different folks shop there.

:thumbsup: :hi:

For example--who knew there were so many kinds of eggplant? Even if you're not particularly an eggplant fan.

On your first visit to Ikea--just browse! Take notes for future reference. The store is designed to lead you on a winding path through the whole place. Once you known the layout, you can go directly to what you need. (Not to say you couldn't pick up an accessory or two.)

it's about 30-45 minutes away from me. Probably a good thing, or I'd be there all the time. I love IKEA!

my entire apartment in Ikea. Bed, dresser, bookshelf, bedside table, dining table, chairs...

I LOVE IKEA! :)

:-)

weeks now, it's a store, you'd think it was some big on going investigation.

I just have to wonder how many people they employ to come up with all those NAMES?

Redstone

:hi: how goes it

How's every little thing with you? (Besides discovering the Joys of Ikea, and don't forget to eat some Swedish Meatballs and Lingonberries while you're there.)

Redstone

cause they were serving Sewdish Meatballs on their menu :rofl: suppose that does make sense however :D

they're great for emergencies.

Redstone

:pals:

We just bought the Kullen 3 door wardrobe and two Aneboda 5 drawer chests. Nice furniture but I have just one complaint, the assembly instructions aren't clear enough and sometimes you can put the item together wrong which requires taking it apart again. My son just got his first apartment so we're getting him the 2 kitchen start boxes.

into pictures (as opposed to text) as possible...known as "internationalization" in the trade.

Try to put a set of Legos together some time, and you'll see this taken to an extreme.

Redstone

and was going over much of the joinery of the larger pieces mentioning potential issues like you've mentioned, thanks :hi:

You'll go screaming back to IKEA for refuge. The instructions are much more concise, and the actual assembly is much more streamlined and efficient than other ready-to-assemble items I've picked up at other stores.

:kick:

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the facilities in China where they have of their stuff made regularly. They want to make sure workers are treated well.
On the other hand - US companies visit manufacturing facilities to get them to go down on their prices even if it means the workers will suffer the consequences.

They just show up and walk in.

went to see it-and was IMPRESSED! Love the things there-they're NOT all made in China...(I looked at the tags)
great and clever designs at great prices.
What an exerience...Went just last Sunday and it's still packed an hour after opening time-lines out the road.
Love the 99 cent breakfast, too!

:-)

Inconsequential info: My Russian exchange student was shocked at the prices. IKEA is very expensive there. She looked into the price of buying here and shipping it back.

:hi:

There's no other way of describing the painful experience which is Ikea.

I suppose if you actually make it out alive, then some of their stuff isn't too bad - but that's a big if.

:hi:

We look at EVERYTHING... The last time I went , it cost me $800 :(..But I got some really nifty stuff:)

:hi: the vast array of stuff is 'space available living' and i mean to tell you that is us...we do not have a palatial residence so that works; space available, economy, small elegant circles :thumbsup:

Please take away:
my wallet
credit cards
and all funds



will ya please gf

















*note to self*
AVOID URGE TO SPLURGE
too much stuff
can't fit anymore in my drawers
closet overflowing

You'll find more room to put your stuff1

but that's just me :hi:

their buildings are blue :P

http://www.buyblue.org/node/1184/view/summary

:rofl:

and I don't mean Moscow, Idaho. Russia!

to reasonable living; many will keep their remembrances of wherever it was they attained them (mom & dad, college, some collection of streets in paris (and i don't mean paris, tx) a trip to the ozarks whatever-wherever)...

but others are clearly looking for cost/value balanced alternatives, and i am one of them :-)

Now, myself, I've never been in one before, but my bro has beautifully furnished his office exclusively from IKEA!

:D :hug: :yourock:

Have fun!

serves; in spite of sacto being the state capitol, it has been a 'two horse farm, AG & sleepy delta cow town' up until the last some ten years...we will enjoy the addition :thumbsup: they would not have put it here unless the expanding demographics could support it is my thought as well

I had a dresser that fell apart every time I opened a drawer....so I recommend purchasing their mid to higher priced furniture ...

to their higher end stuff :thumbsup: and it is in there...somewhere...

you have NO choice regarding which way to walk. It's like being on a conveyor belt. Jump off the belt to stop and look at something, and you can't get back on. Your family disappears ahead of you, around the corner.

It was the most claustrophobic shopping experience I've ever had. I did buy a cool blue chair that lights up, though.

:cry:

That's my experience.

Do you have the Vulva armchair cabinet in Oxblood?

Sorry, we're all out.

Can I buy the floor model.

No.

Why not?

Because then we won't be able to sell any.

But you're out of them.

That's right.

So you can't sell any, anyway.

That's right. We're expecting more in, any day.

So why not sell me the floor model, and when the new ones arrive, you can build a new floor model.

We don't do that.

Okay, can I prepay for one and pick it up when they arrive?

Sorry, it's first come, first serve.

Can I smash your head into a fine pulp with a Squanto picnic table and matching umbrella in Trocadero Green?

I'm sorry, sir, but we're out...

:-) i'm surprised the last exchange didn't transpire, "i am sorry, sir, but that activity is not covered in my employee training manuel"

All I wanted was some of the birch flooring. Walked out with the damn car full and spending twice what we would have if I had gone alone.

all he wants is the leather sofa, but i'll fill some of the rest of it up :thumbsup:

They do manufacture all over the globe, like Tikhvan and Indonesia and they are very committed to developing and using renewable and sustainable resources, like wood or recycled materials like glass and metal in their products. Their furniture is not bad looking either - we have quite a bit of their very basic pine shelving in our basement to hold our books and some of the higher end modular pieces in our family room and like it very much. My daughter's bedroom is furnished entirely in IKEA furniture. They have this bed that is about 3 and a half feet off the ground that is ideal for her at the moment. It keeps the whippets off and her stuffed animal collection intact and provides her with play space underneath.

straight forward design concept that fits many on levels & lifestyles at least imo :hi:

brings out the Elk within you!

But, why is always one of these missing?

needs answering :loveya: where's your woman :shrug: she being good O8)

:rofl:

my 'Billy' bookshelf!

Heidi's been good, and so am I, we're just somewhat busy these days and just came home. :hug:

you guys will endeavor as much :hug: :hug: :loveya: :loveya: :kick:


heehee, i found some neat clockwork-o pics, nothing implied just random

:loveya:

Wanna sit around at the IKEA milkbar?

:-)

Yarbles! Great bolshy yarblockos to you.

:rofl:

:blush:

:kick:

I grow weary of fixing corners with L-brackets and drywall screws.

purposely, step by step, as evidenced as well in Sweden's Saab if you will, is a from of up-tick that contributes to that end :thumbsup: