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We have an Ikea here in town. I enjoy going there. That being said, when we first moved into our new house just over 2 years ago, we had moved from a very small 3/2 to a huge 4/3.5 with 2 1/2 times the SQ footage. Most of our furniture and accessories were old, worn out. We sold/donated most of them so we would not have to move them. We kept the sofa and love seat, end tables lamp, dining table (Small, but a family heirloom almost 100 years old) our dressers (A mix match antique set of mostly family hand me downs)
We started going to IKEA nad buying things like dressers for the kids rooms, beds, dishes, flatware, cookware.
Now, we are looking to upgrade the sofa and loveseat (which need upgrading) They originally came from my least favorite place in the world, Rooms to Go, the first and last time I ever bought from them. I am glad they lasted this long, and we are looking to jump up to nicer quality furniture which will not come from any place so far listed.
The selection is good at Ikea, but the dresser we bought for my oldest son is having issues. THe flimsy cardboards like bottoms tend to pop out, and while the item was made with wood and not engineered particle glue polymer board, the durability of it is not that great. Perhaps some of Ikeas furniture is better ?
I like the food court they have there as well. On Monday mornings they serve free breakfast.
The downside, besides the quality of the one dresser, if the size of the store, no getting in and out in 10 minutes. The king size metal bed we purchased has been good, the rest of the furniture (not particle board)
But as for quality, I found none of the higher end items to be specifically to my liking more than say Havertys, Bassett, or Ethan Allen or even some of the local indy furniture stores.
I like IKEA, love to browse there. I haven't bought much furniture from there, just other small items you can carry out the door in your arms. I love their small desk lamps.
I like some of the stuff available for sale at Ikea but actually going there to buy things is extremely unpleasant. I feel like I'm being herded around and it's always so crowded and difficult to just get through since people tend to stop and go in the aisles. I know the short cuts but even with that it's still a maze. The carts are hard to push as they lean towards the side instead of going straight ahead. I dislike that they take your shopping bag at checkout and just expect you to carry anything that was in it to your car in your arms. I find it to be the most annoying and obnoxious shopping experience imaginable. Every time I go I swear it will be the last time but then a year laterI forget just how horrible it is and I try again. It never gets better.
We use IKEA but only for furniture items that we know will hold up (dining table and chairs) or for smaller items (lamps, textiles, kitchen items). I know a number of people who have bought kitchen cabinets from them, but I do wonder if they have different levels of qualify as I have not heard of the drawers or cabinet doors having issues from poor quality. Personally, I would rather have my husband build a dresser than buy one from any furniture store because I have noticed a lack of craftsmanship (cheap materials). These just wouldn't hold up with daily opening and closing.
I like some of the stuff available for sale at Ikea but actually going there to buy things is extremely unpleasant. I feel like I'm being herded around and it's always so crowded and difficult to just get through since people tend to stop and go in the aisles. I know the short cuts but even with that it's still a maze. The carts are hard to push as they lean towards the side instead of going straight ahead. I dislike that they take your shopping bag at checkout and just expect you to carry anything that was in it to your car in your arms. I find it to be the most annoying and obnoxious shopping experience imaginable. Every time I go I swear it will be the last time but then a year laterI forget just how horrible it is and I try again. It never gets better.
I couldn't agree more. I didn't even know there were shortcuts in that rat's maze they call a store. I've been to the IKEA store here in Houston exactly three times, and I've lived here 16 years. Each time, I went because I was looking specifically for one piece of furniture that was a much better price than it was anywhere else. There is only one narrow aisle for the whole city of Houston to maneuver in, and it seems that many customers just stand there, sexting on their iPhones in the middle of it, while I'm trying to get the heck out with my one thing I want to buy. I am always nervous about the possibility of a fire in that store, and I'm not usually concerned about things like that.
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