Ikea bedroom furniture....anyone tried it?

[Mo1959]

It’s been over ten years since I last constructed some IKEA stuff for a friend and remember thinking it had better instructions and went together much better than other things I had done. Hopefully it’s still as good.

 

[BoldonLad]

I dislike visiting the store, but, in my experience their bedroom furniture is easy to assemble, and, is good quality.

 

[Dave7]

Sadly, when we move we'll be in a much bigger house so I expect I'll have to undergo sedation and trek to IKEA with Mrs D, who would gladly live in the store if she could.

My SiL loves it and used to go regularly

 

[figbat]

All three bedrooms plus the home office are furnished with IKEA - bed frames, wardrobes, dressing tables, desks. It’s all solid enough, well-engineered and easy to build. I had to modify a couple of wardrobes to reduce their height which was easy enough.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Not assembled one for years so can’t comment on the current production but one tip, don’t assemble it with wife/partner, recipe for divorce.

Mrs Tenkaykev and I are the exception that proves that rule. We are both " Ikea Ninjas " often called on by relatives and friends to weave our magic. We both really enjoy it and wait with bated breath for IKEA to bring out miniature kits of their range, or even better open a themed holiday resort where we can spend the days in assembly heaven 😉

 

[Ian H]

Avoid their cheapest offerings and you'll be fine. The stores are a nightmare if you need to physically examine before you buy.

 

[Tenkaykev]

And not just bedroom furniture, we're going to be ordering a few of these for our bikes.

 

[cyberknight]

Ikea flat pack is not like the flat pack of old, it’s really solid, heavy furniture.
We have wardrobes and chests of drawers in our daughters bedroom.

Indeed the stuff is a lot more solid than the usual flat pack.we have all the bedroom storage from there and it's survived 2 moves

 

[Jameshow]

I'm not a fan - it's on my forbidden shops list - but sadly Mrs D likes it.

We've some chests of drawers, the bed in our spare room, and a wardrobe from Pukea and for flat pack kit it is fairly decent. Fairly well designed, solid, decent fasteners.

Useless fact - 20% of folk in the UK sleep on an IKEA mattress.

50% of kids are conceived on IKEA beds, we did get some funny looks with our last one..... !🤣🤣🤣

 

[postman]

Miss P and her move to Sorby Bridge has lent itself to much Ikea furniture.Team effort to put it together,looks good is sturdy and does it's job good prices also.In all the items only one small mistake a support bar put on upside down.Not a problem though and left alone because the locking plugs are plastic and i could not remove them.

 

[Cycleops]

50% of kids are conceived on IKEA beds, we did get some funny looks with our last one..... !🤣🤣🤣

I hope that wasn't because you did a 'try before you buy'.

 

[postman]

I hope that wasn't because you did a 'try before you buy'.

I hope Ikea don't sell toilets.

 

[postman]

Our last visit with Miss P was for a sofa bed,which she bought from somewhere else,but i did sit on a rocking chair and once i had got up a very young lad also had a go in it.I think he though well if he can so can i.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Our last visit with Miss P was for a sofa bed,which she bought from somewhere else,but i did sit on a rocking chair and once i had got up a very young lad also had a go in it.I think he though well if he can so can i.

We've got a wooden IKEA chair and footrest, not a rocking chair as such but the spring in the frame means it flexes much like one.

 

[Mike_P]

If you know what you want their web site will say where in the warehouse section for your chosen store the items are so you can skip having to walk around the whole store by taking the short cut close to the entrance. Have a number of their items which are definitely at the upper end of flat pack furniture. I have cycle clothing in one of their childrens wardrobes, in plain white.