In praise of an Ikea item

[AndyRM]

I reckon if I regularly tried to hang bags off my real life cats I'd get short shrift.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Mod note:

Please can we can the stainless steel debate.

It is well off topic and adds very little to the thread.

If the protagonists continue, they will be barred from the thread.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

 

[Drago]

IKEA sell whips!

Sorry, just joshing!!!

 

[TheDoctor]

I've just finished dismantling 7 IKEA Pax wardrobes and storage units, got them all downstairs and into a skip. Knackered!
Stuff is too solid for my liking, or at least too heavy.

 

[Alex321]

I've just finished dismantling 7 IKEA Pax wardrobes and storage units, got them all downstairs and into a skip. Knackered!
Stuff is too solid for my liking, or at least too heavy.

I was brought up on MFI flat packs.

Ikea stuff is in another league entirely, without costing much more (after allowing for inflation).

 

[Drago]

I was brought up on MFI flat packs.

A lot of families used to do that. It was cheaper than food back then, and high in fibre.

 

[FrankCrank]

Think I need to acknowledge something here. At the top of the thread I said 'Much maligned for their flimsy flat-pack offerings', and was in fact referring to this type of furniture in general, and not Ikea specifically.

I have no experience of Ikea woodchip flatpack stuff, other than my new display cabinet made of steel and glass, but have a lot of woodchip furniture in my house, from various other suppliers.

My initial comment I think comes from the MFI days back in the UK, and they were made of something akin to weetabix as I recall.

Here in Thailand, it would make more sense to get something made locally of hardwood, as it's cheap and readily available.

However, such is the power of advertising and wanting to appear 'modern', many Thais are rushing to furnish their homes using the flatpack system.

I've come away from a visit to Ikea on some occasions with an idea in mind, based on what I'd seen, and made something similar in steel and hardwood. They are a good inspiration with regard to design, and you can make your own judgement as to quality of materials

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Think I need to acknowledge something here. At the top of the thread I said 'Much maligned for their flimsy flat-pack offerings', and was in fact referring to this type of furniture in general, and not Ikea specifically.

I have no experience of Ikea woodchip flatpack stuff, other than my new display cabinet made of steel and glass, but have a lot of woodchip furniture in my house, from various other suppliers.

My initial comment I think comes from the MFI days back in the UK, and they were made of something akin to weetabix as I recall.

Here in Thailand, it would make more sense to get something made locally of hardwood, as it's cheap and readily available.

However, such is the power of advertising and wanting to appear 'modern', many Thais are rushing to furnish their homes using the flatpack system.

I've come away from a visit to Ikea on some occasions with an idea in mind, based on what I'd seen, and made something similar in steel and hardwood. They are a good inspiration with regard to design, and you can make your own judgement as to quality of materials

Ikea use MDF not woodchip. The latter being horrible cheap stuff, imo.

 

[Drago]

The wardrobe I mentioned upthread that didnt travel well so I took it apart and used the panels for garage shelving, was a form of compressed wood chip. Most definitely not MDF or stainless steel.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

The wardrobe I mentioned upthread that didnt travel well so I took it apart and used the panels for garage shelving, was a form of compressed wood chip. Most definitely not MDF or stainless steel.

That might be the case with ours. I thought it was MDF as it was so heavy. It could well be a high density woodchip, I guess I could well be wrong.

Can't check either as there are no visible exposed edges on the wardrobes. The exposed rear edges are not visible either as they are secured to the wall with big fat 100mm screws.

 

[Drago]

The wardrobes are dine, but don't travel well.

I guess if they were as sturdy as their small bookcases they'd be so heavy no one would ever be able to move them.

 

[Legs]

My kids had a Baker Day last Monday, so I jokingly suggested we go to Decathlon at Giltbrook (Nottingham) and follow it up with lunch at IKEA. Last time we went to Decathlon there, there were loads of fun things for the boys to play with (pool tables, exercise bikes and treadmills, basketball hoops to shoot, etc). To my surprise, the boys took me seriously and a plan was hatched.

But we made a last-minute change of plan and went to Wednesbury instead (my thinking being that we could go for a walk on Cannock Chase in the afternoon). This proved to be a grave, grave error; a very disappointing array of things to muck about with at Decathlon there… but the day was rescued by an excellent lunch at IKEA. My eldest adventurously hoovered up his gravadlax, as the youngest and I got stuck into the meatballs. I’ve been to IKEA three times now, and (although I’ve owned the high-chair second-hand) have never bought anything there other than at the cafe.

 

[postman]

My lad has this table it looks fantastic Can get eight round it.

 

[Gwylan]

My kids had a Baker Day last Monday, so I jokingly suggested we go to Decathlon at Giltbrook (Nottingham) and follow it up with lunch at IKEA. Last time we went to Decathlon there, there were loads of fun things for the boys to play with (pool tables, exercise bikes and treadmills, basketball hoops to shoot, etc). To my surprise, the boys took me seriously and a plan was hatched.

But we made a last-minute change of plan and went to Wednesbury instead (my thinking being that we could go for a walk on Cannock Chase in the afternoon). This proved to be a grave, grave error; a very disappointing array of things to muck about with at Decathlon there… but the day was rescued by an excellent lunch at IKEA. My eldest adventurously hoovered up his gravadlax, as the youngest and I got stuck into the meatballs. I’ve been to IKEA three times now, and (although I’ve owned the high-chair second-hand) have never bought anything there other than at the cafe.

B day, we had one of those in a flat I shared in the 60s. But in edjucershun it is a bit passé these days. Those of us to have escaped education before it was organised know what you mean. At least it's not a TLA that needs defining.