Do you have an Ikea near you?

[binny]

I love Ikea and I miss shopping there! :( the nearest one is in Seattle I think. Thats a bit far for a shopping trip, though Ive been known to do it before :)

Do you have one near you and do you like them?

[SPAGo 98]

YES! we have one about 10 miles away. i loooove that store. :)

[browneyes]

I don't think so. Not sure. What do they sell?

[Bunchkin]

We have one about an hour or so away. We LOVE IKEA!!! It's worth the drive.:)

[binny]

they sel Swediesh furniture. Really cool, modular stuff!

I LOVE it. I want to go to Ikea!!

www.ikea.com yes I could shop online but it isnt the same!

[Planogirl]

We stop at the one in Houston whenever we're down visiting family. On our last trip we brought back some bookcases for DS, a few things for the kitchen and a light bulb! You know, one of those weird light bulbs. :D

[Dan Murphy]

Yes, about 15 minutes away, but have never been there. Drive by it for years, but that's it.

[SPAGo 98]

you've NEVER BEEN?? :eek: :eek: :eek:

[binny]

DAN!!!
You have to go to Ikea!!!

You'll love it :)

Think of all the things you could possibly want and then a few you never knew you had to have... THATS Ikea!

[#1 Disney Fan]

I do like Ikea, but we don't have any around here.

[Nutsy]

Got one about 45 mins away, like Dan, driven past in numerous time, but never been in. My brother shops there a fair bit tho........:)

[Planogirl]

Dan, give it a try sometime. Just the gadgets and spacesavers are fascinating.

[Tantorini]

*love* Ikea!

In fact almost posted on your flooring thread, binny... we are doing our first level in the Pergo style flooring that Ikea sells..

It's actually made in the same factory as Pergo, but Ikea sells it for $1.50/sq ft instead of $3.99 for Pergo at Home Depot :)

Love the deals on everything at Ikea.. love my chair, my table.. love it all :)

:)
beth

[olena]

No.....:(

I love that place....:)

[RNMOM]

I also LOVE Ikea. I have a queen sized bed, DS has a dresser and we have lots of kitchen gadgets.

We drive almost 3 hours to Pittsburgh to the nearest. We make a day of it and have lunch at the Quaker Steak and Lube. Love that place too.

[nwdisgal]

Yah, you betcha', we do! It has been a while since I've been there, but I love their accessories and have some furniture from there too - coffee tables, computer table, etc. I love to people watch there, too. Some pretty hip people shop there (at least in the Seattle store).

[Mary Jo]

<font color=navy>We have an IKEA about 5 minutes from my house. I've been in it a couple of times... the last time was awful! I came out with fedderbedden (down comforters) down pillows, bed sacks, pillow cases, and miscellaneous stuff, and ended up spending a lot more than I originally intended to!

Reminds me - gotta go back to that store! ;)

[WDWfanatic288]

yup...we have one about 30-45 minutes away and i LOVE them!

my armoire is from there and I just love it!
my empire state building pic is from there!
and my 3 mirrors(I saw them on trading spaces...Vern did a room with them!)
and my 2 mini=sets of drawers(I saw those on Real World NYC)

they have cute furniture and accesories and they are pretty cheap!

[Cindy B]

I love it!

I am blessed to have one within a ten minute drive from me (plymouth meeting PA)

Its a fun place, and we have gotten a lot of stuff from there.
I have a computer desk, sofa, three chairs, picture frames.

Its a fun, modern place. The ballroom is fun as well for the kids.

[Kermit]

We don't have one. I like the way their furniture looks when I see it on TV programs like Trading Spaces, but I just can't stand to order furniture online without really seeing it. DH probably wouldn't ever let me shop there again anyway since he doesn't like to put stuff together. :D

[Cindy B]

Kermit, really the putting together isn't as bad as it used to be...

They have lots of cute baby stuff....

[Ranatra]

RNMom, Ditto!!
When we go to Ikea we always treat ourselves to Quaker Steak and Lube! Yummy wings!
It's about a 40 minute trip for us! We love Ikea! Sometimes you can find stuff there that you just can't find anywhere else!
We bought DD's white headboard there, a white full length mirror, pictures for the wall, a couple throw pillows. I love their stuff!

[Jeafl]

We have one about 35 minutes away (same one that's near Dan LOL!)

I like it for certain thiings. I think of it as the perfect place for young adults just starting out with their first apartment or home. You can get anything there that you can imagine, and it's all reasonably priced. You can browse there for hours and still not see everything. They have a great selection of gadgets, accessories, towels, and easy to assemble furniture.

However, if you are looking for high quality furniture that's going to last for many years, or a more traditional style, it isn't the place for you.

[preshi]

Almost all fo our furniture is IKEA! Nothing like cheap furniture to get you through these 20's when the kids are young so you don't have to worry about good furniture being ruined!!!!

[Dan Murphy]

Originally posted by Jeafl
....gadgets....


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[preshi]

I can see Dan's house now.... every IKEA gadget known to mankind !



(I'd have all of them too if DH would let me ;) )

[helenabear]

The closest one I am aware of is in Pittsburgh (3 hour drive or so). I haven't been in a store but many of my friends have bought things from there and it really makes me wish I had one closer to go to.

[tiggerlover]

Believe it or not, they have them here in Italy. The closest one to us is about an hour away. I have only been there once, but I know I will be going again soon in the future.

:bounce::wave::bounce:

[Dodie]

Uhhhh.... I guess NOT...

Asks "sheepishly" feeling somewhat out of the loop:

What in the world is an IKEA?:confused:

[preshi]

www.ikea.com

[Disney845]

I love IKEA too. I have to go allllllll the way to the one in Illinois, but it is a heck of a lot better now that I live in Indiana than when I lived in FL. :D

[UHF44]

I spent three month"s in the ikea store in Edinburgh Scotland installing the storage racking. Nice store but i dont like to go back to stores that i have installed racking in. Work related memories are no good

[caitycaity]

yup! and if you came to our apartment, you'd know since like half the stuff we have is from there. LOL

[swankybeth]

There's one about 30-40 minutes away from me. My bedroom furniture is from there. :)

[disykat]

IKEA is enough to make me volunteer to drive people to the airport! I drove my parents to the airport recently and wanted to leave a few hours early to go there because I needed a shelf. I think they thought I was crazy until they went in - I could hardly drag my mom out.

[SnackyStacky]

There's one in Burlington, Ontario in Canada. It's about an hour or so away from Buffalo, and I LOVE going there. Plus, they're amazingly cheap, and the exchange rates can't be beat!!!!!!

[supercarrie]

I LOVE IKEA!! We buy all our furniture there - all of it lol. We eat at their little cafe all the time - love the Swedish meatballs! I remember being little and playing at the ball pit/day care center they have for kids while my parents shopped - I cried when I became too tall to go to it.

[Tartan Tigger]

We have an IKEA in Glasgow, its a 40 minute drive for us. I love IKEA, the first time I went I had my friends children with me, they would have been 3 at the time, they asked if I could take them back again as it was so much fun.:D :D :D :D

[ChiTownZee]

You can see a lot of there things on Trading Spaces! They use the stuff a lot since it's very stylish and affordable. (especially Vern)

[msdznyduck]

I love IKEA !!
and its not really the style furniture that I would imagine myself liking. But there is so much "stuff" to look at. We live equal distances (about 2 hrs ) from 2 of them -- one in Elizabeth NJ and the other in Plymouth Meeting, PA but have only gone to the one in PA . What fun

msdznyduck:)

[ChiTownZee]

They also have really great quality kids toys, like all wood stuff, very nice.:D

[Pixie Power!]

I love Ikea, my nearest shop is just ten mins away from where I work. My house looks like an ikea showroom (some people may not think thats a good thing but I do :teeth:)

Emma

[cotye]

Yup, we have several throughout the city. Funny, always pass by them, but have never gone in. LOL...

[markm]

lol. I'm sitting at a desk from IKEA that I just finshed putting together... I guess that means one is near me :)

[minniecarousel]

Yeah - it's about 30 minutes away - DH works just minutes from there. We bought several things there - a hutch for our breakfast room, DS's dresser & bed. And,yes, great accessories and space-saving devices. I think we got one of the boy's desks there too.

[Doctor P]

We have one about 50 miles away. We bought DSD's bedroom set there. Great prices, but the stuff is kind of a pain to put together and is very, very cheap (it is all soft wood and splits very, very easily).

[mskani]

We love IKEA!! We have purchased bookcases, computer desk, TV stand, step stools for the kids, plastic ware for the kids, batteries, lightbulbs, kitchen gadgets, etc...

I just received my new catalog and look forward to going thru it!

We live approximately 20 miles away from the store located in Schaumburg, IL.

[nuke]

yes we live about 45 minutes from the one in Schaumburg. It is such a neat store, but we don't go too often because we always come home having spent too much money!
My son has the toy bin set, bookshelves, and lamps from there. I wanted to get him the slide bed, but they don't carry it anymore.
:(

[Bouncy]

I love Ikea things in fact most of the stuff in my living room is from Ikea,the lights the curtain poles,my lamp!!
we live between Glasgow and Edinburgh and there is one in each.We prefer Glasgow as it is easier to get to,takes us about 30-40 minutes.:)

[tinaluis]

I LOVE the one here in Schaumburg, IL -- it's about 30 mins. away -- but I ALWAYS spend more $$$ than I want so I try to limit my visits there. What a great store!!!!!

[binny]

ok well since this got bumped up lol

We're going to Seattle in a couple of weeks to go to Ikea oh I mean to go see my brother ;)

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