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Regarding your point 2 - have you been to an Ikea recently? They always put up prices for the way it is assembled in the showroom, so you see something cost €32

by cyxxon 10y ago

Regarding your point 2 - have you been to an Ikea recently? They always put up prices for the way it is assembled in the showroom, so you see something cost €324, of which the main corpus is 156, the added part on the left is 68, etc., broken down into the boxes you actually have to buy. So you should get a pretty good feeling for what your version of the furniture will cost. Amd about the look, well, that's just subjective taste, isn't it? I actually like the clean lines of their, and almost everything in my apartment is Ikea. From time to time I visit other furniture stores, because my girlfriend likes browsing there, but I never really find anything I would want in my little world at home. Seems like a typical case of YMMV...

Hydraulix989 10y ago
IKEA furniture here in Silicon Valley means that you're a tech intern living in a starter apartment (and you're spending all your money on rent instead of anything else). College kids have to practically give away all of their surplus IKEA furniture at the end of every summer (along with their unused bicycles) once their Facebook internships end because everyone is selling and nobody is buying. I'm always amused when someone thinks they can sell their Galant for nearly full price on Craigslist in August.
pif 10y ago
> Regarding your point 2 - have you been to an Ikea recently? No, I haven't. Thanks for the update! > about the look, well, that's just subjective taste, isn't it? I think I wasn't clear enough. I don't complain about quality/look: what I don't like is the standardisation! As soon as you see something from IKEA, you know it's from IKEA.
- qq66 10y ago
  For many, that standardization is a feature rather than bug. I really like that I can mix and match anything and have it look visually consistent. I am a big fan of the products although I build them slightly nonstandard (extra lag screws, wood glue on all surfaces, VHB tape to affix to wall).
  - pif 10y ago
    It's called "collection". What I dislike of IKEA is having just one collection. Take this as an example: http://www.lefablier.com/en/collections/ http://www.lefablier.com/en/collections/ I understand that's a completely different world, but the idea is that you can have consistency in your whole house without giving up the possibility of choosing what fits your taste more.

by cyxxon 10y ago

Hydraulix989 10y ago

IKEA furniture here in Silicon Valley means that you're a tech intern living in a starter apartment (and you're spending all your money on rent instead of anything else). College kids have to practically give away all of their surplus IKEA furniture at the end of every summer (along with their unused bicycles) once their Facebook internships end because everyone is selling and nobody is buying. I'm always amused when someone thinks they can sell their Galant for nearly full price on Craigslist in August.

pif 10y ago

> Regarding your point 2 - have you been to an Ikea recently? No, I haven't. Thanks for the update! > about the look, well, that's just subjective taste, isn't it? I think I wasn't clear enough. I don't complain about quality/look: what I don't like is the standardisation! As soon as you see something from IKEA, you know it's from IKEA.

qq66 10y ago
For many, that standardization is a feature rather than bug. I really like that I can mix and match anything and have it look visually consistent. I am a big fan of the products although I build them slightly nonstandard (extra lag screws, wood glue on all surfaces, VHB tape to affix to wall).
- pif 10y ago
  It's called "collection". What I dislike of IKEA is having just one collection. Take this as an example: http://www.lefablier.com/en/collections/ http://www.lefablier.com/en/collections/ I understand that's a completely different world, but the idea is that you can have consistency in your whole house without giving up the possibility of choosing what fits your taste more.