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How do you manage to spend 3k in IKEA?
by anoother 9y ago
How do you manage to spend 3k in IKEA?
- fiatjaf 9y agoFirst: have a lot of money.
- quickthrower2 9y agoNot necessary. They take VISA.
- kiernanmcgowan 9y agoI moved into a apartment in a new city with no furniture. It’s quite possible to rack up a bill like this.
- brians 9y ago50 Billys. Why, where do you keep the rest of your books?
- wst_ 9y agoOn my smartphone. :)
- betamonk 9y agoHAHAHA. But, the ebooks are just not the same experience of a physical book. But, I do use both the ebooks and books - depending on the book type.
- SnacksOnAPlane 9y agoI'm one of those possibly-rare people who considers the ebook experience superior to the physical book. No bookmarks necessary, can read on Kindle while home and continue reading on my phone while out, mega-cheap if you watch for deals, hundreds of books available to read at any time...what's not to love?
- anoother 9y agoEven 50 Billys comes to just £1750 here in the UK. (More if you want colour, of course...)
- xbzbanna 9y agoStart with $1000 for a couch, $500 for a mattress. You're already halfway there.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoA couch, a bedframe, a mattress, maybe a dresser, and end tables?
- stephenr 9y agoI wouldn't personally use IKEA in that case but an unfurnished house/apartment takes a lot of stuff to become usable.
- morgante 9y agoWhat would you use?
- stephenr 9y agoThere are a few things I like IKEA for (the aforementioned "Grundtal" kitchen racks work really well) but generally I prefer more individual furniture (watch Friends where Phoebe responds to Pottery Barn furniture if you want to understand better), and as I'm a little older, I prefer timber furniture (I had more steel/glass stuff when I was in my 20's), which is where IKEA fails hardest, because practically all their "wooden" furniture is just particle board/plywood. So, for furniture I try to use smaller local places that either sell direct or at least are selling locally built stuff (this works in my favour when you consider the above - shipping assembled solid-timber furniture isn't cheap). This obviously doesn't work everywhere, but I detest living in the city so it hasn't been a problem for me so far. For general housewares like kitchen utensils/etc I don't see a lot of difference between IKEA/<Name your local shop with homewares: Kmart, Target, etc> so it's just whoever has what I want, but IKEA's constant focus on low price also makes me a little wary of anything that isn't obviously just solid steel/wood (e.g. anything with a steel 'head' and wood/plastic/rubber handle, is basically guaranteed to fall apart) because in my experience these items embody 'you get what you pay for'.
- morgante 9y agoThanks for the detailed reply. Personally, IKEA fits my lifestyle pretty well as a young urban-dweller. I don't really anticipate having my furniture for more than 5-10 years and their aesthetic definitely matches my preferences. I've actually looked at some more "premium" stores and really disliked a lot of their merchandise unless it was obscenely expensive (ie. 10x the price of IKEA).
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoSwedish meatballs.