The important thing about IKEA to me is that they do offer cheap stuff that's quite nice. For example, I was looking for curtains a while ago, and found that IK

The important thing about IKEA to me is that they do offer cheap stuff that's quite nice. For example, I was looking for curtains a while ago, and found that IKEA offered a broad selection that were half the price of anyone else's cheapest garbage. I never ever go through the whole showroom path, though - I just cut through the registers and head straight to the marketplace. Works well.