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More rant :) I couldn't agree with you more. Especially on the design issue. It's utterly cold and soulness design. It somehow reminds me of a very cold climate where you are cooked up in a studio apartment or forced to live in a communal houses of futuristic novels from early 20th century. What is surprising to me is how people(read girls/women) like it here(Vancouver, Canada)
Robert Buldoc wrote:
It somehow reminds me of a very cold climate where you are cooked up in a studio apartment
I once rented a furnished flat in Amsterdam that was ikea from the toilet seat to the cutlery to the bed linen. The only way I can describe it is 'clinical'
Stan, I just want you to know that I still hate Kyle more than you. - Cartman in 'Trapped in the Closet'
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Rant time :) Thursday night is late night shopping here with most shops open till about 9 or 10 pm. Last night I was dragged, kicking and screaming, to IKEA by my girlfriend. $650 later and we have a living room full of boxes that I had to drag up 4 flights of stairs. Guess what my weekend is now going to entail? I tried to convince her that as we both make a good living and were not strugling students anymore that we can actually afford to buy real furniture. You know, the kind that gets delivered in one piece. The worst thing about IKEA is not the people who bring 5 screaming, hungry kids, the rock bottom quality, the assembly nightmare, the endless repetative 'beech effect' furniture, the fact that once your in the shop you cant get out without seeing the entire place, the lack of toilets, the inability to have a ciggy half way through, its finally getting to the end, finding the correct isle to get the box you want and seeing that lovely sign that says "Out of stock". What are you supposed to do? go back to the start to find another TV stand you like and then go see if its in stock? come back another day, go throught the whole experiance again and hope they have it? Or just take your money elseware? How hard is it to put an out of stock sign on the item in the actual show room? I got $50 bucks that says next thursday Im going to hear the words "Sweetie, did you want to go back to IKEA tonight and see if they have the stuff we wanted?, we could have the meat balls for dinner"
Josh Gray wrote:
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And I will praise my good fortune. My wife had an equally bad time when she went with a friend. Her sweet words to me were. "I hope you never want to go!" :rose: We still have a few local shops that do have quality. I will to to them. :)
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Rant time :) Thursday night is late night shopping here with most shops open till about 9 or 10 pm. Last night I was dragged, kicking and screaming, to IKEA by my girlfriend. $650 later and we have a living room full of boxes that I had to drag up 4 flights of stairs. Guess what my weekend is now going to entail? I tried to convince her that as we both make a good living and were not strugling students anymore that we can actually afford to buy real furniture. You know, the kind that gets delivered in one piece. The worst thing about IKEA is not the people who bring 5 screaming, hungry kids, the rock bottom quality, the assembly nightmare, the endless repetative 'beech effect' furniture, the fact that once your in the shop you cant get out without seeing the entire place, the lack of toilets, the inability to have a ciggy half way through, its finally getting to the end, finding the correct isle to get the box you want and seeing that lovely sign that says "Out of stock". What are you supposed to do? go back to the start to find another TV stand you like and then go see if its in stock? come back another day, go throught the whole experiance again and hope they have it? Or just take your money elseware? How hard is it to put an out of stock sign on the item in the actual show room? I got $50 bucks that says next thursday Im going to hear the words "Sweetie, did you want to go back to IKEA tonight and see if they have the stuff we wanted?, we could have the meat balls for dinner"
I didn't even know they had furniture shops here that gave you fully assembled furniture. Could you name a few? I hate this entire assembling thing too.
Regards, Nish
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I didn't even know they had furniture shops here that gave you fully assembled furniture. Could you name a few? I hate this entire assembling thing too.
Regards, Nish
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Hi Nish, I think your post ended up in the wrong place. I cant help with furniture shops in Canada but I would imagine they are not that hard to find. Take it easy Josh
Stan, I just want you to know that I still hate Kyle more than you. - Cartman in 'Trapped in the Closet'
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Rant time :) Thursday night is late night shopping here with most shops open till about 9 or 10 pm. Last night I was dragged, kicking and screaming, to IKEA by my girlfriend. $650 later and we have a living room full of boxes that I had to drag up 4 flights of stairs. Guess what my weekend is now going to entail? I tried to convince her that as we both make a good living and were not strugling students anymore that we can actually afford to buy real furniture. You know, the kind that gets delivered in one piece. The worst thing about IKEA is not the people who bring 5 screaming, hungry kids, the rock bottom quality, the assembly nightmare, the endless repetative 'beech effect' furniture, the fact that once your in the shop you cant get out without seeing the entire place, the lack of toilets, the inability to have a ciggy half way through, its finally getting to the end, finding the correct isle to get the box you want and seeing that lovely sign that says "Out of stock". What are you supposed to do? go back to the start to find another TV stand you like and then go see if its in stock? come back another day, go throught the whole experiance again and hope they have it? Or just take your money elseware? How hard is it to put an out of stock sign on the item in the actual show room? I got $50 bucks that says next thursday Im going to hear the words "Sweetie, did you want to go back to IKEA tonight and see if they have the stuff we wanted?, we could have the meat balls for dinner"
IKEA is cheap, thus the quality of the furniture is lacking. Eventhough most of their products are crap, it is possible to find something which has a greater value than its price tag. The TV/video bench I bought there is really nice. Holds the TV, VCR, Playstation and XBOX nicely. Has enough space to let me tuck away all the controllers, and remotes. Simple to move, and is therefore not much of an obstacle when I'm cleaning. Doesn't look shabby. Cost me a mere $50 - would probably have cost $100+ in any other furniture store. They're also service minded here in Sweden (which seems not to be the case in the UK). If you receive something broken, you'll get a new furniture with little or no questions asked. I bought a lamp a couple of years ago a saturday. When I got home from the store, it was time to take a shower and dress up to go to a party, so I figured I would assemble the lamp the next day. When I got home at around 3 am, very intoxicated, I couldn't wait until next day - I had to assemble it right away! I assemble it without any problems. When I was finished, when I managed to totally smash the glass reflector against the ceiling (don't ask why - hell if I know :~). Called in the next morning and said there was a small mishap during the assembly (hehe), and asked if it was possible to buy just the glass reflector. The (unexpected) answer was: we'll send you one for free!
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I didn't even know they had furniture shops here that gave you fully assembled furniture. Could you name a few? I hate this entire assembling thing too.
Regards, Nish
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
I didn't even know they had furniture shops here that gave you fully assembled furniture.
I'm sure there are, but try classifieds / yard sales first. Nothing like getting furniture assembled for you, and getting it done free... :D (also, you might get lucky and find something built out of real wood.)
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Hi Nish, I think your post ended up in the wrong place. I cant help with furniture shops in Canada but I would imagine they are not that hard to find. Take it easy Josh
Stan, I just want you to know that I still hate Kyle more than you. - Cartman in 'Trapped in the Closet'
Josh Gray wrote:
I think your post ended up in the wrong place. I cant help with furniture shops in Canada but I would imagine they are not that hard to find.
Ah sorry. Actually, I am not so sure they are easy to find. In India (at least in Trivandrum), I've never seen a self-assemble furniture piece. You always bought fully ready furniture, which they delivered (for an extra charge). It was a shock to me (in 2002 when I worked for a while in the US) to find that you had to assemble furniture on your own, so I wasn't as surprised to find it was the same in Canada. Good to know that Australia has better furniture places :-)
Regards, Nish
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Rant time :) Thursday night is late night shopping here with most shops open till about 9 or 10 pm. Last night I was dragged, kicking and screaming, to IKEA by my girlfriend. $650 later and we have a living room full of boxes that I had to drag up 4 flights of stairs. Guess what my weekend is now going to entail? I tried to convince her that as we both make a good living and were not strugling students anymore that we can actually afford to buy real furniture. You know, the kind that gets delivered in one piece. The worst thing about IKEA is not the people who bring 5 screaming, hungry kids, the rock bottom quality, the assembly nightmare, the endless repetative 'beech effect' furniture, the fact that once your in the shop you cant get out without seeing the entire place, the lack of toilets, the inability to have a ciggy half way through, its finally getting to the end, finding the correct isle to get the box you want and seeing that lovely sign that says "Out of stock". What are you supposed to do? go back to the start to find another TV stand you like and then go see if its in stock? come back another day, go throught the whole experiance again and hope they have it? Or just take your money elseware? How hard is it to put an out of stock sign on the item in the actual show room? I got $50 bucks that says next thursday Im going to hear the words "Sweetie, did you want to go back to IKEA tonight and see if they have the stuff we wanted?, we could have the meat balls for dinner"
BTW, if you ever go back to the store, make sure to pick up something called "lingonberry jam". It's kind of like cranberry jam, but not as sweet. Works VERY well on pancakes. Some (me excluded) even like it on meat/potatoes/gravy type of food. Be aware though that it's quite pricy in the US, and quite possibly so in Australia. I'm not sure why (it might not grow on the american continent - will most likely not grow on Australia!). All I know is that every time I go to the US to visit a friend of mine, I have to carry a shitload of lingonberry jam for his mom just because it would cost her a friggin fortune in the US. :-D Lingonberry juice is also a very nice for making drinks. Lingonberry and vodka makes great shots. :)
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IKEA is cheap, thus the quality of the furniture is lacking. Eventhough most of their products are crap, it is possible to find something which has a greater value than its price tag. The TV/video bench I bought there is really nice. Holds the TV, VCR, Playstation and XBOX nicely. Has enough space to let me tuck away all the controllers, and remotes. Simple to move, and is therefore not much of an obstacle when I'm cleaning. Doesn't look shabby. Cost me a mere $50 - would probably have cost $100+ in any other furniture store. They're also service minded here in Sweden (which seems not to be the case in the UK). If you receive something broken, you'll get a new furniture with little or no questions asked. I bought a lamp a couple of years ago a saturday. When I got home from the store, it was time to take a shower and dress up to go to a party, so I figured I would assemble the lamp the next day. When I got home at around 3 am, very intoxicated, I couldn't wait until next day - I had to assemble it right away! I assemble it without any problems. When I was finished, when I managed to totally smash the glass reflector against the ceiling (don't ask why - hell if I know :~). Called in the next morning and said there was a small mishap during the assembly (hehe), and asked if it was possible to buy just the glass reflector. The (unexpected) answer was: we'll send you one for free!
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
IKEA is cheap, thus the quality of the furniture is lacking
You get what you pay for and I accept that. I have a few lamps and bookcases that I quite like and have not had any problems with. What I dont like is the amount of effort required. Given the choice I would rather pay someone to do the hard work.
Stan, I just want you to know that I still hate Kyle more than you. - Cartman in 'Trapped in the Closet'
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BTW, if you ever go back to the store, make sure to pick up something called "lingonberry jam". It's kind of like cranberry jam, but not as sweet. Works VERY well on pancakes. Some (me excluded) even like it on meat/potatoes/gravy type of food. Be aware though that it's quite pricy in the US, and quite possibly so in Australia. I'm not sure why (it might not grow on the american continent - will most likely not grow on Australia!). All I know is that every time I go to the US to visit a friend of mine, I have to carry a shitload of lingonberry jam for his mom just because it would cost her a friggin fortune in the US. :-D Lingonberry juice is also a very nice for making drinks. Lingonberry and vodka makes great shots. :)
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
It's kind of like cranberry jam, but not as sweet.
Then they're either dreadfully sour, or you need to find a better source of cranberry sauce. I've certainly never had a problem getting it as sour as i liked it - you have to add a huge amount of sugar to ever get it into "sweet" territory. :)
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BTW, if you ever go back to the store, make sure to pick up something called "lingonberry jam". It's kind of like cranberry jam, but not as sweet. Works VERY well on pancakes. Some (me excluded) even like it on meat/potatoes/gravy type of food. Be aware though that it's quite pricy in the US, and quite possibly so in Australia. I'm not sure why (it might not grow on the american continent - will most likely not grow on Australia!). All I know is that every time I go to the US to visit a friend of mine, I have to carry a shitload of lingonberry jam for his mom just because it would cost her a friggin fortune in the US. :-D Lingonberry juice is also a very nice for making drinks. Lingonberry and vodka makes great shots. :)
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
BTW, if you ever go back to the store, make sure to pick up something called "lingonberry jam". It's kind of like cranberry jam, but not as sweet. Works VERY well on pancakes. Some (me excluded) even like it on meat/potatoes/gravy type of food. Be aware though that it's quite pricy in the US, and quite possibly so in Australia. I'm not sure why (it might not grow on the american continent - will most likely not grow on Australia!). All I know is that every time I go to the US to visit a friend of mine, I have to carry a shitload of lingonberry jam for his mom just because it would cost her a friggin fortune in the US. Lingonberry juice is also a very nice for making drinks. Lingonberry and vodka makes great shots.
The food stuff is sold at a little counter after you go through the check outs. By this time we had two large trollies and I was not in the best of moods. The thought of spending another half hour while my better half goes "oh look at this", "ohhh I want to try some of this", "here smell this, should we get some?" etc etc was just too much for me :) Call me a pesamist but I forsee at least one trip there again this weekend to return / exchange something so I'll pick up a jar
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Josh Gray wrote:
I think your post ended up in the wrong place. I cant help with furniture shops in Canada but I would imagine they are not that hard to find.
Ah sorry. Actually, I am not so sure they are easy to find. In India (at least in Trivandrum), I've never seen a self-assemble furniture piece. You always bought fully ready furniture, which they delivered (for an extra charge). It was a shock to me (in 2002 when I worked for a while in the US) to find that you had to assemble furniture on your own, so I wasn't as surprised to find it was the same in Canada. Good to know that Australia has better furniture places :-)
Regards, Nish
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I am not so sure they are easy to find.
Yes they are. Just stop getting furniture from Wall Mart and Target. ;P We have many here in the Fort Worth / Dallas area and I know of several in all other places I have lived.
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Rant time :) Thursday night is late night shopping here with most shops open till about 9 or 10 pm. Last night I was dragged, kicking and screaming, to IKEA by my girlfriend. $650 later and we have a living room full of boxes that I had to drag up 4 flights of stairs. Guess what my weekend is now going to entail? I tried to convince her that as we both make a good living and were not strugling students anymore that we can actually afford to buy real furniture. You know, the kind that gets delivered in one piece. The worst thing about IKEA is not the people who bring 5 screaming, hungry kids, the rock bottom quality, the assembly nightmare, the endless repetative 'beech effect' furniture, the fact that once your in the shop you cant get out without seeing the entire place, the lack of toilets, the inability to have a ciggy half way through, its finally getting to the end, finding the correct isle to get the box you want and seeing that lovely sign that says "Out of stock". What are you supposed to do? go back to the start to find another TV stand you like and then go see if its in stock? come back another day, go throught the whole experiance again and hope they have it? Or just take your money elseware? How hard is it to put an out of stock sign on the item in the actual show room? I got $50 bucks that says next thursday Im going to hear the words "Sweetie, did you want to go back to IKEA tonight and see if they have the stuff we wanted?, we could have the meat balls for dinner"
There is an IKEA in the twin cities but I've never gone. I know that feeling of wanting to get "real" stuff. Although I make my husband get cheap stuff for his room because he either breaks it or burns it with a cigarette. I have come to the conclusion that the more you spend on furniture, the more determined cats are to get hair all over it.
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
It's kind of like cranberry jam, but not as sweet.
Then they're either dreadfully sour, or you need to find a better source of cranberry sauce. I've certainly never had a problem getting it as sour as i liked it - you have to add a huge amount of sugar to ever get it into "sweet" territory. :)
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Shog9 wrote:
Then they're either dreadfully sour
They're sour, but not dreadfully sour. As for cranberries - they taste a bit "dryer" than lingonberry. It's really not the same taste - but they're in the same ball park. Cranberry juice on the rocks a hot summer day - mmm... Pancakes with lingonberry for dinner the very same day - mmm.... I think I just decided on what I'm having for dinner on saturday. :-D
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There is an IKEA in the twin cities but I've never gone. I know that feeling of wanting to get "real" stuff. Although I make my husband get cheap stuff for his room because he either breaks it or burns it with a cigarette. I have come to the conclusion that the more you spend on furniture, the more determined cats are to get hair all over it.
leckey wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that the more you spend on furniture, the more determined cats are to get hair all over it.
:-D Too true! Not that I'm one to know that for sure though, really, because 90% of our furniture is second-hand or was bought in boxes from a dept store like Target, assembly required. ;-P
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Shog9 wrote:
whatever wood is cheap. Without measuring properly
You sure you're not really a Swedish furniture designer?
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Josh Gray wrote:
I think your post ended up in the wrong place. I cant help with furniture shops in Canada but I would imagine they are not that hard to find.
Ah sorry. Actually, I am not so sure they are easy to find. In India (at least in Trivandrum), I've never seen a self-assemble furniture piece. You always bought fully ready furniture, which they delivered (for an extra charge). It was a shock to me (in 2002 when I worked for a while in the US) to find that you had to assemble furniture on your own, so I wasn't as surprised to find it was the same in Canada. Good to know that Australia has better furniture places :-)
Regards, Nish
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Nish, You could try The Brick(canadian) or La-z-boy(American), or if you lived in Vancouver try United Boulevard in Coquitlam, The whole area is swarmed with different furniture stores. - Rob
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Rant time :) Thursday night is late night shopping here with most shops open till about 9 or 10 pm. Last night I was dragged, kicking and screaming, to IKEA by my girlfriend. $650 later and we have a living room full of boxes that I had to drag up 4 flights of stairs. Guess what my weekend is now going to entail? I tried to convince her that as we both make a good living and were not strugling students anymore that we can actually afford to buy real furniture. You know, the kind that gets delivered in one piece. The worst thing about IKEA is not the people who bring 5 screaming, hungry kids, the rock bottom quality, the assembly nightmare, the endless repetative 'beech effect' furniture, the fact that once your in the shop you cant get out without seeing the entire place, the lack of toilets, the inability to have a ciggy half way through, its finally getting to the end, finding the correct isle to get the box you want and seeing that lovely sign that says "Out of stock". What are you supposed to do? go back to the start to find another TV stand you like and then go see if its in stock? come back another day, go throught the whole experiance again and hope they have it? Or just take your money elseware? How hard is it to put an out of stock sign on the item in the actual show room? I got $50 bucks that says next thursday Im going to hear the words "Sweetie, did you want to go back to IKEA tonight and see if they have the stuff we wanted?, we could have the meat balls for dinner"
Yeah, but the meatballs taste goooood... Jon
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Josh Gray wrote:
You serious?
Yup.
Josh Gray wrote:
It really is an experiance like nothing else.
I can't wait. :~ It seems there are none where I live (in Louisiana). I just never heard of it before.
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I've never been in IKEA. As a dyed-in-the-wool coder, i feel it's appropriate to make furniture as it's needed. Out of whatever wood is cheap. Without measuring properly. And using all the wrong tools. Thus, i can be confident that the desk my computer sits on is as sturdy and reliable as the code running above it... ;)
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Shog9 wrote:
i feel it's appropriate to make furniture as it's needed
Ditto, I have a book shelves made up from some left over 2x4's. It works and will hold a few hundred pounds worth of books.
Shog9 wrote:
Out of whatever wood is cheap. Without measuring properly. And using all the wrong tools.
Get a little help from here The New Yankee Workshop [^]
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley: