The big crazy IKEA store opened in the Twin Cities today, and I had the, uh, pleasure of being there. We didn’t really plan on going opening day, it just sort of happened. If you know nothing about IKEA, it’s basically a giant, Swedish, assembly-required furniture store. The place was absolutely packed with people, and oddly enough I’ve never seen so many pregnant women in one place at one time.
Despite the massive crowds, the big blue IKEA lives up to its reputation. I found myself drooling over the $250 couches (yes, “some assembly required”; though the sofa-in-a-box I saw didn’t look much smaller than the assembled couch) and quality bookcases as cheap as $15. OK, when I say quality I’m not talking solid oak, carved by hand, but I am talking several steps up from the Target/K-Mart/Wal-Mart variety.
I especially fell in love with the Lenny office chair and the Poang chair. I’ve always wanted a good, comfy reading chair, though not something as sleep-inducing as a Lazy-Boy. A glider rocker would be ideal, though the prices are brutal. The Poang is ideal, and nice and compact. And I know the Lenny looks kind of frumpy, but when you realize how adjustable it is and how comfy that makes it, it’s a workhorse of an office chair. It’s no Herman Miller, but it’s peeked my curiosity more than any other office chair I’ve looked at.
So as you can imagine Abby and I will be thinking of ways we can maximize our space and all that. Or replace our frumptastic couch. Yikes.
Thankfully I’m off to Sonshine for the next three days.
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So when were you there? The pregnant women make me think you went during the day?
The Poang rocks, but the Lenny creeps me out. it reminds me of the padding in caskets for some reason…
I’ve got pictures of the store over on my fotolog, check ’em out:
http://codini.fotopages.com/?entry=159733
Yeah, the Poang looks cool — and affordable. The Lenny is just whack, dude.
BTW — Pregnant women love IKEA because of all the cute kidz stuff they sell. It’s like the one-stop shop for furnishing a baby room. ‘Nuff said.
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I actually went in the evening, probably around 7:30-9:00ish.
And for those who think the Lenny is whack, you haven’t sat in it, have you?
Have you seen this before? It’s a number guessing game: http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/guessthenumber.html. I guessed 57285, and it got it right! Pretty neat.