GRA TV unit with casters. It turns out IKEA actually has funky a system based on names of stuff from its native lands, says ahundredmonkeys.com.
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How To Make Cheap Laptop Desks
By 7.6.07
Laptop desks can cost a stupid amount of money, but luckily for you they can be constructed with IKEA stuff, sandpaper, and a saw.
8 IKEA Shopping Tips From A Former Employee
By 7.6.07
A former IKEA worker tells us how some tips for making your jaunt through furniture Legoland more enjoyable and efficient.
IKEA's Delivery System Still Broken
By 4.16.07
I had originally asked the IKEA in Paramus, N.J., to deliver my kitchen cabinets on a Saturday. I later found out that my Manhattan co-op building prohibited large deliveries on the weekend, so when the truck arrived on the designated day, the crew couldn’t unload their cargo. IKEA billed me for the delivery. Totally fair–I goofed.
Make Beautiful Things Out Of Cheap Unfinished Furniture
By 4.10.07
Ikea is a good source for dirt-cheap ugly unfinished furniture—but who says it has to stay ugly? Ikea Hacker has a few hacks from Angelique, one of their readers. She adds creative finishes to basic IKEA children’s furniture and picture frames. Her techniques look easy enough for a novice to replicate, and sort of fun, too. We love the ferns. We love cheap furniture. —MEGHANN MARCO
IKEA Ships Broken Merchandise, Won't Send Replacement Parts
By 3.18.07
Ikea refused to ship Oz the parts he needed to complete his $2,200 order. The order was placed in early September; when it finally arrived in late October, so many parts were missing that several items could not be assembled.
I hired a guy off of craigslist to help me assemble all of the furniture, given the fact that we had 3 rooms to assemble. This turns into a 2 day ordeal, with a ton of missing parts and us having to document it to call Ikea later. We get to several items such as the desk, which is missing so many parts it’s un-assemblable.
At IKEA, Even Jumping Your Car Is A Self-Assembly Process
By 2.26.07
We were so excited yesterday to go to IKEA that we left the lights on and our car battery died.
HOW TO: Give Your TV "Ambilight" Using Cheap Lights From IKEA
By 2.26.07
I love those Philips Amiblight HDTVs – you know, the ones with the rear backlight that projects colours onto the wall behind the TV? Not only does it look pretty, but if you’re gaming or watching a film in low-light conditions then the backlight reduces eye strain.
IKEA To Charge $.05 for Plastic Bags In Effort To Reduce Consumption
By 2.21.07
Proceeds of up to $1.75 million (that’s a whole lot of bags) from the bag campaign will go to American Forests, the nation’s oldest non-profit citizens conservation organization, to plant trees to restore forests and offset CO2 emissions,..IKEA projects that the number of plastic bags used by their U.S. customers will be reduced by at least 50% from 70 million to 35 million in the first year. This program was launched in IKEA stores in the UK in late Spring 2006, and reduction has been an impressive 95 percent.
The program was very popular in the UK, and we love those IKEA shopping bags, so we’re all for it. We imagine, however, that a lot of people won’t be.—MEGHANN MARCO
IKEA's Inventory System Has Problems
By 2.20.07
i have had about five orders “mysteriously” disappear from their system….i originally ordered the vika amon/vika artur desk on september 8 and have yet to see it. it seems the trestles are always out of stock, even when i call first to see if they have any then immediately place the order. i still get the “out of stock” email. i even had one phone rep give me a delivery date, which came and went.
We’ve been getting complaints too, like this one from Reader Christopher. He keeps driving back and forth from IKEA based on bad information from both their website and their employees, and is a little irritated. We don’t blame him.
IKEA Won't Sell "In-Stock" Mattress Because It Requires The Forklift?
By 2.13.07
Reader Gerald writes in after an odd experience with IKEA. He’s writing to ask if he has a legitimate complaint, or if he’s just being whiny. After calling to make sure that IKEA had the mattress he wanted in-stock, he rented a man with a van on craigslist for $30 and they went to go pick it up. Weirdly, IKEA refused to sell him the mattress because they have a policy against using their forklift during store hours.
Ikea Hacker Is Nifty
By 2.8.07
Everyone likes IKEA, but some people go the extra mile—messing with IKEA stuff to create even better stuff.
Best Laundry Bag Ever
By 10.8.06
IKEA’s BULLA transcends the common sad sack to become a laundry bag worthy of accolade.
IKEA: Like Design, Life is Cheap
By 7.20.06
It used to be that owning IKEA just meant enduring some Fight Club barbs. A new product recall threatens to take away your ability to even turn the catalogue pages (which you read just for the articles).
