Post your IKEA stuff!

[RITZFit]

Nice setup! I have the same desk, but in birch effect. I like it a lot.

thanks. don't think i've ever seen the birch version? the mikael desk sure is nice tho...best desk i've ever had!

 

[wawahooha]

Crate and Barrel "Pathway" bed

Hello,

We are thinking about buying the "Pathway" bed from Crate and Barrel and are wondering how you like it (has it held up well). Any input would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

i forgot about this thread my move-in to the new apartment is in 2 weeks and:

after getting on a malm and "simulating" some nocturnal activities we decided to go for something better and ended up with the Pathway bed from Crate+Barrel:

but we are still going to get a few Ikea PS metal cabinets in red:

at least one expidit bookshelf in black/brown:

and i need to get a desk, which since the large jerker i wanted to get is now discontinued will end up being a galant desk:

 

[eric55lv]

You people are lucky there is not an IKEA store in a 50 mile radus of my house or city!

 

[shecky]

Hello,

We are thinking about buying the "Pathway" bed from Crate and Barrel and are wondering how you like it (has it held up well). Any input would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

its been fantastic. sturdy, looks great, modern without being hyper expensive. i am a big guy (275+) and i was worried when i saw it in my bedroom all set up that the slatted system was going to be too weak for my body weight, but its been great for sleeping and more active experiences.

after a week of getting used to the bed being kind of "springyer" than a normal mattress+boxspring i absolutely love it - i would never go back to a mattress+boxspring again.

 

[je1ani]

Ikea is such a good brand but it's incredibly cheaply made.. I have a desk that recently broke I've only had for 2 months

 

[SamNeeds]

Their customer service is nothing amazing, but the staff were at least a little helpful when I went. I got a JONAS desk:

It's actually really well put together (by meeee), and pretty sturdy. Looks the bees knees tho imo...

Yeah, I have to agree, it does look good. It's a shame that the place in which my table goes is too small for that!!

 

[idesign245]

Malm bed & headboard with slidey night tables, hopen chest of drawers, expedit bookcase/tv stand, desk top, leg and drawer unit, chair and ottoman, light.

 

[idesign245]

here's the light...

 

[UMHurricanes34]

Practically my entire bedroom and computer desk area stuff is from IKEA.

Where else can you find an easy to assemble, gorgeous-with-Apple-products looking desk for 30 bucks?

 

[BCains]

a) Entertainment Unit

b) Computer desk

bedside table to come shortly.

 

[UMHurricanes34]

Are those soccer socks in your entertainment unit?

 

[BCains]

Are those soccer socks in your entertainment unit?

haha yeah

i have no wardrobes so i use the right hand side lol.

 

[applecake]

yayyyyy IKEA !
i literally lived in an all-ikea apartment for quite a few years
(we were an ikea expat family so yeah)

i miss it sooo much now, when i move into my own place i'm willing to travel 400km to the nearest store *sniff*

 

[scrub0bk]

Malm bed & headboard with slidey night tables, hopen chest of drawers, expedit bookcase/tv stand, desk top, leg and drawer unit, chair and ottoman, light.

what kind of chair is that? I love the way it looks and it looks so comfy

thanks

 

[tidytrev]

Malm bed & headboard with slidey night tables, hopen chest of drawers, expedit bookcase/tv stand, desk top, leg and drawer unit, chair and ottoman, light.

i have the red version of that chair
everything i have in my room is from ikea, a sofa a desk and entertainment unit aswell as lamps and stuff.
my rooms in a tip state at the minute though so will post pics soon

 

[scrub0bk]

ahh what kind of chair is that? ive looked on the ikea site and cant find it.

 

[tidytrev]

sorry its not listed on their site anymore and i cant see the name anywhere on it

 

[idesign245]

LUNNA Chair
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50071014

Its the canadian site though. ( Where I am )

 

[iChrisG]

I can join now! Here aren't the best pictures. My room is really messy because I just put these together this week and I'm still getting a bit used to my new AWESOME furniture!

Dang, I have to upload the pics to Flickr first. Ok One sec!!

 

[opo101]

Here's mine. Even the letter trays on the right are from Ikea!

 

[blenks]

I don't have any pictures but when me and my friends moved into our flat we went to Ikea to get a few things like desk chairs and realised that EVERYTHING already in here is Ikea! It was so weird walking round the shop and being like we have that...and that...AND that... lol. I do love it though! I also saw a lot of posts about the Mikael desk in the dark colour and thought oooooh I would love that for when I move, then looked on the site and realised the one I have been using in this flat is the birch version! It's an awesome desk

 

[Babooshka]

Ohhh. Look at all you minimalist types. My IKEA stuff is messy as hell

 

[Jaqen]

This thread is cool. I just moved into my own place and I want to make it look nice, so I've been doing research on furniture for a while. Right now I'm really wanting a desk, but it is *impossible* to find a good desk! Spent a whole Saturday looking and came up with nothing. Staples/Walmart/Target/Office Depot/Office Max do have a couple nice models but then there's that cheap cardboard in back I hate. The high end furniture stores have the most awful desks ever and they cost $2-3k! There was one from Staples I was considering ordering but then I stumbled across Ikea...

I guess right now I'm looking at the Galant system. I would really like to make a nice big desk out of it but I don't have as much space as I'd like. No Ikea here in Charlotte yet, so going to order it online (there is one coming in Spring 2009 really close to me which is sweet). Closest one now is Atlanta. At first I had stuff picked out for my whole bedroom but I was talking to some people about it and they said it'll fall apart easily, so not sure if I want to bother... I'm really liking the Malm series though.

But for now, I do want the Galant desk. Just can't decide how much I want to extend it, but probably starting with the corner desk-left for the base. Is the keyboard holder any good? Enough room for that and a trackball? Is the computer holder stable? My computer is quite heavy so I was thinking it'd be best to put it on the ground to prevent wear and tear. It says it holds up to a 19" monitor... does that mean a huge CRT? I'm wanting to buy a 30" soon... but that'll be a LCD so I imagine it'll be a lot lighter.

Seen some setups using pegboards to organize wires and whatnot... I'll have to look into that.

Oh, the Jonas desk and Fredrik desks both look nifty too.

What color would go best with a dark wall color? Wanting to paint my room a black with a lot of gray/blue in it... somewhere around there. Birch veneer/beech veneer/black-brown? And Malm can also come in oak veneer... I wish Galant could, that's a nice color.

 

[Indohottie]

Great thread.. i am in search of some new stuff for my place, got some great ideas for what others have posted.. love it..

 

[jackiecanev2]

Ikea

Expedit bookshelf, 5x5.

Malm dressers, and bed.

The table and chairs, TV stand, coffee table, and stacked end tables in the corner are all ikea. NO idea which ones.