What do I need from IKEA?

[Lockdowners]

Any good buys recently? Anything to avoid? I’m off there this evening to buy an office chair but would like to pick up some bits and pieces to make the house look nice too.

If anyone is on this thread looking for IKEA ideas then I highly recommend buying the poang chair frame only (adult or child version) and then ordering a cover for it on Etsy or eBay.

Everything 😂

I have found the plants are really nice. Kitchen utensils hold up really well, and their kitchen storage is awesome and hardy. Picture frames, candles, pots and cushions are worth a look too.

Food bags

Thank You for the tip about buying the poang cover on eBay.

I would love a trip to Ikea. The faux having ivy are nice. I have one or two on bookshelves etc. Rug are great as are a lot of the lamps.

The octopus (for drying socks) cushion covers. I just love ikea

(Can I go with you 😂)

Batteries and lightbulb also worth stocking up on

Faux hanging plants

Their potato masher is the best I've ever used.

I like the chrome hangers for bottles in the shower. They have some nice shoe racks if you're in need of such a thing. Their crockery is cheap if you don't mind plain white.

@AuditAngel - I was coming on to say good bags too! I love them and the fact they wash well to be reused. 🤣🤣

@sitckmansladylove don't you mean a socktopus?! I love our socktopus!

I always buy load of stuff I don't need in Ikea. Their kitchen stuff is great. Can get loads of big (and small) Kilner jars there.

Batteries - all of them!

Lightbulbs for the Ikea lights you've bought over the years.

Kitchen implements and maybe a frying pan.

Candles, I don't know why

Bath mats and or towels

Picture frames, all same one colour for the display you might put up if you ever print off the photos.

Tea towels
Kitchen utensils
Those plastic clips to seal open packaging
plants
pictures / frames
Bedding
Candles
Table lights
Billy bookcase (doeesn't everyone have one?!?)

Plastic food clips
Rotary cheese grater
Socktopus
Teaspoons
The stick on window blinds for £3.50
Mask material
Tabletop ironing board
4 way extension cable
Plug for lots of charging leads
Gokart mattress cover. Works for sweat as well as other bodily fluids
Dimpla storage bags

Does anyone know if the cafes are open yet?

Thanks for the Poang tip ours is despererate for a new cover!
I always used to buy batteries at Ikea but the price has gone up and the last couple of lots leaked! I now buy the Amazon basics and they are far superior.
My list at the moment;
Plants
Chopping board
Light bulbs (and adaptors if needed)
New kallax boxes

I need a new cover for a klippan 2 seater sofa! Went to order one online and it says delivery end of September which feels ages away.

Everything and the tea lights.

The food is good. Especially the mini teeny daim bars. £4.95 for 100’s. Buy two bags.

Packets of white flannels from the kids section. Use them as dishcloths, dusters etc.

I really want a spice rack divider that goes in the drawer. Don’t suppose you fancy picking me one up?!

God I love Ikea.

Spatulas
The cheap white plastic chopping boards
Glass tupperwear with bamboo lids
Glass water decanter with cork lid
Indoor hanging plant baskets
Natural string bags to hang plants in, if you choose a plant with smaller leaves and longish branches they look really good
The little wooden toy storage with wheels and a rope handle are great

@SimonJT can we see an example of a plant in a string bag please? Finding it hard to visualise

Patience.

Their Kilner jars! I always want more

I really, really, really want a Hemnes shoe cabinet.

And some Dime bars.

[quote hedgehogger1]@SimonJT can we see an example of a plant in a string bag please? Finding it hard to visualise [/quote]
Like this, but I’m more of a fan of them on hooks rather than a curtain rail.

Especially the mini teeny daim bars. £4.95 for 100’s. Buy two bags

I was in Ikea today and did precisely this .

Anybody wanting the fabric boxes for Kallax (Dröna), there are some designs on eBay that aren’t on the Ikea website (though may be in store I suppose).

They do cost more, but you don’t have to go to Ikea & buy tealights ! (Ours is an hour away down the sodding M6)