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to ask if there is anyone out there with a totally IKEA free house?

348 replies

beluga425 · 13/11/2017 23:03

The other day DD asked me if the Queen shops at IKEA.
I'm sitting at and IKEA desk drinking from IKEA glasses. everything's bloody IKEA.
Is there anyone who has NO IKEA at all?
No I don't work for them!

OP posts:
NannyR · 14/11/2017 09:32

On the back of this thread, I've just realised that every item of furniture I own comes from Ikea, plus curtains, bedding, kitchenware, cushions.

NoParticularPattern · 14/11/2017 09:36

I don’t think we have anything from IKEA unless anything that was already here happens to be! But that’s mostly because there isn’t one near enough to us to justify going more than once. I do now need some bits for the spare bedrooms and for new baby though so I’m planning a list and a trip out!!

steppemum · 14/11/2017 09:36

well, there is no downstairs furniture that is Ikea. (well, there may be a small side table...)
There maybe some crockery/glasses, but I think actually most of the cheap stuff is Tescos!

But we do have quite a lot in the kids bedrooms, as it is really cheap, looks clean and tidy and does the job!

None in my bedroom though

DaisysStew · 14/11/2017 09:37

I was completely IKEA free until a few months ago. I bought a storage unit for DSs mountain of crap toys.

Ordered it online so I've still never been to a shop - the nearest one is a fair distance.

EmilyChambers79 · 14/11/2017 09:37

Emily it's not really patronising to say Ikea or the like is cheap, disposable furniture

But is patronising to say that people don't care about quality. Not everyone can afford handmade bespoke furniture but that doesn't mean they don't care about what is in their house.

Your husband may be cheap but £14,000 worth of bookcases isn't cheap to many. That's a years salary for some.

We need the storage for our books but IKEA was a good budget for us and affordable. We are not destitute or poor but a price difference of £13,000 is relevant.

You dismiss it almost like it's inferior and that's the patronising part.

Ellybellyboo · 14/11/2017 09:39

We don’t have anything from Ikea

We don’t have an Ikea store here and I don’t think they’ll deliver here either. The nearest one is a massive PITA to get to and they charge to park in their car park so I don’t even go for a browse

MrsJayy · 14/11/2017 09:40

I have never been in an Ikea never mind bought anything ours is miles away and never had the urge to go.

Welshmaenad · 14/11/2017 09:41

I am reading this thread in IKEA....

MrsJayy · 14/11/2017 09:42

Actually might be going soon as 1 of the DC is moving out and has been purusing an ikea catalogue .

Oysterbabe · 14/11/2017 09:43

We have an IKEA heavy house and we're just renovating and moving into somewhere else which will be even more IKEA as we've just ordered a new kitchen from there. I love their stuff though.

FineSally · 14/11/2017 09:46

Spare a thought for people living on the Isle of Man who don't even have the choice. They won't deliver there either.

Though I have to admit there are now some enterprising folks who will bring things over on the ferry. So IOM isn't totally IKEA-free.

Autumnskiesarelovely · 14/11/2017 09:51

Yes totally Ikea free.

It’s kind of nice. I see to live 3 miles from an Ikea so my house was full of the crap.

Now I live miles and miles and my house is minimist but doesn’t have that ikea look at all. I love it. No unnecessary crap.

mrsnec · 14/11/2017 09:51

I used to live 2 minutes away and had an Ikea free home. I now live 2 hours away and had to stop because my house looks like the catalogue. I am also fed up with seeing my cushions and lamps on tv programmes. Everyone has the same cushions as me I really must change them!

NeverTwerkNaked · 14/11/2017 09:53

My parents! Their house is mainly stuffed with uncomfortable antiques Grin

Mine is a mix of IKEA, second hand and more expensive furniture (largely gifts from parents)

Can’t see the point in paying thousands for furniture if there’s a cheaper option!

Autumnskiesarelovely · 14/11/2017 09:54

I have to say ASDA have surprisingly good cushions!

VileyRose · 14/11/2017 09:56

yep! I even lived next to the Southampton store and hated everything about it. No ikea in our house at all.

NextInLine · 14/11/2017 09:57

Me.
I’ve never been Blush

BlueBerryBiscuit · 14/11/2017 10:05

I didn't say people don't care about quality or that everyone should have handmade bespoke furniture at all!! People buy what suits their budget and needs as they should and for many people that will be Ikea and similar. It's useful and many people like it, I like quite a lot of their fabric patterns.
My point is that the influx of cheap, disposable furniture has made solid wood furniture a more niche item and that's what I think is a shame because as mass produced items, be it furniture, clothes or whatever, become the norm the crafts and quality that some people produce have been pushed into the upmarket design and art world and then become unaffordable for many just so the person making it can scrape a living.
We also wouldn't be able to buy bookcases at that price because that's well over my dh's annual income!

SilverSpot · 14/11/2017 10:08

@Autumnskiesarelovely I was just looking at asda cushions yesterday! So well priced and reviewed.

Heymrstinkypants · 14/11/2017 10:16

I’m ikea free
It’s a 2 hour drive and I can’t be bothered
But most of my house is from “very” catalogue
All my appliances, lounge furniture, kids furniture, bedroom furniture
I Just love the monthly payments!!!!

ToEarlyForDecorations · 14/11/2017 10:22

No IKEA furniture here. Can't stand the shop. Went once to kill time before a pop concert many years ago, never wanted to go again. Just to hard. They only serve Swedish meatballs in the café and are really pleased with themselves about it.

The furniture has daft names. People think IKEA is some sort of alternative religion/lifestyle choice.

It dawned on me, as I looked at the twentieth kitchen table and chairs that it's a con. The tables were cheap but the chairs were expensive. Well, you usually buy both ?

People like their odd named furniture and talk about it like it's some sort of exclusive club which you have to have IKEA furniture to join.

Yeah, it's a furniture shop. Woop di do.

Give me the Argos catalogue any day !

The London traffic reports used to say, 'the traffic is queueing back to IKEA.' This went on for years but it was considered to be advertising. So they had to say, 'the traffic is queueing back to the Swedish furnishing store.'

justalittlelemondrizzle · 14/11/2017 10:24

I didn't have any ikea furniture until we bought this house. Over the last couple of years one of the dd2s bedroom and our bedroom have become ikea showrooms 🤣 No where else in the house as yet but I'm pretty sure dd1s bedroom will follow suit next year

trixymalixy · 14/11/2017 10:25

We're gradually trying to de-ikea our house after some tw*t who was viewing our old house when we were selling it went round pointing out all the ikea furniture Hmm.

Only the kids rooms have ikea furniture in them now, but we still have loads of ikea glasses etc in the kitchen.

justalittlelemondrizzle · 14/11/2017 10:26

Just to add, every ikea item we have bought is 2nd hand. We absoloutely love the Hemnes range but we would have needed to take out a 2nd mortgage to buy what we have so far Wink

trixymalixy · 14/11/2017 10:27

ikea sell quite a wide range of food in the cafe Hmm. They certainly don't sell only meatballs.