Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Going to ikea, what's good?

111 replies

milesmachine · 23/02/2024 14:12

Posting for traffic!

I'm off to ikea to look at kids beds later. I haven't been for YEARS

Are there any must buys or gadgets/great items that one simply must have to make your home/life easier

Would welcome suggestions!

OP posts:
Thread gallery
13
MixingPlaydough · 23/02/2024 14:14

Random and obscure but the ziplock bags of all sizes are bloody amazing!

Other than that make sure you grab a trolley and try not to wince when you see your grand total ... One cannot simply go to IKEA to look at stuff!

HippyChickMama · 23/02/2024 14:20

An octopus for hanging small items of laundry, saves so much space on the line/airer. We call ours the kraken, they have eyes and everything! Only £3 each at the moment too

Going to ikea, what's good?
C1N1C · 23/02/2024 14:21

Daim pie and meatballs. Forget the furniture.

MixingPlaydough · 23/02/2024 14:23

C1N1C · 23/02/2024 14:21

Daim pie and meatballs. Forget the furniture.

I assumed Daim pie and meatballs were a given! 🤣 I don't associate with people who go to IKEA and don't eat them. 😁

Hillarious · 23/02/2024 14:24

Ikea is good, but not what it was. I first went to the store in Neasden in 1989 and was overwhelmed. A lot of other shops have caught up and you Ikea is not so unique. However, you can't get meatballs at Dunelm. We love the store near Sheffield Arena for a cheap pre-gig meal.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 23/02/2024 14:32

HippyChickMama · 23/02/2024 14:20

An octopus for hanging small items of laundry, saves so much space on the line/airer. We call ours the kraken, they have eyes and everything! Only £3 each at the moment too

Ha, we call ours soctopus!! They are fab, we have 3.

SunflowerSeeds123 · 23/02/2024 14:40

Cinnamon buns. That's it.

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 23/02/2024 14:42

PICKLED HERRINGS

Youcannotbeseriousreally · 23/02/2024 14:42

MixingPlaydough · 23/02/2024 14:14

Random and obscure but the ziplock bags of all sizes are bloody amazing!

Other than that make sure you grab a trolley and try not to wince when you see your grand total ... One cannot simply go to IKEA to look at stuff!

I was coming to write this! Freezer bags. Amazing.

MixingPlaydough · 23/02/2024 14:43

Youcannotbeseriousreally · 23/02/2024 14:42

I was coming to write this! Freezer bags. Amazing.

So glad it's not just me. 😅

DoYouWantToStartACultWithMe · 23/02/2024 14:45

Not much!

I am one of those people who always end up leaving empty handed. I don't really get it.

And the meatballs are like dog food 🤢

OneTC · 23/02/2024 14:47

Meat balls and jam 🤤

Butchyrestingface · 23/02/2024 14:48

I thought meatballs when I saw the thread headline and now I’m salivating 🤤

crosstrainerornament · 23/02/2024 14:48

MixingPlaydough · 23/02/2024 14:14

Random and obscure but the ziplock bags of all sizes are bloody amazing!

Other than that make sure you grab a trolley and try not to wince when you see your grand total ... One cannot simply go to IKEA to look at stuff!

This

Zippedydoodahday · 23/02/2024 14:49

Their reducer toilet seat for kids is brilliant.

StormsAreNeverNamedAfterMe · 23/02/2024 14:52

My regular Ikea list is

Freezer bags
Tea spoons - how do we lose so many??
365 plates - ditto
scissors - ditto
£1 toilet brush
Meatballs

and whatever item of furniture I actually came to buy

NoOrdinaryMorning · 23/02/2024 14:55

There really isn't much anymore

NotMeNoNo · 23/02/2024 15:00

I want some of those glass breakfast jars for overnight oats in my next visit.

Notthisone · 23/02/2024 15:01

MixingPlaydough · 23/02/2024 14:14

Random and obscure but the ziplock bags of all sizes are bloody amazing!

Other than that make sure you grab a trolley and try not to wince when you see your grand total ... One cannot simply go to IKEA to look at stuff!

I came here to say ziplock bags as well.

TM1979 · 23/02/2024 15:04

A cinnamon bun thing on the way in, just to keep your strength up.
The socktopus.
Ziplock bags in all colors and sizes
A garlic press
A few candles
A few picture frames
A couple of hand towels with the little hook on them.
Little coffee cups with no handles. They come in green or blue pattern.
A small soft football for ds for the house, I needn’t bother coming home without one.

SocksAndTheCity · 23/02/2024 15:07

All the food and the clippy things that @DSD9472 said. The jute storage baskets too.

Rollerskaty · 23/02/2024 15:09

SunflowerSeeds123 · 23/02/2024 14:40

Cinnamon buns. That's it.

Came here to say this!

tomago · 23/02/2024 15:12

Meatballs.