“IKEA stores, like Chihuahuas and cilantro, provoke extreme reactions.”
Have you read Laura Collins’ New Yorker piece on IKEA? Highly recommend, although the full version is not yet available online. Subscribe, suckas! Cause the New Yorker is one of those rare print mags that actually contain lots of print! Check out my reaction to it here and leave your feedback on the culture of disposable design. XO
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I haven’t read the full article yet, but will raid my mother in law’s stash of back issues of the New Yorker when we visit her this weekend. That said, I’m torn on how I feel about Ikea. My sewing desk and liquor cabinet are Ikea, we’ve had them for years and they survived a bunch of moves and are really solid (I also love my $2 knives). Other things I’ve bought there have fallen apart within 6 months – like a chair we bought, or my wine glasses that were supposedly dishwasher safe…I like their design and colors, but I don’t like how it’s seemingly random whether or not a piece of furniture from Ikea will last.
LOL I once sat in a friend’s IKEA armchair and it bottomed out. I weighed only 100 lbs at the time!
But I do love my IKEA pie plates, their textiles, and I have a cheap cabinet from there that has lasted many moves (surprisingly). Also, I hope to one day get the closet systems. I am happy, however, that I have been able to get sofas and what not off of Craigslist. I am okay with sacrificing style for things that I feel will last longer. Plus, it’s not like all that IKEA stuff is free. Costs money!!