TheBanyanTree: Those Bleedin' Swedes!

[Theta Brentnall]

Okay, now I have to respond.  I do understand how some people might be 
intimidated by Ikea, but really?  Am I the only person here who loves 
that store?  Here's the right way to approach Ikea:

1.  Don't go on a weekend when everyone else in the world goes.  Too 
many people.  Go just when it opens or late, an hour before closing.  
That way you get to stroll instead of feeling pushed.

2.  Don't approach Ikea as a whole.  It's too big.  Embrace the meander 
and concentrated on the room at hand.  Kitchen - neat cabinets with 
easy-slide drawers; nifty gadgets at really good prices; great lighting 
ideas
Bedrooms - squish the pillows and finger the bedding.  Living rooms - 
sit on the couches and chairs and picture them replacing the ones in 
your house that have lived through decades of sitting.  Take it all a 
theme at a time, just as if each you were in a mall and going from store 
to store.

3.  If you don't want to meander, there's a map at the front of the 
store when you come in.  Get your bearings and memorize the shortcuts 
(but you'll miss something if you do this.)

.  If you only want the meatballs, usually you can get directly to the 
cafeteria by taking the first elevator at the front. (I checked the web 
site and sadly, didn't see meatballs as a purchase item.  There were 
other tasty things though.)  And the broom closet?  You needed to look 
in the bedroom storage department.  They sell very nice cabinets that 
would do for brooms, but I suspect by the time you got there, Woof, you 
were looking for the door and not the cabinet.

Theta
Specialist in Ikea shopping


On 3/27/2011 6:24 AM, Pam Lawley wrote:
> ha!  I've only had one experience in an IKEA store, and it was JUST LIKE
> this!!!  ME - who LOVES to shop  for hours! - was totally overwhelmed and
> frustrated in that place!  One path, one way, keep moving....  And I never
> even knew about any meatballs!!!!!!!!
>