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| - I had never been in an IKEA before. Man, was I missing out on something. No wonder people go so crazy for this place.
Best advice? Make a day of it. You don't just waltz in and out of Ikea. It's hours of your life. We actually got breakfast there before the rush. From the outset, you can see that technology and maximizing effectiveness is what IKEA does. The coffee machines require a token you pay for, when you put in the token, you put in your drink order and it does it all automatically for you. Technology is fantastic. The breakfast is cheap and whatever. It's like 2 bucks for breakfast.
The showrooms must show off what people in Sweden live like. It's clean, sharp, minimalist and lots of LED backlights apparently. It's great to see the showrooms set up and it's much much easier to just write down where to pick up the stuff than carrying it for miles. Plus, you will walk miles in here.
Got a nice bed frame here for cheap (total less than $200) and we love it. Plus, it only took 3 1/2 hours to assemble it. Honestly though, I've assembled furniture from other stores (Wal-mart, Target, Big Lots) and this is by far the easiest one I have done. Yes it took time, but I didn't want to mess it up. The other furniture came pre-broken with too many screws. This was perfect, all pieces clean and the right amount of everything.
We were here so long that we also got lunch. Hot dogs are insanely cheap and pretty good. If we stayed any longer, probably would have slept in the showroom and got dinner later.
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