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| - Okay, so the layout and products are kinda blase in that spare Northern European design within-reach aesthetic, I mean c'mon everyone of us certainly has a Lack table an Expedit wall unit and a Poang chair mingling amongst the furnishings in their homes, right? Ikea's cheerfully cheap so you can't help go overboard and get like 10 kinds of sheets and duvet covers with names like STENKLÖVER, it's hard not to. The quality of most furnishings is definitely of the impermanent variety but at least you get to assemble them which is one of my favorite things to do, seriously assembling Ikea stuff is very cathartic and way cheaper than therapy...
The real challenge is convincing male SO's to come here. Getting hubby to drive, park and shop at Ikea is like asking a man for a reverse circumcision, but if there's one thing hubby LOVES, it's those soapy "Swedish" meatballs, so all I have to do is flip to the back page of the Ikea catalogue and show hubby money shots of meatballs drizzled in gravy, and we're good to go! Besides you really can't beat a lunch for two people for less than $15 bucks!
Random observation about Ikea: there is more GTA interracial couple representation here per square foot than would be represented in a German porn marathon??
With regards to the furnishings, if I could offer one shopping/decorating tip, it's please please please, just don't buy the prints or hanging "art" at Ikea :( . There's nothing sadder than when I see Ikea "artwork" hanging in peep's homes, I'm not trying to knock your design values, but it's just so un-inspiring, I'd much rather see a flocked velvet version of "Dog's Playing Poker" than this pablumized "art".
Avoid weekends at Ikea like the plague unless witnessing a plague (especially parking) is actually your thing. Monday mornings are blissfully peaceful, and quiet to the point I was shit-distubingly planking on nearly everything and NO ONE noticed!
Best bet: The grocery section of Ikea has been incrementally downsized from the past, but you can still walk out with satisfactory European manufactured foodstuffs for a decent price. I picked up frozen Rosti, AppleKaka (AMAZING Swedish applecake, that for some reason it's made in Germany?) , and that to-die-for white chocolate coated Swedish Almond Tarta Mandel , plus a huge can of sparkling (de-alcoholized?) pear juice, all this for $17!!! Häftigt!
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