REDFEATHERS said:

I don't expect it to last forever. But it makes me wonder what people are doing on their sofas if they won't even last a year.

My girlfriend drug me to IKEA this weekend to get some stuff for the house. THAT PLACE IS A STRAIGHT MAN'S IDEA OF HELL!!!!!

I started a thread like this sometime ago. I have an updated kind of crappy picture after I decorated it a bit. There are some funky shadows and the color is a bit off because there wasn't good light shining in.

The painting between all the mirrors is "Metamorphosis of Narcissus" by Dali. Not included in the picture I have twi pretty cool black and red chairs and my tv stand and tv is black so the place is starting to look pretty good.



I like your funiture Carrie. I've been meaning to visit that store soon. Perhaps this coming weekend.

So where are you moving? Is it soon going to be CarrieNorthStPaul?

CarrieMpls said:

I don't believe that for a second. Perhaps if you had kids or a bunch of roommates I could see it being ruined faster then high-end furniture, but as only one girl and a cat living in a house that thing is going to last for a while.

JediMaster said:

I'm straight and I really enjoy shopping for furniture or any kind of shopping really.

JediMaster said:

au contraire. I spent nearly an hour yesterday talking to a striaght man co-worker about IKEA and he even gave me some other shops to check out for furnishing my new place. So there.

lovemachine said:

Lovemachine! Where did you get that couch?! I need something like that.

lovemachine said:

I like it with the rest of the stuff! Looks awesome.

And I'm just moving uptown. I love living downtown but I found an efficiency apartment that's about 3 times the size of my current place with a full size kitchen, a screened in porch, private entrance, free laundry and it's even less rent than I'm paying now. Can't pass that up!
PS- Did you really think I'd leave Mpls???

lovemachine said:

Ok, one friend, Kirtsy, bought a futon style sofa. She lived with her boyfriend. Fell to bits in about a year. Wouldnt buy a sofa from Ikea again

2nd friend, Sarah, bought a leather sofa from Ikea with her husband. Hadnt had it even a year and it is falling to bits. Plus it is really uncomfortable.

So I have had that info from 2 different sources. No kids, no animals, no wild parties. Happy now?

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lovemachine said:

Not really, but I was hoping for a new neighbor

REDFEATHERS said:

Yeah I've heard similar things although their cabinets and storage are good

CarrieMpls said:

have you seen fight club, jedi?

F loves ikea, actually. for some stuff, like hangers.

lovemachine said:

Hey, I enjoy shopping quite a bit, and I don't even mind shopping for furniture. I just felt like IKEA was extremely...well...gay (not that there's anything wrong with that!!!) Really, I expected to hear Cher and Donna Summer blared over the PA.

applekisses said:

I bought it at a pretty cool store called "Affordable Furniture" in Maplewood. It wasn't all that much money and it's honestly the most comfortable couch I've ever laid on.

mdiver said:

Thank mdiver

But their storage IS good, all I am saying is their sofas are shit.

CarrieMpls said:

You SURE he's straight?

Naw, its cool. I just found the place to be very gay-chic. Actually, that's a huge compliment, since I think that most gay men have WAY better taste than straight men. I readily admit that I know squat about decorating. I'm hardly the typical straight guy, but I do see the place as being geared more towards young gay men and straight women. Everything there is a low-end version of set pieces from "Sex And The City" (again, not an insult at all).

JediMaster said:

I actually did hear Cher blasting from the speakers when I was there yesterday.

But that doesn't make it gay. Where do straight men shop for furniture then? Manly-Men-R-Us? Where they stock bear skin rugs and sofas in nice manly shades like beige?

you're moving? where to?

Heiress said:

@ the Fight Club reference!

Hey, the place has lots of great, low-cost doohickies that are quite functional. We got a great shelf for our DVDs! It was necessary to go to a place like IKEA, seeing as how we have to integrate all my stuff with hers. That place has all sorts of stuff that serves that purpose quite well.


I have to second your statement about things not always looking the same at home though. We brought home one bookcase, I got it all assembled, and it looked like CRAP!! It just didn't have the same feel in the house that it did in the store. I had to take the whole friggin' thing apart, take it back, exchange it for another, and then take the new one home in the hopes that once I got it assembled it wouldn't also look bad. Fortunately, the second one looked fantastic.

CarrieMpls said:

in that case....DECORATE!!!

CarrieMpls said:

Manly-Men-R-Us sounds WAY more gay than IKEA!!!! Of course, I only shop at stores where the furniture is made out of a dead-animal, or it comes in camoflauge!!

I'm being coy about the gay thing. I do see why so many of my gay friends love that store though. It has that gay-chic vibe, and that is cool. Gay men have SO much more style, on the whole, than straight men. Hey, I listen to my gay friends when it comes to this stuff!

Snappy pink couch CarrieMpls and pretty happening table as well.

Good luck on your journey's.

CarrieMpls said:

LoL
They were the rave last year in Paris! I saw one for 299.

Serious said:

Now that screams with personality... and that natural light coming in through the windows. beautiful!!!

girl.... fucking awesome!!! you are just sooo hip!!

i cant wait to see your new pad!!!

Freespirit said:

Thank you, dear . I'm very happy with our living room. It's half-round and so we decided to choose funky colors and furniture to make it even more individual.