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Racked’s in at Ikea. Have any readers stopped by yet?
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It never ceases to amaze me how Ikea has managed to bill itself as a green company. I would really love it if someone did a study on the amount of Ikea furniture that ends up in land fills. I’m pretty sure that most of it ends up in a landfills within ten years of being manufactured. As for off gassing. I bought a few Ikea kitchen cabinets over a year ago and I can still smell the off gassing everytime I open one of the cabinets. Furthermore the number of miles shoppers drive to Ikea every year is absolutely staggering. On average across the country shoppers drive over thirty miles to get to Ikea. Doesn’t sound like a very green business model to me.
Yes Ikea may be green….but what about the thousands of cars driving to and from shopping at Ikea…what is green about that?
The only thing worse than a furniture snob is a sanctimonious furniture snob, 11:22. And while it’s fashionable to whine about the big chains, you should also consider that they do offer health insurance and other benefits to their employees that your beloved mom and pop furniture store may be unable to match even though their goods sell for three times the price.
Give you a break 11:37. What for. I believe I was expressing my own opinion and yes, it doesn’t matter to “ME”. It won’t and I beleived I used the word “I” and maybe I should have included “ME” and “Myself” also so you wouldn’t have to guess that I wasn’t speaking on your behalf in the first place. So blow me now. But don’t get offended when you upgrade your kitchens with those IKEA cabinets and then put your place on the market expecting some sort of return from that. Are you also one of those people commenting how cheap and shoddy some of these condo developments (i.e. Novo) have finished off their units with?
Ikea is also a very green company, for those who care. Flat packing and little off gassing in their products. Check treehugger.com.
Also good looking modern furniture. Will be in the need of new kitchen cabinets soon. Ikea will be where I will shop.
Those without a lot of money can get good looking stuff at affordable prices.
forget about Ikea – THE PARK IS AMAZING!!!
Give me a break 11:22. Just because you don’t shop there doesn’t mean that “it doesn’t matter.” Obviously it matters to the hundreds of thousands of people who do shop there. Most of the furniture in my first home came from Ikea. As my income increased, so did the budget for my furniture but I was able to pass my Ikea furniture on to others who appreciated it. Having a nice place to come home to was important to me back in those days because I couldn’t afford to eat out much. Although had ther been an Ikea in Brooklyn back then, it would have surely been a dining option for me.
We shopped there this morning. It was great and the waterfront park was lovely. If you don’t like it, don’t shop there–its pretty simple. However, it offers many attractive and affordable furniture and kitchen choices for most people.
better add H & M to that list 11:22