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- Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Ikea in Houston
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Re: Ikea in Houston
- Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:43 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Ikea in Houston
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Re: Ikea in Houston
I like Ikea as well, we are in the Frisco one quite often, but almost never on weekends unless there is no other option. That place is a madhouse on the weekends and almost a ghost town during the week.
They have some crap yes, but they have some very good stuff too. My entire office is Ikea, as is the entertainment center, the kitchen table, our mattress, various bookshelves throughout the house, my workbench in the garage (it was originally billed as a kitchen island with a butcher block top but it didnt fit in the new house), two poang chairs in my media room, our kitchen utensils, three sizes of glasses and all kinds of other various stuff around the house. My sister in law also did her entire day care from Ikea as well. Its like anywhere else, you have to know what you are buying and many times you can get a good deal.
As for the bags... well we have been shopping at Ikea for years as you can see above and they just started charging for the plastic bags about the same time they came out with the big blue bag which is identical to the yellow one they give you to walk about the store with except you keep the blue one. That started about 1- 2 years ago maybe? I know when we first moved to TX in Jan 06 you could still get regular plastic "wal-mart" bags as I call them as well as paper to wrap your glass goods and cardboard carriers for bottle like items.
IIRC, it also started about the same time some CA communities started banning plastic bags. So while it might be up to speed with the Scandinavian culture now, Ikea has not always been like that in the states, its a very recent thing.
Oh and I too laugh at the sign that tells their employees they cannot carry at work.
They have some crap yes, but they have some very good stuff too. My entire office is Ikea, as is the entertainment center, the kitchen table, our mattress, various bookshelves throughout the house, my workbench in the garage (it was originally billed as a kitchen island with a butcher block top but it didnt fit in the new house), two poang chairs in my media room, our kitchen utensils, three sizes of glasses and all kinds of other various stuff around the house. My sister in law also did her entire day care from Ikea as well. Its like anywhere else, you have to know what you are buying and many times you can get a good deal.
As for the bags... well we have been shopping at Ikea for years as you can see above and they just started charging for the plastic bags about the same time they came out with the big blue bag which is identical to the yellow one they give you to walk about the store with except you keep the blue one. That started about 1- 2 years ago maybe? I know when we first moved to TX in Jan 06 you could still get regular plastic "wal-mart" bags as I call them as well as paper to wrap your glass goods and cardboard carriers for bottle like items.
IIRC, it also started about the same time some CA communities started banning plastic bags. So while it might be up to speed with the Scandinavian culture now, Ikea has not always been like that in the states, its a very recent thing.
Oh and I too laugh at the sign that tells their employees they cannot carry at work.