Yeah, it''s weird among all the general Ikea pressed board stuff, you can find solid wood pieces for excellent prices. DH and I went everywhere for a coffee table and finally decided to risk going into Ikea on a weekend and came across the perfect solid wood table that''s lasted for years!
We have plain white right now, too, and they've chipped up quite a bit. They were from World Market and I thought they were a good deal at the time. . .I could have purchased at least four sets of IKEA for what I paid for the other.
LOL! I''ve been meaning to post about our new dining room set from Ikea too! And I''ve been looking for YEARS also! It was DH''s find actually -- I was holding out for the black pedestal type from Pottery Barn or Crate & Barrel which come up on Craigslist used for great prices ... but after a few white ones almost changed our look for the entire room we went to Ikea for a desk chair and DH spied an amazing deal on exactly what fits our room perfectly. A round black/brown one that expands to seat six. It has legs, no pedestal but it was $149! We don''t know how long we''ll be here and everywhere else we''d need something bigger so its been a real challenge -- getting something that''s "good enough" but not our "forever" dining room set, yanno? Well for $149 I''ll live without a pedestal & honestly it works better with the other stuff in the room w/o the curvy traditional pedestal. Our other stuff in there is a modern desk & modern chair & modern art & modern bookcase & one aged painted wooden wardrobe with simple lines. We also got two comfy padded parsons chairs with dark grey linen-ish covers - neutral, and can mix with our existing two Emeco aluminum (navy style) kitchen chairs. (And DH''s pretty awful oak captains chair style set can stay holding all his computer equipment down in the basement
They have a creche, but she does like to examine all of the displays, in her own sweet time.
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