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Hello there lovely PSers! I have a question for any of you that have bought any furniture from Ikea, specifically a bed. I''m considering buying a bed from them but do not know anyone that has one. I initially believed the bed I have now to be a great purchase and one that would last me but it is just falling apart, partly as a result of poor construction by an ex boyfriend who didn''t take his time and just kind of threw it together. After several months of the mattress/box spring falling through the frame, my current boyfriend helped me re-enforce it with so wood and screws, etc but it is just so flimsy that I don''t feel comfortable in it anymore. I am looking to get a new bed and was considering the following from Ikea.

Floro Bed

I''d like to get some feedback on Ikea furniture in general and this bed specifically if anyone has one! Thanks! I really appreciate it!
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I don''t know anything about that particular bed, but will say we have five pieces of Ikea furniture. Two are the partical board and three are better-quality wood. The coffee table is solid wood, if you can believe it. Yes, SOLID wood from ikea. The two partical board items are for the kids and they haven''t held up well. One is a desk and the other is a side table and they''re crap. The desk has had to be reinforced multiple times and the side table is just cheap quality.

The other two besides the coffee table include a book case and a dresser (both for the kids) and they''re very nice quality and have held up (but we haven''t moved since getting them, so who knows.)

With Ikea, it seems to be hit-or-miss and you''ve got to look at the item in person before deciding. I''d NEVER order anything except candles or small decor by them online.
 
I have this bed from Ikea... link

It has a metal beam that fits on the frame and runs down the centre of the bed to reinforce it. I am rather heavy and it holds me up just fine
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I have an Ikea bed (metal) and it''s great. My previous bed was a solid wood Ikea bed and it was also nice-I just got tired of it and wanted new stuff when I moved into my house.

Something that will probably help is getting those slats that go across the bottom of the frame. That way all the weight won''t just be on the very edges of the bed frame.
 
I don''t have an Ikea bed, but I do have an Ikea mattress. It is very, very comfortable. I bought it as a stop-gap when my old mattress got damaged in a house move. I will not be parted from it and when it needs replaced, I''ll be going to Ikea. It was about a quarter of the price of the one it replaced and is at least twice as comfortable!
 
We have a huge amount of furniture from Ikea including a bed. The bed we have is the MALM one (I think that''s the name of it) and it''s been great. I love Ikea.
 
That foot board would drive me nuts. Hope your you or your boyfriend aren't tall or else your tooties will be up against the board. I also wonder how often you need to dry clean the cover and what it would cost.
 
Date: 3/12/2010 12:14:10 PM
Author:prettylnpink419
Hello there lovely PSers! I have a question for any of you that have bought any furniture from Ikea, specifically a bed. I''m considering buying a bed from them but do not know anyone that has one. I initially believed the bed I have now to be a great purchase and one that would last me but it is just falling apart, partly as a result of poor construction by an ex boyfriend who didn''t take his time and just kind of threw it together. After several months of the mattress/box spring falling through the frame, my current boyfriend helped me re-enforce it with so wood and screws, etc but it is just so flimsy that I don''t feel comfortable in it anymore. I am looking to get a new bed and was considering the following from Ikea.


Floro Bed


I''d like to get some feedback on Ikea furniture in general and this bed specifically if anyone has one! Thanks! I really appreciate it!
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The heavy use of particleboard in its construction is a concern. Furthermore, a dry-clean-only material on a bed is a negative IMO.

FWIW, as a college kid and grad student, I certainly moved around enough to have owned quite a bit of IKEA-made furniture throughout my 20s.
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I jokingly referred to it as disposable furniture, I''m afraid, though I''ll admit that shorthand wasn''t always fair. In essence:

--IKEA particleboard pieces creak, peel, warp, or have the bottoms fall out of the drawers;
--IKEA top-of-the-line solid wood pieces hold up well and perform well for at least a few years.

Alas, I always sold the pieces after a year or two, so I can''t comment about durability time frames beyond then. But the particleboard ones didn''t even stand up that long before having some majorly disappointing functionality concerns (like standalone Billy bookcases tilting a smidge, or cardboard drawer bottoms popping out under the weight of a small handful of undergarments). HTH!
 
Date: 3/12/2010 2:17:55 PM
Author: fleur-de-lis

Date: 3/12/2010 12:14:10 PM
Author:prettylnpink419
Hello there lovely PSers! I have a question for any of you that have bought any furniture from Ikea, specifically a bed. I''m considering buying a bed from them but do not know anyone that has one. I initially believed the bed I have now to be a great purchase and one that would last me but it is just falling apart, partly as a result of poor construction by an ex boyfriend who didn''t take his time and just kind of threw it together. After several months of the mattress/box spring falling through the frame, my current boyfriend helped me re-enforce it with so wood and screws, etc but it is just so flimsy that I don''t feel comfortable in it anymore. I am looking to get a new bed and was considering the following from Ikea.


Floro Bed


I''d like to get some feedback on Ikea furniture in general and this bed specifically if anyone has one! Thanks! I really appreciate it!
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The heavy use of particleboard in its construction is a concern. Furthermore, a dry-clean-only material on a bed is a negative IMO.

FWIW, as a college kid and grad student, I certainly moved around enough to have owned quite a bit of IKEA-made furniture throughout my 20s.
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I jokingly referred to it as disposable furniture, I''m afraid, though I''ll admit that shorthand wasn''t always fair. In essence:

--IKEA particleboard pieces creak, peel, warp, or have the bottoms fall out of the drawers;
--IKEA top-of-the-line solid wood pieces hold up well and perform well for at least a few years.

Alas, I always sold the pieces after a year or two, so I can''t comment about durability time frames beyond then. But the particleboard ones didn''t even stand up that long before having some majorly disappointing functionality concerns (like standalone Billy bookcases tilting a smidge, or cardboard drawer bottoms popping out under the weight of a small handful of undergarments). HTH!
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My coffee table has held up for years now. I think we''ve had it for four years. . .can''t remember exactly. We use it as a TV stand rather than an actual coffee table. That may be part of the reason it''s held up well. The other is that it was put together and never taken apart since. When we moved, we took moved it as a solid table. It''s the taking apart of stuff that causes problems. In my early 20s I had a lot of Bombay Co. furniture and the stuff that''s lasted now, over something like 12+ years has been the items that can be moved without unscrewing everything.
 
1/3 children born in the UK were conceived in an IKEA bed!
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Date: 3/12/2010 6:09:13 PM
Author: Pandora II
1/3 children born in the UK were conceived in an IKEA bed!
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Date: 3/12/2010 6:09:13 PM
Author: Pandora II
1/3 children born in the UK were conceived in an IKEA bed!
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Maybe I should get an ikea bed to put my guppy tank on. They are totally not breeding like reputation would imply.
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We have the Malm and adore it, we''ve never had problems with it or any of our other Ikea furniture. Believe me when I say we have A LOT (most of it nearing 5 years).

I think MC is on to something with the furniture holding up well if you don''t take it apart and put it back together. We had a desk that went through about 4 sessions of being taken apart and while the desk itself help up just fine the screw hole did get stripped. Sounds like the way your exBF put your old bed together might be the reason it didn''t hold up very well.
 
I saw that exact bed this week when I visited Ikea. To be perfectly honest, it was looking kind of worn, creased and icky. Obviously it gets more wear and tear out on the showroom floor, but my daughter and I both commented on it, thinking it would be impossible to keep looking nice. Both of my daughters have Ikea bed frames and they are okay, but are noisy (metal). We have an Ikea guest bed that is black metal, and it is perfect. I don''t like that most of the beds are made to use the wood slat system instead of a proper boxspring/mattress set. The guest bed we have does fit a foundation set. If it''s something you can afford to replace in 5 years, then fine. Otherwise, I would look at their metal beds which seem to be of better quality.
 
we have 2 Ikea beds - one in our room and one in the spare room - both have had heavy use and are holding up great - both are solid wood.
 
Hey all I saw this thread and wanted to ask a question. I would really like to update the kids room, without spending a fortune. I''ve been drooling over the Ikea stuff, like some feedback.
How are these for holding up?
Expedit (for primarily book storage)
Expedit side table as a mini table for drawing, etc.

Wardrobes. They have a some wardrobes in the 100-170 range (Aneboda, Hensvik, Aspelund) or should I go ahead and get the Leksvik since it is solid wood and still not too expensive (229)? A big concern is whether the drawer at the bottom is hard to pull in and out. The 2 dressers we have already (and want to replace) are hand me downs and the drawers are very hard to pull in and out, which means I''m always having to take out, put away clothes for them (can you tell I''m tired of doing that?)
I''m also interested in the Brimnes drawer chest, but as it is a new item, not sure if anyone has had experience with that.
also how hard is it to put this stuff together? Don''t care if it takes a couple hours, more if there is alot of swearing, bad directions, needing of additional tools don''t have.
 
I have the LEKSVIK range for DD - the nursery chest of drawers, toy chest and cupboard. I sanded them down, painted them in expensive Farrow & Ball paint and they look great.

I managed to put them together on my own with a screwdriver and hammer when I was 38 weeks pregnant with severe odema and unable to get up from the floor without assistance... so, they are easy to put together!

My brother has had loads of the Leksvik range and it wears really well. I''m not a fan of the Hensvik myself - it seems a bit flimsy.

I''m an IKEA addict btw and recommend IKEAfan website for ideas on ''pimping'' your IKEA furniture and handy hints if you get stuck - the instructions can be tricky if it''s the first time you are using them (then it''s simple!)
 
We have a good amount of Ikea furniture and really like it. We bought our old bed from there but it didn''t last because we didn''t know how much constant motion would affect the screws....note to self, use gorilla glue to supplement next time. But for the most part it''s decent quality for the price. A lot of furniture these days is made of particle board and a lot of it is even mroe expensive than Ikea.
 
Thanks Hudson Hawk. I am leaning towards the Leksvik. Everywhere else I''m looking unless it''s all particleboard, wardrobes are 500 (and up) so i''m willing to spend that much (or that little). Staking out craig''s list but no luck. I''m antsy to get started on the project. Some of the stuff I want to get I cannot get online so will need to decide to simply order the stuff I can, or wait until I have a day free and borrow a truck to do it all.
Is it true if you go to the store you end up spending like a thousand dollars? I can see myself doing that
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Oops I meant thanks Pandora (Ikea queen!)
 
I have a dresser and a chair set from Ikea. I plan on buying more pieces from them, they are cute, affordable and relatively durable for the price.
 
Date: 4/14/2010 9:19:15 PM
Author: part gypsy
Thanks Hudson Hawk. I am leaning towards the Leksvik. Everywhere else I''m looking unless it''s all particleboard, wardrobes are 500 (and up) so i''m willing to spend that much (or that little). Staking out craig''s list but no luck. I''m antsy to get started on the project. Some of the stuff I want to get I cannot get online so will need to decide to simply order the stuff I can, or wait until I have a day free and borrow a truck to do it all.
Is it true if you go to the store you end up spending like a thousand dollars? I can see myself doing that
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Nah, you spend $10 and still come home with 1,000 things you didn''t know you needed!
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For us Ikea is like Costco. We have to go in with a purpose. We have to get what we need and leave or we end up spending the entire day and emptying our bank accounts. If you''re going to be buying a lot I suggest bringing an assistant with a strong back and renting a uhaul or borrowing a truck. Those boxes are HEAVY!

oh, our old bed was actually solid pine, not particle board. I can''t remember the name, but it was the 4 poster/canopy bed. When we moved in October we bought a new bed and mattress set and we needed a foundation so instead of spending $400-500 at the mattress store we got one for $99 at Ikea. Unfortunately it didn''t fit up our stairs so we ended up having to take it apart, saw it in half and then put it together once we got it upstairs, but you would never know. When we got the cover off we were really surprised at how well constructed it was.
 
Part gypsy we have the Ikea expedit book case as our TV stand. This one I like it a lot and would recommend it! :)
 
IKEA furniture can be great. They do have a fair amt of solid wood furniture as well as the cheaper or more temporary stuff. We used their BILLY glass door bookcases in white along a whole wall in our laundry room as a cheaper alternative to ''built ins'' for linen storage. And I absolutely love one of their dining tables, I think it''s called Jacanda or something and it''s a solid dark wood for $400 but it''s 90" and doesn''t fold in which is too big our space..boo!!

I also had an IKEA couch for 3 years in a previous house when I was single, the EKTORP and everyone thought it was the double-the-price same-style PB couch.

Also have you seen those fab IKEA kitchens they have in stores and in their mag?? If we ever did a remodel I would totally go there first to look.
 
Date: 4/14/2010 9:09:22 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
We have a good amount of Ikea furniture and really like it. We bought our old bed from there but it didn''t last because we didn''t know how much constant motion would affect the screws....note to self, use gorilla glue to supplement next time. But for the most part it''s decent quality for the price. A lot of furniture these days is made of particle board and a lot of it is even mroe expensive than Ikea.
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Constant motion you say?
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sorry, DF didn''t catch it so I had to.
 
I wondered if someone would catch it...
 
I noticed it too, but was too polite to mention
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yes where''s Dancing Fire when you need him?
 
I already printed out my shopping list for Ikea, but we can''t go this weekend (too many things planned). Maybe the following weekend?
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Wandering in Ikea for 2 hours sounds like heaven to me, but hell to my husband. Plus it''s a 2 hour drive there and back. He''s already asked if I can go with his mom or dad instead (niiiiice, ask your mom who has bad knees, or your Dad who has had 2 back surgeries in as many years, to go with your wife to shop for stuff for your family and lift heavy boxes)... He''s going to have to suck it up. My oldest daughter is already excited about going. Since we finished sprucing up our bedroom she keeps asking when she could do the same for her room. She''s 7 and other than the bunk bed, has exactly the same stuff in there as when she was born. 7 years later plus 1 more kid, we need to do some re-organizing.
 
I have some pieces from the Leksvik bedroom set (long dresser, short dresser, and wardrobe) and they have held up VERY well. I''ve moved them twice now and each time they''ve been very easy to take apart, transport, and put back together without any alteration to their appearance/finish. The only casualty so far was the backing on the long dresser, which we simply took off after the first move and didn''t put back on since we have it against a wall anyway. The backing on the wardrobe may not make another move simply because we''re running out of places along the edge to nail it on after ripping it up twice, but we''re not too perturbed about that as we could make a new backing very easily.

I highly recommend solid wood pieces from IKEA, I would not buy particle board stuff unless the price was exactly right. I plan on using these pieces for kids'' rooms when they come along - I know they''ll hold up!

My sister has an IKEA bed that''s held up extremely well too. I don''t know the name of it but it''s a metal frame with a curved woven rattan headboard/footboard. The frame has wooden slats going across it so you don''t use a box spring, just a mattress. She likes a very firm mattress so it worked just fine for her, but if you like a squishy one I''m not sure how well it would work.
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