Ikea Marked For Death.

[reddragdiva]

The journey to Ikea Brent Park by bus is merely a pain in the arse. The journey back - carrying stuff - is an utter bastard.

The chair I wanted is quite definitely not in the current range. They do have some complete shit that would be quite good except that there is no way to actually fix the back at the height you set it to. The height is set by resting it in some sort of notched arrangement which it happily pops out of if, e.g., you move your back or shoulders while sitting in it.

The bedroom furniture department was where the aesthetic life was smothered out of me. It's partly gratifying and partly a subject for despair to realise at thirty-six that the aesthetic opinions you formed at sixteen were in fact correct the first time.

So, no bed or chair. I did get three pillows and a butterfly corkscrew (which I wanted to stab myself or everyone around me with repeatedly). And a king-size quilt from the Tesco across the carpark. Which was damn cosy last night.

1. If it's not in the catalogue, it doesn't fucking exist any more and never did.
2. Don't even attempt it without a car.
3. Make damn sure you know precisely what you want. Get it and get the fuck out.
4. Don't go in the first place.

Comments

[reddragdiva]

I have/had my records stored in plastic crates - 'hobby cubes', about 13"x13", Aus$10 each. Haven't seen 'em here, but I'm sure they exist. You could also get ones that were just the right size for seven-inches.

Shelving is a tricky one. Officeworks had some interesting-looking shelving for archives - paper being of comparable density to vinyl. Is there a UK equivalent of Officeworks?

(If you want to cry, look at the prices on the Officeworks site and divide by three for the cost in pounds.)

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Some people at my work have plastic cube crates with wheels for storing files, which look like the perfect size for LPs, but I bet if I got a ruler out they'd be half an inch too small or something. Um, yes, they came from Ikea.

My vinyl lives in a really old sideboard I bought at the Barnardos charity shop for £20. (There was a shelf halfway up which I moved up a bit so vinyl fit on the bottom and CDs on the top. Tapes in the drawers). Zotz and RDD probably have too much vinyl for this to be practical.

Also, the sideboard has been moved too many times and wasn't of top quality to begin with, so it's badly falling apart. Every time I see a neat replacement in a secondhand shop it's some combination of £300 and/or 200 miles from home.

Jodi

[reddragdiva]

I have sixteen crates of 12" and four crates of 7". Does that count as 'too much'?

(There's a reason I have no idea when I'm shipping it over ... that's a bit over a third of a ton.)

[girfan.livejournal.com]

No, not too much.
I probably have just as much.

I shipped mine along with lots of books, photos, furniture and kitchen stuff.
I think my stuff filled 1/2 a container.
It may cost less than you think since you will only have to pay for a portion of a container.

[girfan.livejournal.com]

The Ikea plastic crates fit 12" records...I took an LP and checked and it fits.

The crates are found in the children's section and come in a variety of colours and can be given wheels if you wish.
I think they are around £3 for the small and £6 for the large.
I have videos stacked in some, photos in some, and other items in others. I don't use them for records since I have a shelving unit my father made for me that was custom made to hold 12" records.

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

Try Staples (www.staples.co.uk). No on-line catalogue, but you can order a dead-tree catalogue, and they do deliver. Failing that, are you trying to tell us that now you've got a swannky high-paid job, you're too posh for planks and breeze blocks? :-)

[reddragdiva]

Yes, I saw Staples on the way to Ikea, and mentally bookmarked it.

I'm just too sxxy to own stuff.