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(1) i have low expectations.
(2) i was wowed by the ample parking & shiny, gleaming new IKEA in red hook. brooklyn
(3) i found this duvet cover and will now sleep (when i'm not insomniac-tic like tonight) in grandeur.
(4) i want to relive undergrad and my IKEA book shelf that was ultimately held together with duct tape.
J.H. and i made a spontaneous plan to go to the new IKEA in brooklyn. J.H. just moved into his new place & needed a book shelf. i needed to spend money. i bought a bunch of things, including a bowl i have dedicated to microwave popcorn. i had chicken tenders & fries in the IKEA restaurant. they were fantastic!! they ripped the hide of the UBC chicken strips and fries at place vanier cafeteria. those hard, full of fat door stops do not hold a candle to IKEA.
J.H. found a super bookshelf. & we saw really fancy "show-home" style displays that caused me to be both joyous and dismayed.
okay, i've given up on a photograph of my new duvet cover. it's going to be annoying to shift the computer camera around. or i am lazy. it's not much value-added.
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I had a rebellious hatred for IKEA for many years, perhaps from seeing so many of my peers' homes decked out, floor to ceiling, in cheap pine shelving and crooked metal racks. After being forced (oh marital bliss) to venture into the store several times in recent years I have discovered that the quality has improved. I still, however, grow very angry by the arrows on the floor that make me feel like a criminal for going the wrong way. It's like ordering Starbucks and saying Grande before decaf.
i hate how you have to go through all those showrooms that you have neither the space nor the money to replicate before you get to that magazine rack made of cardboard for $2.99. that's $2.99 for a pack of four. but yes, the arrows on the floor are annoying too. as are the 7,000,000 couples jostling for a look at crappy housewares. but i will give them kudos for improving their quality. finally.
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