Random Thought Thread v2

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

What bothers me about IKEA furniture is if you ever have to move if from the location you have originally put it.

IE: moving, it never goes back together the same way

Also, when moving it around the house or room for painting or deep clean it always feels on the verge of falling apart.

Man, I moved a particle board ikea desk across the country 3 times, and into 5 places. Assembled perfectly each time. The finish looked like ####, but it functioned.

[Minnie]

I found her. Springs1.

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[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Minnie

I found her. Springs1.

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That's 1

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Minnie

I found her. Springs1.

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That is truly disgusting.

When I come to power these people will be shipped off to the Gulags.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Awesome.

The other thing with Ikea furniture is it's easy AF to assemble and really nice for the price. The packaging is genius and the instructions are remarkable - all diagrams with no text. Plus it's soooo easy - although time consuming on some pieces - to put together.

IKEA strugglers are the dumbest of the dumb, but they sure are a loud bunch.

My theory is that the type of people that buy ikea stuff and put it together don't build or put anything else together in their lives. They like the store and the idea of their reasonably priced furniture, but taking something unbuilt and putting it together is their wild side, a true adventure from the norm.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by jayswin

My theory is that the type of people that buy ikea stuff and put it together don't build or put anything else together in their lives. They like the store and the idea of their reasonably priced furniture, but taking something unbuilt and putting it together is their wild side, a true adventure from the norm.

This doesn’t even kind of make sense. Everybody who shops at IKEA gets “wild” by putting the furniture together?

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by jayswin

My theory is that the type of people that buy ikea stuff and put it together don't build or put anything else together in their lives. They like the store and the idea of their reasonably priced furniture, but taking something unbuilt and putting it together is their wild side, a true adventure from the norm.

That's not a crazy theory and I'm sure it's accurate in a lot of cases.

I'm a big defender of Ikea stuff, though. Sometimes it's just really good and better than what else is out there. Is it solid wood? No, but the problem when you go with high-end solid stuff is that it actually gets kind of dated. There is something to be said for BIFL (buy it for life) and paying for quality, etc., but I've learned I'm not wired to like one style of anything forever - particularly when it comes to furniture. It's nice to be able to affordably change things out. You do need some quality pieces to anchor your rooms as you don't want to look like an IKEA showroom, but they have such cool stuff.

IKEA offers killer value on so many things. Where they suck balls (IMO) is their fabric furniture (couches, etc.), office chairs suck, art is basic and terrible, mattresses are the worst and for sure some other things. Their bedroom furniture is very good IMO.

Another great thing is people are familiar with the names of their stuff so when you're done with it it's easy to sell. I could have a $5k solid wood bed from Bracko Brothers that I'd be hard pressed to get $100 for after a few years because nobody is seeking out some weird Amish brand of high-quality furniture on Kijiji. A Hemnes Daybed, though? that'll sell on Kijiji all day long for 50% of what I paid 10 years later. The resale value is weirdly good.

Also love their kitchens. I'm so happy with my IKEA kitchen. It's been over seven years and still looks great.

[Erick Estrada]

Ikea is great for kids bedroom furniture. Just don't get their cheapest stuff.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Ikea is great for kids bedroom furniture. Just don't get their cheapest stuff.

This is key. Even the second cheapest stuff if a huge step up from the cheapest there.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

This is key. Even the second cheapest stuff if a huge step up from the cheapest there.

Yep. We made that mistake decades ago. Next time we purchased their higher range stuff and it's aged well. Of course my bedroom doesn't have any Ikea stuff but it's a matter of how much you want to spend on kids furniture.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by jayswin

My theory is that the type of people that buy ikea stuff and put it together don't build or put anything else together in their lives. They like the store and the idea of their reasonably priced furniture, but taking something unbuilt and putting it together is their wild side, a true adventure from the norm.

Haha, I think he's talking about you undercoverbrother.

I get the moving thing but its only when I'm being lazy and don't wait for a second set of hands and I drag it across carpet and the other side doesn't move and I rip out those screws from the particle board and it is never the same. No longer square and now wobbly as hell.

[SportsJunky]

Led Zepplin's best song is Babe I'm Gonna Leave You.

[fotze2]

Is there a Brazilian holiday today? My house is full of smoke because my Brazilian neighbor has his big green egg blasting at 7 am.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Led Zepplin's best song is Babe I'm Gonna Leave You.

Absolutely agree. I actually don't really like them other than that one.

[jayswin]

What's the best way to take old registration stickers off a license plate?

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by jayswin

What's the best way to take old registration stickers off a license plate?

Probably with your fingers.

[PepsiFree]

A knife (actually, ideally something like a blade for a carpet knife or box cutter that you can flatten against the license plate to get under the stickers). Makes for minimal scratching, but depending on how many you’ve got piled up in there, you might have a few pieces of an old one that aren’t worth removing entirely.

[Fuzz]

Heat gun might help, too.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

A knife (actually, ideally something like a blade for a carpet knife or box cutter that you can flatten against the license plate to get under the stickers). Makes for minimal scratching, but depending on how many you’ve got piled up in there, you might have a few pieces of an old one that aren’t worth removing entirely.

I think there's a bit of an indent where those old labels went. When you try to scrape them off you just scratch the crap out of it because it's not perfectly flat. At least that's what I did when I tried. And then when I could see it wasn't working well I doubled down and made it worse and worse. That part is on me.

Heat gun may be a better thing to try. I'm bothered by the outdated labels on my current plate as well, jayswin.

[Brendone]

I was only partially joking… I had a few stacked on top of each other, so might have made it easier, but got a corner up with my finger nail, pealed them off, and a bit of WD40 to get off any remaining glue.