Uncluttered ideas from the 2008 Ikea Catalog
The 2008 Ikea Catalog arrived in my mailbox over the weekend. I don’t really understand how it’s the 2008 catalog when it arrives in August and is only valid through June of next year, but I try not to think about those details. Instead, I focus on the joy that is contained within the catalog. There are so many space-saving and organization products inside the 370-page book that my heart goes pitter-patter just looking at it. Here are a few of my favorites (new and old):
Page 139: The Mandal headboard for $149, which contains adjustable shelves and can be stacked (as on page 126 of the catalog) to create a wall of shelving.
Page 77: The new Muddus drop-leaf table for $49.99 can be used as a space-saving table or alternate work surface in the kitchen.
Page 55: The Inreda book-ends, at a price of $4.99 for two, make labeling your bookshelf a breeze. They slide onto any flat surface and the label box hangs over the ledge of the shelf.
If you didn’t get a copy of the Ikea Catalog in the mail, check it out online here in its entirety.
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Posted by Erin on Aug 14, 2007 |
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Posted by Ryan - 08/14/2007
I’m a little annoyed with IKEA at the moment. I do like their stuff, but I’ve just had horrible service with them.
I ordered a Jonas desk July 13. I got an email saying it would be delivered on the 17. 17 rolls around, still no desk. I call and ask about it. Turns out they have the wrong address. They were going to ship it to my home instead of my work.
Then they tell me that the estimated delivery date is usually wrong and can take 2 weeks more afterwards.
Great. So I change my address to my work place, wait two more weeks. I call to inquire what the fark is going on.
They have the wrong address AGAIN, and they also have the wrong number to call me back.
S.O.B.!
They give me a direct line to Encinda, another delivery company. I call them, they change the crap in the system, then give me a direct line to ANOTHER delivery company. I call them, and finally get everything in order . . . but then they tell me it will be delivered between 4-9 in the evening on a Wednesday.
And yeah, I won’t be at work between 4-9 Wednesday evening!
So I have to change my address BACK to my home address just so I’ll be here to get the desk.
I should get it tomorrow. Hopefully nothing else will go wrong.
Posted by Carl of PseudoPower - 08/14/2007
IKEA is a monster of a company! The parking lot is always packed in Houston.
My biggest issue with IKEA is quality. It just doesn’t hold up very well. Moving to a different will also take a toll on the furniture. Then again you get what you pay for.
Ironically, the stuff is priced so low that you end up cluttering your house up with little sub 10 dollar items.
Posted by LazyLightning - 08/14/2007
How does one get an IKEA catalog mailed to them? I’d much rather look at it at home than at a 380 page PDF… how did you sign up to get yours?
Posted by Erin at Unclutterer - 08/14/2007
@LazyLightning–My guess is that Ikea got my address from past purchase history data. “Current resident” is the name on the catalog, though, so it may just be that I live in a near-store mailing area. At the stores they have stacks of them near the entrances. Also, did you check out the flash version of the catalog online instead of the .pdf? It’s a little easier to manage …
Posted by sp - 08/14/2007
I love Ikea, well as much as I can love it from their website. I know it gets put down constantly because it is cheap, but you know, poor student, don’t care much about anything except cheap!
I just wish they would expand the items available to order online! There’s hardly anything available except through the actual stores. I don’t even know why they post the items on their site if you can’t order them.
It would take me at least a day to drive to the nearest Ikea where I live. So no Ikea for me. It’s too bad too, cause I’d be a faithful customer!
Posted by Jenny - 08/14/2007
fyi, you can ask ikea to mail you their catalog, which is what I’ve done in the past: http://info.ikea-usa.com/IkeaO.....ation.aspx
Posted by sp - 08/14/2007
@jenny
Do you know if the catalog includes all items or just items they will ship? I know that sounds ridiculous, why would they show items they won’t ship in a catalog? But they do it on the online catalog, so I just thought I’d ask.
Posted by supersocco - 08/14/2007
Besides reducing clutter, my goal is to reduce IKEA items. Slowly replace them with REAL furniture, not disposable, cheap products.
Posted by sg - 08/14/2007
@supersocco
i am right there with you – we are IKEA addicts and can’t seem to stop, even after we vow to start buying “grownup” furniture instead of the temporary stuff. we’ve probably spent enough $$ at IKEA over the years to have saved up for a few true quality pieces! IKEA, i wish i could quit you…
Posted by Kelly - 08/15/2007
The ironic thing about this blog is that you spend a lot of time suggesting stuff readers should buy.
Posted by Erin at Unclutterer - 08/16/2007
@Kelly–
Unclutterer is not about asceticism. We believe in an organized home and often suggest tools or products that you can purchase to help bring about that end. Our philosophy is stated well in this article by our site creator, Jerry.
Posted by Brett - 08/24/2007
Regarding the The Mandal headboard: I bought a similarly designed item from IKEA a few years ago thinking how neat it would be to store my dvds/cds this way. Great idea in theory, bad in practice. Each one of my hundreds of cds looked attractive (and happy!) up there on the wall but soon each disc was covered in dust. I found I needed to clean them so often it detracted from how good I felt about their good looks.
I took them off the wall and found a way to store my collections in some nice looking drawers. In the end, less mess and less visual clutter.
Posted by Dan Philpott - 09/26/2007
All this talk about Ikea got me thinking about a blog I once saw, Ikea Hacker. Chock full of little tricks to repurposing Ikea hardware.
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