ikea hemnes

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White stain.


I want a set of these sooooo bad!

[gerberdaisy]

I have the white stain and love it.

[cinderbella]

We have the white hemnes entertainment center and looooove it.

[emoflamingo]

The white is glossy, if that helps. I have the three drawer and the six drawer in white and love them both. (I plan to get the tall one eventually too. Ikea just got to my state, so it's not overdone here yet lol.)

[Kristinmo]

White stain.

And related to the dust question above- we have white stain in DD's room and brown/black in DS's. I rarely need to clean DD's furniture but constantly need to scrub down DS's. I thought it was because boy's are dirtier but now I'm wondering if the finish is the reason.

[cookies]

We have the glossy finish and I like it. Very easy to clean and looks sleek.

And I'm totally a white, upper 30s, mom of 2 lol.

[Bernadine]

This is good to read- I saw looking at the brown/black, but the white stain might be a better option.

[Linie]

I have white stain, it looks less "IKEA". I prefer it

[silva]

DD's dresser is the white stain one. love it.

[ladystardust]

We have one in each DD's bedrooms. One is white(gloss) and one is blue. I *think* the blue may be the same finish style as the white stain?

I love the look of the blue but prefer the durability of the white. On the blue I just discovered a small crack on the top and I'm scared it's going to chip away. I'm wondering if I left something damp on it.

Overall I really like them both though. Our house is slowly getting decked out in Hemnes.

[starryfish]

I have the white glossy ones and love them. So easy to clean.

[thatgirl2478]

LOL we have the black brown one for DD2's room. I'm totally a mid 30's, white, upper middle class mom of 2 - so you hit that nail on the head.

I don't find that it's too hard to dust - but it's always covered with a changing pad so maybe it is and I don't know it.

[SpartanGirl]

We have 3 of the white (two long, one tall). I like the glossy look in my kids' rooms. It's easy to dust too. If it were for my room I'd opt for the white stain.

[sallywalker]

We have the white glossy in T's room and the blue in N's room. I love them. The white glossy is much easier to clean than the blue, but if it's not in a kid's room then it probably doesn't make much of a difference.

[dana2006]

We were just in Ikea yesterday and bought the white gloss one along with a glass top. I'm thinking of changing out the pulls to jazz it up a little.

[sproctopus]

We have the white stain dresser. I love the way it looks.

[whitemerlot]

Mar 14, 2016 10:04:35 GMT -5 cookies said:

We have the glossy finish and I like it. Very easy to clean and looks sleek.

And I'm totally a white, upper 30s, mom of 2 lol.

Lol! This describes what we have and me exactly.

[whitemerlot]

Mar 14, 2016 10:21:53 GMT -5 Adora Belle Dearheart said:

It drives me crazy, Kristinmo. I'm actually considering painting it all. It never looks clean, even when I've just wiped it down.

Sell it on Craigslist and buy a different one!

[melodramatic26]

I just bought the white glossy this weekend.

We got it for our 5 year old's room. She has the Hemnes daybed. The white glossy matched it a lot better than the white stain.

The white stain is very white. The white glossy is more of a very slight cream color.

[melodramatic26]

Pics:

[cville]

Glossy for lyfe!!!

[snipsnsnails]

We have the white glossy for Annabel's room, but I feel like you'd like the white stain better.

#ikeabasic

[isabel]

Mar 14, 2016 10:12:28 GMT -5 ladystardust said:

We have one in each DD's bedrooms. One is white(gloss) and one is blue. I *think* the blue may be the same finish style as the white stain?

I love the look of the blue but prefer the durability of the white. On the blue I just discovered a small crack on the top and I'm scared it's going to chip away. I'm wondering if I left something damp on it.

Overall I really like them both though. Our house is slowly getting decked out in Hemnes.

I think you're right about the finish style of the blue stain being the same as the white.

We have the blue dresser in DS's room and it is already showing some wear on the edge of the top. We lean against it a lot though because his changing table is on the dresser. I think it would hold up better if it was getting used and touched less.

[crispnclean]

We have the glossy in DS's room but I think we may go with the white stain in the nursery. I like the glossy but it's a little off white and we have white beadboard around the room and I'd like the dresser to look more white. Also, there is already a chip in the top of the glossy where a drop of water sat.

Here's a blog post that compares the two with some pictures if you think that might be helpful

www.twotwentyone.net/ikea-white-vs-white-stain/

[liverandonions]

We have the daybed in Julia's room (white stain?) and the tall and short dressers in our room in dark brown lol. Also upper 30's white mom of two.

[robot]

I chose the white stain, because if you look at the specs on Ikea's website, the white stain dresser is composed of solid pine for the tops and sides, whereas the white glossy is particle board.

[jaylea]

We have the blue. And a white stain bed.

[melodramatic26]

Mar 14, 2016 13:26:43 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

Mar 14, 2016 11:13:30 GMT -5 melodramatic26 said:

Thanks for sharing! We bought DD the daybed and I couldn't figure out which one would match best. The large dresser was sold out when we went. I should have just looked for the smaller one because I had forgotten the bed has drawers for storage too. Lol

the drawers are huge too. She did have a 5 drawer taller dresser. I was worried she wouldn't have enough drawer space in this one. But that's not the case at all. Poor kid looks like she has no clothes now. lol

[bittybomb]

So I have the Hemnes dresser in black-brown for my boys. It has held up rather well and I probably got it almost 4 years ago?  Much sturdier than I expected it would be.

I also use the Hemnes cabinets with the glass doors as my pantry, and I have those in white stain. I love the white stain so much.

To be honest though, I don't know what the white would look like, but I think I would go with white stain if I were you.

eta 30's upper middle class suburban mom of 3 checking in

[SuePermann]

Random lurker reply. I have several Hemnes dressers. Cant advise on color, but get the glass that is cut for the dresser. It saves on the wear and tear of the tops. I think they were under $30 at ikea.