Pugz, pokergal, cjeanette, other KC peeps

[whitterbugk]

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE IKEA???

Caps on purpose because I'm about to wet myself in excitement.

[Deleted]

When is it suppose to open? I keep hearing rumors. I'm way more excited than I should be.

[whitterbugk]

Fall 2014

[Cheerio]

I texted DH about it this morning. I am really excited, but that it will be two years before it opens.

[slug*bug]

Sept 27, 2012 9:51:58 GMT -5 whitterbugk said:

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE IKEA???

Caps on purpose because I'm about to wet myself in excitement.

Wait WHAT?

I'm still recovering from 8 years of immersion in Ikea-land...maybe by 2014 I'll be up for shopping there again, lol.

I was just excited that REI is opening near us soon: I was surprised that there isn't one here already.

[cjeanette]

It is going in like 5-10 minutes from me. Ikea is not really my style but I am glad to see growth in that area that was dying.

[vanillacourage]

WHAAAAAT?

::: runs frantically to google :::

[pickle123]

Fall 2014 is like FOREVER away. But yay!

[jlt19]

I am so jealous. There's been a petition for one in St. Louis for forever. At least KC isn't AS far away as Chicago.

[vanillacourage]

OK, I'm a little annoyed that by the time it opens, I'll be 33. I feel like that's maybe too late to have a houseful of inexpensive birchwood furniture.

KC IKEA, where were you 10 years ago? :-(

[fortmyersbride]

Ikea overwhelms me. I know it will be nice to have it near by for kids' stuff and storage furniture, but I hate having to actually walk the whole store.

[jlt19]

Sept 27, 2012 11:04:32 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

OK, I'm a little annoyed that by the time it opens, I'll be 33. I feel like that's maybe too late to have a houseful of inexpensive birchwood furniture.

KC IKEA, where were you 10 years ago?

I won't be too old until my children are grown! We bought a new couch a few weeks ago and I want everyone to sit on the floor for fear of ruining it, even though I got the protection plan.

[vanillacourage]

Sept 27, 2012 11:08:00 GMT -5 jlt19 said:

Sept 27, 2012 11:04:32 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

OK, I'm a little annoyed that by the time it opens, I'll be 33. I feel like that's maybe too late to have a houseful of inexpensive birchwood furniture.

KC IKEA, where were you 10 years ago?

I won't be too old until my children are grown! We bought a new couch a few weeks ago and I want everyone to sit on the floor for fear of ruining it, even though I got the protection plan.

This is true. And it will be soooo nice to have an alternative to Nebraska Furniture Mart for kids bunk beds, etc.

Hmmmm..... ::rubs hands together like Mr. Smithers::

Also - hi JLT! P is adorable.

[cjeanette]

Sept 27, 2012 11:29:07 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

This is true. And it will be soooo nice to have an alternative to Nebraska Furniture Mart for kids bunk beds, etc.

This is an excellent point since I have sworn off ever shopping there again.

C has ikea dressers that H had in the military and they have held up to his abuse very well. I think they are about 10 years old now.

[whitterbugk]

And now I can finally use those spice racks as board book shelves that are all over pinterest.

[Brie]

I am so, so excited! I may or may not plan kid #2 around availability of Ikea furniture. I do not get the NFM love, at all.

[vanillacourage]

Brie - 6 hours PP and you're already talking about kid #2! New mommyhood must be going well.

[cjeanette]

Sept 27, 2012 13:01:25 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

Brie - 6 hours PP and you're already talking about kid #2! New mommyhood must be going well.

she is still on that new mommy high!

[Brie]

Sept 27, 2012 13:03:17 GMT -5 cjeanette said:

Sept 27, 2012 13:01:25 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

Brie - 6 hours PP and you're already talking about kid #2! New mommyhood must be going well.

she is still on that new mommy high!

For real. These hormones are strong. I want to mother everything!

[pugz]

lol at mother everything.

I was so high with adrenaline for days, I blame that for my ridiculous 20 minute Target shopping spree 3 days PP.

I seriously thought they were joking on the news this morning. I was up before 6 and Curtis and Jao Jao were talking about it and I was like "why are they playing such a mean joke on me this early in the day?"

I can now procrastinate some house projects for 2 years til Ikea is available to provide me with storage/organization goodies

[slug*bug]

Sept 27, 2012 11:46:47 GMT -5 Brie said:

I do not get the NFM love, at all.

Meeeee, neither. I hated to burst DH's bubble: he was SO excited that he'd get to check it out.
I bought some furniture there many years ago when I was a resident and had a less than stellar experience...I may or may not have totally rained on his parade.

[cjeanette]

Sept 27, 2012 15:07:04 GMT -5 slug*bug said:

Sept 27, 2012 11:46:47 GMT -5 Brie said:

I do not get the NFM love, at all.

Meeeee, neither. I hated to burst DH's bubble: he was SO excited that he'd get to check it out.
I bought some furniture there many years ago when I was a resident and had a less than stellar experience...I may or may not have totally rained on his parade.

I will now forever hold a grudge against them at this point. I do not forget. lol.

[slug*bug]

Sept 27, 2012 15:35:42 GMT -5 cjeanette said:

Sept 27, 2012 15:07:04 GMT -5 slug*bug said:

Meeeee, neither. I hated to burst DH's bubble: he was SO excited that he'd get to check it out.
I bought some furniture there many years ago when I was a resident and had a less than stellar experience...I may or may not have totally rained on his parade.

I will now forever hold a grudge against them at this point. I do not forget. lol.

Oh, me too! We now have an NFM 'all's well that ends well' story from this summer b/c he did not want to take my word for it and insisted I give them another chance.
He was this close to getting a big 'I told you so!' from me. He's not a big fan now, either.

[pugz]

my ILs had the right couch in the wrong color delivered from NFM, and all the tables were scratched. Took months to get the right things and then the couch cracked after a year and NFM wanted to charge a shitload for their to pick it up and bring it in for the repair (that part was covered by the manufacturer).

Only thing we have from NFM is a mattress and had no issues with that but it's pretty hard to fuck up a mattress.

We furnished our newlywed apartment with Ikea furniture over 6 years ago and much of it is still going strong, esp. the pieces we spent more money on, like our dining table and our dresser. I am most excited about all the organization stuff. If I can't have Container Store, IKEA is the next best thing

[fortmyersbride]

We never made it out to NFM, you all are making me very happy we skipped it

I'd say at least 10-20% of current furniture is from ikea, perhaps I will brave the new one when DD needs "big girl" furniture.

[pugz]

we love our furniture from Macys