Yeah it isn't "wow, holy shit" amazing quality, but it's good stuff if you're on a budget.

I like IKEA. You're not going to find their stuff in a Better Homes & Gardens photo spread. It's a bit more simple/modern. Great place to get stuff to decorate a bachelors home. Also a great place for decorating kids rooms.

And going to the store is not an in and out affair. Plan on spending some time because the place is enormous.

Definitely a cool thing to get one in the Midwest. Kind of surprised KC is getting one. Probably the smallest city I can think of that has one.

There is one in Cincy.

Driven by it several times.

****ing HUGE.

It's better than other brands of self-assembly furniture I've bought. A lot of times when you buy a piece that you assemble yourself the screw holes aren't lined up well, or drilled at an angle or something. When you put together the Ikea pieces they line right up where they should. I think it's good quality for the price. And it's normally well designed.

Anyone know where I can find some quality furniture?

Ive been to the one in Austin a few times. If you go with the wife or significant other, sxpect to spend several hours there easy. They do have some pretty cool and unique stuff for the home.

If you love putting particle wood furniture together yourself, then its the place for you.

Ive bought a few things that were of "questionable" quality though, like a bed for my son. The holes didnt match up with the metal supports, hard to understand directions, wood splitting etc........

Overall, its a cool place to look around and kill a few hours.

Pretty cool store. Every time we make a trip to Orlando, we have to spend a couple hours there.

We just spent quite a wad there to furnish two kids rooms. I like the simple/modern style, and compared to other BIY furniture the quality is much much better. When compared to the crap you would spend a lot more for at low end furniture chains it's a fantastic deal.

I'm not sure these can really coexist.

Definitely sleek and cool, but nothing you'd really want (or be able) to hand down to your kids.

Nothing wrong with limited life furniture, just know what you're getting.

Outstanding.

If it's anything like the one in Schaumburg, it'll be crawling with yuppies, soccer moms and screaming brats, and tie up traffic for a mile in every direction on weekends. I went there once. There will never be a twice. :grr:

yes yes.....of course all of this.

Since you mentioned kids, the one ive been to had a daycare place in the front of the store where you could dropoff your kids for a few hours while you shopped. Not sure if they all have that or not?

The ones I've been to in Houston and Dallas had them. And two little eating areas. One where they sell Swedish meatballs, mac and cheese and sandwiches, and then a hot dog stand near the warehouse area.

I go to IKEA for lunch every day. Never bought any furniture there, though. Used to go to the hot dog stand at Home Depot but I got into a fight with the assistant manager there.

Oh yea, forgot about the eateries inside the Ikea stores. Those are really good too.