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russotto · 08-06-2003, 08:55 AM

Ikea stuff mostly sucks, but it's cheap and there's a huge gap between Ikea prices and the next level up. I bought my picnic table at Ikea for $100 (chairs for $30 apiece); would have cost me several hundred elsewhere. Of course it's not going to last, but I keep it outside; nothing lasts too long out there.

The table and chairs, BTW, came almost fully assembled; they merely needed to be unfolded and locked into place. One of the pins for doing so with the table was missing, though, not that it matters much.

Finish unfinished furniture? Ha. Ha Ha. Hahahahahahahahaha. Yeah. I can see that happening. It'd sit for a few months in my house waiting for me to do something. Then I'd move it to the garage or basement and stain or paint it over the course of a few weekends. I'd be left with a piece of furniture bare in some spots, globby in others, with definitely-visible fingerprints, which would never dry.

08-06-2003, 08:55 AM	#26
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Ikea stuff mostly sucks, but it's cheap and there's a huge gap between Ikea prices and the next level up. I bought my picnic table at Ikea for $100 (chairs for $30 apiece); would have cost me several hundred elsewhere. Of course it's not going to last, but I keep it outside; nothing lasts too long out there. The table and chairs, BTW, came almost fully assembled; they merely needed to be unfolded and locked into place. One of the pins for doing so with the table was missing, though, not that it matters much. Finish unfinished furniture? Ha. Ha Ha. Hahahahahahahahaha. Yeah. I can see that happening. It'd sit for a few months in my house waiting for me to do something. Then I'd move it to the garage or basement and stain or paint it over the course of a few weekends. I'd be left with a piece of furniture bare in some spots, globby in others, with definitely-visible fingerprints, which would never dry.