Ikea stroll and shopping - This time more frustration than pleasure

We should not argue about taste. Just saying. A certain type of furniture, reduced in design, variable, flat-packed in boxes, suitable for self-assembly, that is IKEA's strength. Along with immediate availability and a price that is appropriate for the goods. Plus a sales concept that makes you feel like you’re in the right place, that it’s modern, friendly, slightly green. Covered according to Sinus milieus from the consumption-oriented liberal to the modern performer. So the left side of the milieus. IKEA tried to go beyond that with the Stockholm series into the value-conservative milieu, because that has money. But they failed. Not because the furniture was no good, but such clientele don’t feel comfortable in the stores. In Lübeck, some Stockholm leftovers still stand like foreign bodies in the showroom. So I can’t expect craftsmanship. The wall units linked by kaho would also not be my thing. But these wall units can look however they want to me, the concept of framing and staging the TV like a Van Gogh painting, I find unsuitable for us. We don't like it.

Hack comes from the internet, has nothing to do with Ikea, and what you dismiss are children's furniture. Practical boxes in bright colors! You don't have to like them, no one has to put them in their living room, you can find similar things in every children's section.

Yes, even for children those wouldn't be considered furniture in my world. But people want it – as I said, arguing about taste can take a long time.

IKEA tried to reach beyond with the Stockholm series into the value-conservative milieu because that has money. Only they failed with it. Not because the furniture was no good, but such clientele do not feel at home in the stores. In Lübeck, some remaining Stockholm pieces still stand like foreign bodies in the showroom.

That's interesting.

The living walls linked by kaho would not be my thing either. But no matter how those living walls look to me, I find the concept of framing the TV like a Van Gogh painting and staging it inappropriate for us. We don't like it.

Oh, those were just examples to emphasize the diversity (which is partly not even perceived). I wouldn't buy them either.

Wall unit. I don’t understand the concept either, neither in the grandma version nor modern. We have a lowboard (custom-made by the carpenter with walnut veneer), everything fits inside, the TV is on top, and that's it. What these “walls” are good for... in the manufacturers’ product pictures, there’s only frills to be seen. A small display cabinet on the wall at TV height with a lonely photo and a plastic flower inside.

... Yes, that is really curious. For you, Decker and that granny cabinet are the same, but the same cabinets from IKEA are completely different. (A difficult sentence, take your time.) .

You don't understand, or you don't want to: You can modify IKEA furniture, combine it with each other, and with a little manual skill change it so that hardly any IKEA is visible anymore.

You can't do that with the granny cabinet or Decker: with granny, only the use of brush and paint remains, with Decker some leeway in the arrangement. And honestly: Decker and your wardrobe are hard to combine with other individual pieces. You have made a firm decision, and at that Massimo wardrobe price, you are reluctant to give them up again, even if after 10 years you might want some changes.

What these "walls" are good for ... on the product pictures from the manufacturers there is only nonsense to be seen.

Well, I also have a rather Spartan design, but if the cupboard part were completely gone, I wouldn't know where to put my nonsense.