HENSVIK changing table/cabinet - Great idea!

Advantages: Double use as a cabinet and baby changing table, inexpensive, easy to assemble
Disadvantages: Flaking paint on the changing table after a while

...I bought the Hensvik changing table/cabinet designed by Carina Bengs a couple of years ago from IKEA for £85. I was expecting my second baby and loved the idea of the double use in this piece of furniture. First, it can be used as a changing table for your baby and when one is no longer required, the changing shelf can be removed and a second book shelf can be easily fitted into a slot above and there you go: you have a lovely looking book cabinet. The assembly was fairly simple. The instructions came in true IKEA style with pictures but the assembly was easily manageable with those. The Allen key and all screws were included, so you can unwrap, assemble and use. The assembled size measures as follows: Width: 75 cm Depth: 41 cm Height: 161 cm The item has a very good size and fits for example in my house into an alcove...

gunner_mel 13.11.2008 · Read review
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Good item but naughty Ikea!!!

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Dust!

..., compact and well packaged to avoid damage. Once you get rid of all the carton do make sure you recycle it though! It will probably take less then 5 minutes to have it sorted and the impact is so good. I have a pebble light on top and it looks rather futuristic, although as a woman I have to confess there is a downside: DUST! You cannot imagine how visible is the dust on that glass and how easily stains show if you put a glass on it.. I suppose that is the price of beauty! And also... do not slam anything on it in anger.. I have not tried it but I would not think it a good idea! The metal is long lasting, it has not yet rusted and I have probably had this side table for three years or so. Unless you have time to waste the best thing to do when you plan a trip to Ikea is to either: -get yourself a catalogue or look online at www.ikea...

petal99 08.06.2007 · Read review
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IKEA

Advantages: Stylish products at great prices
Disadvantages: No home delivery as such

...IKEA (a Swedish flat-pack furniture & home furnishings store) has now become a household name here in the UK. There aren't many stores dotted across the UK, but most of us are within driving distance of one, & they are huge stores which also include a restaurant & childrens play area, so are worthy of a day trip - there's plenty to keep the whole family occupied. If you are taking little ones, they will generally be quite happy with the trip round the store - everything is so beautifully laid out & the kids section is such a fun & vibrant area that they won't feel like they're actually being dragged round the shops. It does get busy, & even though there is a large car park, parking spaces can be difficult to find. I always try to avoid weekends & school holiday periods. The goods themselves are on the whole contemporary in style...

sambam000 08.06.2009 · Read review
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Ikea is meatballtastic

Advantages: Good variety of items, good shopping experience
Disadvantages: Can be busy

.... At the beginning there are little slips and pencils that you can use to write down any of the items that you want. In a way it is a big like Argos in that sense as you choose and then pay but you do have to pick up the items from the Warehouse yourself! Also on the top floor are the café and toilet facilities. The café is really big and does a variety of meals and drinks for very cheap prices. If you have an Ikea family card you can get free tea and coffee, which is great. The café consists of lots of tables with chairs that are all chairs that are sold in the store so you can even have a look at the chairs whilst in the café. The most famous meal at Ikea is the very Swedish meatballs. You can get these for a really cheap price of 3.25. They also sell other hot meals, puddings and snacks so something for everyone. All of it is very cheaply priced...

wendz86 20.10.2009 · Read review
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Ikea Southampton Store

Advantages: Cheap Swedish Furnature and Good Quality
Disadvantages: Busy

...you can see what the furnature looks like. If you like a item you have to write down what the product is, which isle to find it in and the number of exactly where it is in the isle , on the paper picked up enroute through Ikea. After walking through the showrooms, you come to the Ikea Resturant, which admittingly is always packed, takes atleast 20-30 minutes to get to where you will be served for food! The resturant is large but could do with more cleaners to tidy up the tables, clean them and make the place look presentable even though busy. The food is ussually Swedish Meatballs, Pasta and Sauce, Salmon and Veg, Chips, Salad, Cakes, Rolls and soup. They do have a drinks counter hwere you serve yourself and get FREE refills, which is not too bad if you are thirsty! Next is the 2nd level where you will find all the nik naks from...

kimberley1986 23.03.2009 · Read review
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IKEA & FAMILY = IKEA FAMILY

Advantages: More you visit more you get
Disadvantages: more you visit, more you spend

.... Most of the names are Swedish, Danish, Finnish or Norwegian in origin. * Upholstered furniture, coffee tables, rattan furniture, bookshelves, media storage, doorknobs: Swedish place names (When I was younger I had couple Lack triangle side tables, and they are still one of my favourites, nice for children's room.) * Beds, wardrobes, hall furniture: Norwegian place names (I have never own IKEA bed, but they have very nice looking beds like Noresund and Hensvik for children. I love Hopen wardrobes, and I hope some day I can have huge ROOM fitted with Hopen's.) * Dining tables and chairs: Finnish place names (here we go, due this spring we are moving and need new dinner table and chairs, so I have keep my eyes open, so Forsa is one of I mite go on.) * Bookcase ranges: Occupations (I just found Billy storage system, where you can...

Winterangel76 21.02.2007 (04.03.2007) · Read review
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Ikea - Hell on Earth!

Advantages: the furniture
Disadvantages: the trauma of getting it!

...floor. You can almost imagine them playing Texas Hold 'Em round a Vika table for the right to live for Monday's shift, whilst on CCTV screens behind them, the world falls apart in Small Storage. As I said, I didn't see anyone until it was too late. The sheer horror of the showroom (various rooms set up to show you how your home could look if you could afford to pay somebody to visit IKEA for you) combined with the complete annoyance of not being able to find anything to buy meant I was mentally broken by the time we got out. They don't actually tell you that there's a warehouse bit, and there's these boxes all over the place so you keep on searching like a crackhead for something you'll never find. "I'll just check the storage bit again" "but you've looked 40 times" "yes but its a bookcase, so it should be there..." ad infinitum...

minkypolly 05.12.2009 · Read review
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Our Table Table at Carlisle Bordergate

Advantages: Unique design works well, quality pub food, reasonable prices.
Disadvantages: Close proximity to motorway makes outdoor eating a no no for me, tiny loo's.

...A couple of weeks ago, my parents and I, along with my children, decided we would go out for a bar meal. We've all been quite busy recently and it's been quite a while since we got together like this. We decided to go to a place we knew pretty well, which was reliable and child friendly. Knowing it as it's former name, 'The Carrow House', and more recently 'The Border Gate' and part of the Brewers Fayre chain we headed off. Arriving, we where surprised to see it had been taken over again, and completely refurbished, now under the name '"Table Table'" About Table Table This isn't a chain I personally have ever come across before, indeed didn't realise it was actually part of the same company as Brewers Fayre. Part of The Whitbread Chain, Table Table has a more up-market feel than it's sister chain Brewers Fayre. Table...

Rhiana 01.06.2009 · Read review
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  The IKEA Virus

Advantages: Cheap, modern furniture
Disadvantages: Bland, tiring, overcrowded, products often unavailable

...It?s taking over. No home is safe. If you haven?t already got an item of furniture from IKEA, you will soon. It?s a virus and you are particularly vulnerable on bank holiday weekends, like this one! I joke, but is there no street in the UK where IKEA hasn?t taken hold? I myself have succumbed to this virulent form of décor. But if you haven?t already, I?ve drawn up a list of pros and cons to help you decide if you want to welcome the virus into your life or whether you want to batten down the hatches and resist. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SUCCUMB TO THE IKEA VIRUS? (1) CHEAP IKEA is cheap and cheerful, when you compare it to other equivalent furniture stores. The reason it is so cheap is because it specialises in flat-packed furniture that you assemble yourself. This means that the store doesn?t need to pay for anyone to...

Maia 26.05.2003 · Read review
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  IKEA - WORLD OF THE SWEDISH FLAT PACK

Advantages: Good value, individual design, creche
Disadvantages: Queues, credit card charge, can't reserve stock

.... TULLSTA Armchair (solid beech legs) £69 FORSBY Dining Table (solid pine) £155 EKTORP 3 Seater Sofa £290 The IKEA ground floor also holds a huge shop, selling what you might call accessories. Every piece of kitchen equipment you can think of' plus rugs, lighting, mirrors candles, bathroom nicknaks, plants, vases, bedding - absolutely everything! Single Quilt Cover Set £3.90 Doormat 100% Coir £4.50 Bread Baskets £2 Kettle (whistles) £3.90 I love shopping at IKEA, but my one dread at each visit is the checkout queues. These seem to stretch for miles and at weekends can have you waiting half and hour or more. A bit of a blip really when you consider that the whole shop is supposed to have been designed to try and speed customers through. ************* Location - There are currently thirteen IKEA stores with four located...

inycon2 15.10.2004 · Read review
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