Ikea Beds

[Flying Headbutt]

I'm looking around at new beds right now, and found one matress in particular to be quite comfortable when I was at Ikea. Of course, since nothing those Swedish ****ers do can be easy (first time walking around that store today, and I felt like I was playing 7-4 in Super Mario Bros. for the first time ever) it mentions something about needing a slatted bed base. I've already got a regular bed frame in my room, so what the **** are they talking about? Is it worth it to deal with what looks like stupid headaches?

 

[BigSleeper]

I wouldn't buy any major piece of furniture from Ikea.

A slated bed base is often used with a futon mattress. If you have a regular bed frame with a box spring, you shouldn't have a problem.

 

[Cadet]

First time I went to Ikea I deemed it to be a cross between Sam's Club and Disneyland. :)

Ikea beds are just mattresses, no boxsprings. The mattress rests right on wooden slats that are part of the bedframe. If you've already got a metal four-sided frame and want to keep it, then you'll need a boxspring and THEN put the Ikea mattress on top. Or you can just buy the Ikea frame and mattress and skip the boxspring.

 

[Smash Williams]

I have an Ikea mattress with a slatted bed frame (what? I was in college and broke when I bought all my furniture). I have had absolutely no problems with it several years into ownership. It's not a mattress that you can sink in to, but I prefer that.

Slatted bed bases are frames that use pieces of wood or a large sheet of plywood instead of a box spring. I'd imagine you could use a box spring in its place with no problem.

 

[old_tony]

Anyone shopping for a bed should know that they'll never find a better mattress than the SelectComfort ones. Best money I've ever spent.

 

[OnTheRiver]

I felt like I was playing 7-4 in Super Mario Bros. for the first time ever

Awesome.

 

[TigerVols]

I wouldn't buy any major piece of furniture from Ikea.

A slated bed base is often used with a futon mattress. If you have a regular bed frame with a box spring, you shouldn't have a problem.

You would know, I suppose, Big Sleeper!

 

[KYSportsWriter]

I'm looking around at new beds right now, and found one matress in particular to be quite comfortable when I was at Ikea. Of course, since nothing those Swedish ****ers do can be easy (first time walking around that store today, and I felt like I was playing 7-4 in Super Mario Bros. for the first time ever) it mentions something about needing a slatted bed base. I've already got a regular bed frame in my room, so what the **** are they talking about? Is it worth it to deal with what looks like stupid headaches?

 

[HejiraHenry]

Are their beds still all kinds of weird sizes, as they were 20 years ago, or have they now adopted the double-queen-king standard?

 

[Philosopher]

I have an IKEA mattress that I bought over five years ago, and I really like it. It's comfortable and held up well. No complaints whatsoever.

And yes, it's a standard Queen size.

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

I felt like I was playing 7-4 in Super Mario Bros. for the first time ever

Awesome.

That, indeed, is a very strong effort outta fb.

 

[Moderator1]

The next time I go into an Ikea will be the first. There's one between here and D.C. and I get the "let's stop there" every time we return home from a Nats weekend. I pretend not to hear until we are well past the exit.
Uh, whaaa? You say something?

 

[HejiraHenry]

The next time I go into an Ikea will be the first. There's one between here and D.C. and I get the "let's stop there" every time we return home from a Nats weekend. I pretend not to hear until we are well past the exit.
Uh, whaaa? You say something?

Dale City?

 

[Idaho]

Uma and I visited our local Ikea last weekend just for the sake of visiting it.

my impressions are that the cafeteria has inexpensive food and the kids furniture is cute.

Everything else was torture.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Passed on the bed. And as a rule, I think anyone who sells a mattress is a step below a used car salesman. At least that's been my experience of late. I don't need a new bed THAT bad.

 

[Idaho]

As said above, I'd NEVER buy a major item from Ikea.

The couches we saw looked like crap. And they were the display models that were supposedly there to intice customers to buy them.

Plates, cups, silverwear, linens ... maybe.

Real furniture? Never. Everything looked like it would be broken in less than a week by my children.

 

[Moderator1]

The next time I go into an Ikea will be the first. There's one between here and D.C. and I get the "let's stop there" every time we return home from a Nats weekend. I pretend not to hear until we are well past the exit.
Uh, whaaa? You say something?

Dale City?

Yes

 

[JR]

We have an Ikea about five minutes from our place. If you go in on weekdays during the dinner hour you'll be OK.

We have bookcases, CD stands, a couple of light fixtures and a leather sofa from IKEA. Unless you're going to a furniture store where loveseats start at $5,000, I don't think you can beat their stuff in terms of value. And I say that as someone who also had some of their furniture when my kids were young.

And I also think their design is first rate.

It seems that almost everything in the furniture stores around us is huge overstuffed pieces with huge arms and a million cushions. Godawful

 

[HejiraHenry]

The next time I go into an Ikea will be the first. There's one between here and D.C. and I get the "let's stop there" every time we return home from a Nats weekend. I pretend not to hear until we are well past the exit.
Uh, whaaa? You say something?

Dale City?

Yes

I remember when that whole thing out there first opened ... and my delight when I eventually realized you could get there through some method other than navigating I-95.

I still am, 20 (!) years later, using towels I bought there, and a shower curtain and a few other things. I buy "good" towels now and they start unraveling after a few launderings.

 

[Diabeetus]

I'm not sure where you are, but Nebraska Furniture Mart (there are a few in the Midwest) has some really good deals on beds. Just bought one for myself about a week ago.