Funniest because I just watched this episode.
Three hours at iKEA
I spent three hours at IKEA today, wandering with an old college friend who recently moved into a new apartment nearby. I’ve been to the IKEA store several times now, enough to know my way around. I’ve been to the store enough to know where the living room furniture is, the kitchen items, the 236 square foot apartment, the restaurant and the lamp department (bigger than Home Depot’s) but it still amazes me just how long it takes to “wander through” the entire showroom / store / restaurant. I had a specific goal in mind too. I had a bit of IKEA hacking to do, taking the legs intended for one product line, attaching them to the bottom of a shelf from another department and bang, getting an elevated monitor stand better than any other I can imagine finding for $25. Of course, in the time it took to find those two items, we found another, and another, etc. I was happy to get out of the store for less than $150. Fortunately that included some fine Swedish comestibles that I am now able to try for the first time including Elder Flower Drink.

