#i need to go to ikea

[pearl-kite]

Fun first date ideas: driving eight hours to the nearest IKEA to go shopping for housewares

#kite rambles #still chatting with the same person and I've been lamenting our state's lack of ikea #and they've apparently debated a road trip specifically for it #and it's like damn I'll go with you even though we still haven't actually met in person yet #i need to go to ikea

[bunnyspine]

This is old!!

For some reason I never posted it here?

#guys i'll be going to ikea soon #i need their silly alien plushie #i've been wanting it for soo long #welcome home #wally darling #welcome home arg #welcome home fanart #welcome home puppet show #art #wally darling fanart #welcome home wally #welcome home art

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

Me: Hey, I finished that dress I've been planning to make since last May.

My mother, silently grateful my first summer dress of the year is not covered in manic cartoon animals: Oh that looks lovely... Though don't you think you put a bit much fabric into your skirt? You could have used half and had enough left for a second dress.

Me: It's more comfortable this way. Not as clingy. And it's cut to be low waste, so you get a lot of bang for your buck.

Mom: ... How much is in there?

Me: Only like 4 meters.

Mom: Of a low waste pattern.

Me: Yup.

Mom: Give me one reason you need that much "bang for your buck".

Me:

#sewing #skirt is Salix by Unendlich Schön #lengthened by a full 30 cm #because yolo #bodice is from the Riviera dress by Lotte & Ludwig #straight neckline and no fake button placket #fabric is Aina from IKEA #and a lil square of jersey in the back #you're supposed to not wash the linen on normal #and don't put it in the dryer #whoops #it's now soft as a cloud #skirt go spinny #I might need to get more of this fabric #also 10/10 would recommend just straight up replacing a back panel with jersey instead of putting in a zipper #you do have to gather (part of) your skirt onto elastic but that's still more idiot proof to sew or wear than an elastic #and yes #there's pockets #smaller than intended #but still plenty big for my phone and wallet #i then showed my creation to a sewing friend who loves skirts that are knee length or higher #she said she would immediately wear that dress if it were half as long #GOOD NEWS #it's supposed to be #and you can even make it a patchwork pattern #we're not gonna talk about how long this took to hem #pictures taken outside because it was the first warm day of the year #and also because I can't spin it safely while indoors #i could remake it in manic cartoon but it would cost at least twice as much

[spearxwind]

Everyone talks about how expensive rent is but i dont ever see anyone talk about how expensive furniture and house stuff is. Saving up for like, a couch is insanely expensive. Buying one nice thing is fine but if you need several things suddenly the price builds up sooo high like I want to have a nice table and some nice chairs and maybe a nice lamp and suddenly that can all run me for 800eur easily at the cheapest.

#i went into a store the other day because i needed a lamp and they had so many nice looking things #i want to have a nice house but i dont have the money #literally a direct result of me buying my first ever furniture thing. my shelf. has made me hyperaware of how expensive everything is #and it was from ikea which is the cheapest ever!! i cant even imagine things that arent from ikea how much they'd cost!! #now whenever furniture gets destroyed in movies I always go NOOOOOOOOOOOO #who cares about the fucking protagonist or whatever getting punched that table was solid oak with a resin top AND hand carved legs!!$ #thunderclap

[candyje11yfish]

that's it. i am going to IKEA to adopt the alien.

#mari.txt #i NEED it #aftonsparv #theres a CAKE now too. come on. just take my money #ill probably go tomorrow actually #oh ikea alien plushie aftonsparv.... how i want to hold you #initially i wasnt going to get it but i caved after seeing the CAKE #and also cute photos of it #i'll show u marinaters tomorrow if all goes to plan!!

[ikishima]

My #1 advice for people moving out is to NOT buy nonstick cookware... not only is the lifespan of nonstick a MAXIMUM of 7 years (usually more like 2-5 years) but teflon, aka Polytetrafluoroethylene-- the plastic coating that makes the cookware nonstick, infuses microplastics into your food.

New cookware sets can cost hundreds of dollars so my advice is to look for 100% stainless steel cookware in thrift stores. Safer, cheaper, & instead of needing to replace every 2-7 years they can potentially last you the entire rest of your life AND they won't start shedding plastic into your food

#x #PS plastic food storage containers are also not ideal... I'm going to replace all mine with glass containers when i can afford it #i bought everything nonstick thinking it would be easier to deal with. i wanted to be cost-effective & save time so buying cheap nonstick #seemed like a good idea but every single nonstick thing I bought either already needed to be tossed in the trash or the teflon is flaking #aka they have become unsafe to use. but i dont have the money to replace all my fucking kitchenware!!!!! #today the casserole dishes that i bought 2.5 years ago are going in the trash. fucking waste of money and awful for the planet #boiling water to get rid of microplastics in a flaking nonstick pot... my life is a joke LMFAOOO #i was going to put a brand suggestion for nonstick here based on what lasted the longest for anyone who absolutely NEEDS nonstick #but when i search for who owns that brand and then searched with israel in quotes... first result was them being voted brand of the year #in israel... so never mind... dude fuck all these big companies i fucking hate this shit #oh btw ceramic is a good nonstick alternative but all my ceramics lasted less than 3 years... their lifespan is about 2 years apparently #theres way too many tags on this already but for anyone who reads them all HIIII and also you can literally find better furniture #on the side of the road than you will ever find on amazon or from ikea or where the fuck ever

[greyeyedmonster-18]

(also, stop buying art from target and ikea and Home Decor stores.

please just stop.

if you want a basic something or other for your home, and you have one person in your life who knows how to draw/make/paint things. Ask them if they wouldn't mind painting a picture of a sunset or creating some abstract squares etc for you. and pay them. not target.

i can almost guarantee they will say yes.)

#like oh you need a beach for your bathroom??? #please let me make one for you #do not go to ikea or whatever and get a BEACH photo #please don't. #i know its convenient #but like. #support artists! #in all shapes and sizes! #i have a collection i put out every september called The Basics #so people have an opportunity to buy Basic stuff and not my weird stuff #and half the money goes towards pediatric cancer! #and i guarantee almost all other artists you know too will do this #or something along the same vein

[running-in-the-dark]

we finished painting the walls in my room today - well, two of them, the ones that we started yesterday. tomorrow we're going to ikea, and then hopefully we'll finish the one wall in my husband's room, and start the two in my room (they're gonna be a different colour than the first two)

#today I am not covered in paint from head to toe! success! #everything still hurts but it's tolerable at the moment #I hope well get my room done by Friday (since we'll be moving our stuff this weekend & my friend will help me build shelves and stuff. which #the walls need to be finished for 😬) #also: we're going to ikea to have them look at the kitchen that we've planned 😬 I'm so nervous lol #it's gonna be so embarrassing if I did everything wrong somehow #and it said the appointment is 45 minutes so that's scary haha. #but it's gonna be too much money (and time and effort to assemble it all) to mess it up so. my social anxiety will just have to be very #brave lol. 😬 #personal

[calissarowan]

Some Thoughts About Sibylla’s Cave

Hi! I just wanted to talk about something that nags at me in Winx. (Warning: I might go on a bit.)

When the wizards surrender to the Winx, they take them to Sibylla, and we see them in the next episode, with Duman’s condition having worsened. Badly. He’s feverish, moaning, and seems to be delirious. And yet…Sibylla has him lying on what is basically a slab of stone. I mean, look!

His head is not even supported! So not only does he have some kind of mystery disease, he now probably has neck problems. And back pain. And if he wasn’t running a fever, he’d probably be freezing. Could Sibylla not spring for a bed? Or at least a pillow? Something? He looks so uncomfortable, and I feel so bad for him, because he’s already so sick! I wish Sibylla had tried to make him comfortable.

And now onto part two…

Here’s the cave the wizards are in. We can see some interesting stuff…uncomfortable stone bed, tree that seems to be growing underground (maybe it’s just roots), stone seat thing… You know what we can’t spot? Anywhere for the other wizards to sleep. Now, maybe they have their own rooms. Maybe this is the Duman cave. Maybe when it’s time to go to sleep the other wizards go to their own caves, with their own ridiculously uncomfortable stone beds. But…I really can’t see that being the case. It feels like this is the cave the wizards are staying in. In which case…where do they sleep? Are there beds hidden out of shot? Or do they have to sleep on the floor? Which would probably be even more uncomfortable than Duman’s stone ‘bed’. And would make me think a bit less of Sibylla.

Also, are the wizards actually allowed to leave that cave? (This is putting aside the ‘they have their own rooms’ theory). We see them come to the throne room (is it a throne room? It has a throne. And it’s a room. Or a cave, I guess. So, throne cave), but they’re flanked by Rustic Fairies, who are presumably acting as guards. So maybe the wizards are limited to that cave. Does that mean they’re technically Sibylla’s prisoners? Or are they her guests? Or just the people she has to keep alive long enough for Morgana to calm down and agree to an unfair trial? (Being judged by the people who have spent the past weeks trying to kill you is in no way, shape or form an impartial court. Not even if Morgana says she’ll judge the wizards ‘in all fairness’. She’s biased. Very, very biased. She would not get put on the jury if the wizards were being tried in an actual court of law.)

Oh, and, final thought:

Where is Gantlos? Seriously, where? The Winx have shown up to explain about the supposed ‘fair trial’ they just fought Nebula to get; shouldn’t Gantlos be there for that? He’s probably just out of the shot, but it’s weird he isn’t shown.

Going off the idea that the wizards are allowed to leave that cave, I’m headcanoning that Gantlos wasn’t there because seeing Duman in that state just hurt too much, and he didn’t want the Winx to witness him barely managing to not fall apart, so he’s in another bit of the cave desperately trying to keep it together. Or having a breakdown. Possibly having a breakdown. Ogron and Anagan will fill him in on the situation later.

#winx club #wizards of the black circle #winx duman #winx gantlos #Didn’t actually plan on about half of that post #I did say I might go on a bit #Sibylla really needs to go to IKEA #Seriously #that bed can’t be comfortable! #Honestly #even if the other wizards do have their own rooms #Gantlos would willingly sleep on the floor in Duman’s room #No way would he leave him alone when he’s so sick #If the Rustic Fairies had an issue with that then good luck moving him #Just thought up the explanation for where Gantlos was #May write a one-shot of that now #What do you think? #Would anyone read that? #Wow #These tags kinda need their own post #They’re really long #Winx sibylla #Forgot to add Sibylla to the tags

[saphizzle]

Literally have to draw atla dragons so soon or I will burst out of my skin like a snake

#I'm not even kidding the nervous energy and motivation is killing me #I need to go to ikea tomorrow morning I need to SLEEP I need to NOT move

[emily-mooon]

I think that ikea would fix the characters in Scott Pilgrim.

#they all need to go and chill in one of the show rooms #and maybe get a plushie and a snack on the way out as a treat #I need to put them in ikea and see what happens #scott pilgrim #scott pilgram takes off #emily shitposts

[aeide-thea]

poäng appreciation post 💛

#i forget if i said but Baby Sister and i stopped off at ikea on the way back from picking her up at the bus stop on monday #and finally replaced the ruined-by-a-succession-of-cats-(in-ways-both-unsightly-and-gross) Accent Chair in the living room #with a poäng rocker (bc the shape is a little more interesting and less instantly recognizable than the regular chair) in birch (my beloved #also they make fancy tufted cushions for it now! wish they came in more colors but it's a real improvement on sad options past #and anyway it's like. now you can actually sit here in the morning and look out the window at the extremely beautiful view #and the chair actually supports you??? like i could see down the road trying to work out some kind of custom cushioning that's thicker #but the shape of the frame is so ergonomic for me that it's genuinely quite comfortable regardless. bentwood exocorset… #anyway. not a very original post but i just DO really love ikea #like yes it's a mixed bag but also honestly if you're buying particle board— #(i was going to say 'and expecting it to hold up' but. honestly i think it's just. if you're buying particle board period) #—that might be on you. #(like. if you're being pressed in from all sides by budget constraints and immediate need and no accessible better-made used alternatives— #obviously you do what you have to. but it's like buying pleather—you know‚ or should‚ that the material is going to disintegrate.) #but the things ikea makes with decent materials are remarkably well-designed and affordable for what they are‚ has been my sense? #you just gotta shop carefully but like. that's true literally everywhere. #anyway. in conclusion i love my new buddy with its clean lines. …do people name chairs ever. #i've never before had the urge but this one feels like a little assembly-line friend that deserves its own identity. like a star wars clone #(lol what if i gave it a little nametag somewhere hidden. secret identity talisman 4 chairpal.) #(& yes i promise i'm as aware of the‚ uh‚ itself-ness of this tag spiral as you are. :) ) #domesticities

[reitziluz]

do you need the pleasingly coordinated boxes, shelves, and other Storage Solutions from ikea or do you need to ask someone to help you organize your current setup

spending money is easier than the vulnerability of asking for help but objects won't give you the sense of control and clarity you crave

put the charming little drawer down you haven't even finished painting and sorting out the previous one

no little shelf you can attach to your coffee table can tame the chaos inside your skull sTOP

#i actually resisted both Systems and plants this time #went to get a steel pan and glass containers #because i need to be able to store leftovers in containers that can be salvaged if i forget about them #im also crying because the perfect gamer chair for me exists #and it's comfy and porpl and has funky geometric black wireframe going on #and it's. so so so spensiv #i've also learned that i love black metal furniture that's kinda like. wireframe isn't the right word #minimalist furniture skeletons #like if i gotta get mass produced whatever #give me steel in black and make it into a simple frame #that i can then fill with my weird shit and flowers #anyway you know how it is with ikea #you go in you lose yourself you find yourself again #and then have a hotdog and ice cream

[deeisace]

I've never had a living room, I'm so excited!

#i haven't been to ikea in years but ohohoho #i mean. there's a furniture chazzer where im going so first there and then ikea for bits #but i get to make furniture lists now!! #dad's getting me a new bed and mattress #then also i need proper bookshelves. and a sofa. and at least one a them big standy-up lamps. and and and #yeeeee im so excited

[xxcapybaragamingepic1337xx]

If they didn't want people sleeping during the day they wouldn't have made beds so comfortable

#hi I just woke up and my blankets are so soft and it's the perfect temperature as well and I have so much work that needs to be done #it's a cruel world #I've also lost all concept of time and barely know what day it is but whatever #maybe.... another 20 minutes... what's the worst that could happen #sorry for rambling just woke up with very strong feelings about how comfortable I'm feeling rn #also unrelated to anything I think modern oil paintings are really interesting especially ones that are more realistic and focus on everyda #scenes or still lives #personally I always associate oil painting with very classical art and that comparison brings a whole new layer of appreciation to the #piece like yea you've painted your McDonald's happy meal and hundreds of years ago somebody painted this bowl of fruit #and the medium in which you did it stayed the same the whole time #it's similar to how I feel about (modern) art in museums in that because it's placed in museums it gives it the feeling of an important #art piece and something that you should study intently #love modern art btw don't think it has only value if it's placed in an museum I just think it's interesting how much impact the surrounding #have on what we consider art #which is a fun thing to try out like for example if I say my IKEA chair is art that gives it a different value #making me study it more closely and in the process I'll realise yes it is art to me the way the pieces fit together #how the form was designed etc and it works for everything and makes your day much more fun #ramble over if someone's still reading this here's a fun little guy: 🐕 and sorry for taking up so much space on the dashboard #I'm going to go back to sleep now (bed is still veryyyy comfortable) #delete later

[the-100th-witch]

Me: "I'm gonna really work on my financial goals and stop buying things I dont need"

Ikea: "Hey."

Me:

#personal #I dont have an ikea near me and it wont fucking deliver the alien!!! im gonna be visiting my friends in a few weeks so ill go then #I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED #ive been on a space kick for the last few months pls i need this man in my home #im gonna do a special hold right before I get there so hopefully i can grab this man #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SO CUTE