The Blogdom. A Suburb of the Beandom.

My wife and I went to the Ikea store today. Wow! I've never been to one and I was impressed. I can't say I saw one thing I really didn't like. There were plenty of things I would never buy, but nothing that was ugly or just plain tasteless.

I saw some really neat things, too. My favorite was these drawers that would not slam! They have a buffer that catches the drawer as it closes, and then slowly closes the drawer the rest of the way. Fantastical! Also they had some neat light fixtures, inexpensive plastic cups and bowls which we got, and another favorite, a cheese grater, a lot like a normal one, the tower type ones, but it has a cap on the top and bottom so you grate the cheese and it stays inside, then you just dump it into where ever it needs to go. Amazing, and how!

The main point of the trip was desk chairs. We found ones we really liked. They are named Moses. They wont part a sea, but you wont want to part with your neck or bottom after sitting in them. They are comfy. Pretty easy to assemble, but the bolts got a tad hard to turn near the end, but, on the other hand, they wont be loose either. Very inexpensive, too.

If you have an Ikea near you and you have never been to it, go! Even just to see all the neat stuff they have and to look at all the names for things. Where else has a chair named Fritz?