Ikea so much style and value (Ikea Bedroom Furniture in general)

Member Name: underdog_78

Product:	Ikea Bedroom Furniture in general
Date:	03/07/09 (121 review reads)
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Advantages: Price and immediate availability

Disadvantages: Not always standrd UK sizes

When you move into a new house you're always short of furniture, and when this happens the best place to go is Ikea. It's cheap with decent quality and you can take the item away there and then.

When we moved into our new house we needed a bed, so we bought Malm bed. It's double bed in a fairly modern block shape, the bed went together very easily (why Ikea has a reputation for poor instructions I am not sure everything I have ever had from there has been fine).

The bed is wooden slatted but one thing on this bed I like was the slats are curved so they curve up, giving you a far softer feeling and being less likely break the slats.

This isn't a solid wood bed, it is the usual fibreboard with a wood look finish stuck on top, but then for the £90 we paid for it I don't think you can complain.

The screws together very easily, as it comes in 4 main parts. The head of the bed, the foot of the bed, side rails and the middle metal beam. All this fits together using the usal allen key fitment (provided) and then slates simply drop on top (these are not fixed in place).

We have had the bed for almost 3 years now and there are no marks or damage to it in anyway. It's lasting very well.

One thing to note if you're buying an Ikea bed is that you will need an ikea mattress as their double bed is little bigger than a UK standard double bed. So if you have an existing standard double matress you want to use then an Ikea bed would be no good.

Summary: The furniture always last long enough to make it excellent value and is always stylish.