Last month was the month I was going to change, not myself but the very drab bedroom that needed some kind of a makeover therapy. A trip to Ikea was on the cards and off we went. At first I struggled to find a suitable bookcase or storage solution until last minute at the checkout where I spotted this 'Expedit series book / storage type of thing', it looked nice with the new bright red colouring and it seemed reasonably priced at £79.99. After having a bash around with the one on display it seemed solid enough and off I went with it - thanks goodness the large box fitted inside our little car! We did not realise the size of the box while inside the ...  Read the complete review

Storage is a big issue in our house, mainly due to the fact that we don't have enough of it. I suppose no-one ever has enough, but there comes a point when I get very tired of seeing toys all over the lounge floor, bursting through boxes and spilling onto clear space. I have been looking around for a suitable solution for quite a while, and whilst looking on the IKEA website last week I realised I could make use of the expedit range of shelving IKEA sell in more ways than one. The shelving comes in a few different sizes and colours. You can buy a set of shelves that are square in shape at approx 70 x 70 cm. This is the smallest they sell and contains four inner ...  Read the complete review

A few years back it was decided that I needed more storage in my bedroom. Living at home with my parents while in my late 20s can cause problems... mainly that they have their belongings spread throughout the house, where as mine are contained within my (not so big) bedroom. When you're a hoarder, a film lover and a book reader, it's never easy to find space to store things. I'd given myself a budget and most furniture stores in this area didn't have anything big enough for the money I could afford. A trip to Ikea in Wednesbury was in store. As soon as I saw it, I knew the Expedit Bookcase was what I was after. At 185cm (roughly 6ft) in width and height, and ...  Read the complete review

Having just moved house, I found myself in the lucky position, of having two living rooms. So, for the first time in my life, I was going to have a kids playroom, leaving the other living room as a nice 'adult only' space. Now, if you have moved house recently, you will know how much stuff you find that you had previously forgotten about. In my case, I realised that I had a substantial collection of books, and now I had nowhere to put them. My wife had been wanting me to go to IKEA for ages, so I decided to go and get a bookcase the next day. Ikea have only been in Northern Ireland a short while, but in its time here it has revolutionised the ...  Read the complete review

There's an "old" German proverb invented late in the last century, which when translated goes "Idiots'll Buy Just About Anything", the original being something like"Idioten kaufen eben alles"*, which by some strange perchance happens to spell IKEA when abbreviated! *Pardon my A-Level German from 1968 Incidentally, we're the only people in Europe to pronounce it "Eye-Key-A", in that American "Eye-Rack and Eye-Ran" kind of way. The rest conform to calling it, somewhat more correctly, Ee-kay-ah. Anyway, that's got all my prejudices and mis-conceptions out of the way - for now at least! Watch ...  Read the complete review