Was Going To Spend $700+ Glad I Didnt...

[Gellman]

My son is starting to pull himself up and had been going for my stuff. He is still too young to understand "NO!" so we had to figure out some other option.

Went to a few furniture stores, but they wanted a crapload of money for a curio. Glad we decided to drive to IKEA in Austin.

$120 later, here is what I ended up with:

Should have done this years ago.

 

[mstng99tim]

Those look really nice, I like how that looks.

 

[SilverandBlack]

my inlaws live by an IKEA and just bought a few of those for my father in laws model cars and they look awesome in person. Im gonna have to pick a few of these up soon. Apperently a few weeks ago they had themm for 20 bucks and it was limited to one per person wish i knew about it i would hve brought 20 pepople with me lol.

 

[gt2590]

Great looking, congrats!

AT a retail fixture-type store they would have run you $400-$800...

 

[ricefan77]

Are those glass? Are they sturdy? Like if your son leaned on one of them, could he tip it over? Can you harness them to the wall, they do look nice. Ikea has some hit or miss stuff, i bought an armoire thing there years ago and it held up real well, i also bought some smaller tables and they fell apart.

 

[Gellman]

Are those glass? Are they sturdy? Like if your son leaned on one of them, could he tip it over? Can you harness them to the wall, they do look nice. Ikea has some hit or miss stuff, i bought an armoire thing there years ago and it held up real well, i also bought some smaller tables and they fell apart.

They are very suprisingly sturdy, glass walls and front, wood top and bottom, You can harness to the wall, but the great thing is, he hasnt even shown interest in them. I put him in front to see what he would do, and he just turned around and scooted the other direction.

 

[Gellman]

Great looking, congrats!

AT a retail fixture-type store they would have run you $400-$800...

For a single curio, one that was the size of these two combined, it was 700-800 without delivery. Nicer, yes, but for the money, these are awesome.

 

[MojoDan]

Great move. That set up came out great.

 

[Viking4Alpha]

Haha awesome man. I have the EXACT same ones.

HIGHLY recommended to those on the fence. All glass, very sturdy.

I think GMoney has these as well if I remember right.

 

[Ryo1549]

Wow looks great! I want some too lol. Found them online. May go pick em up here in Round Rock soon though.

 

[JoshHamilton]

IKEA is awesome. I might look in to those for my prewar stuff

 

[PhillyPuckNut]

Those are nice! I've been thinking about picking up something like that for my Flyers memorabilia. Have to find an IKEA.

 

[deceptikon1978]

Great setup!

There is an Ikea about an hour away from me, definately going to have to check it out sometime soon. I need something like that.

 

[Nacho]

Did you have to assemble that?

 

[cartersprings]

Very nice, I have the same ones. They are surprisingly very sturdy & you can't beat the price.

Did you have to assemble that?

Yes, but they are pretty simple. It'll help if you have someone around to help hold up the glass panels though.

 

[Card Magnet]

That looks great!

 

[Junior Griffey]

Looks pretty good. I'll have to look into these when we move. How old is your son? Mine is 4 months old.

 

[Weimer]

Pretty nice looking. There's a huge IKEA next to the Mall of America that I keep wanting to go to, but I've never been. Would like to just go look around at all the stuff some day. I heard it's a pretty big maze though and it's not easy to find your way out of there once you get in. Could just be that location, though.

 

[Shi Guy]

Wow, those look great. I wish I had the space for a couple. I think most ikeas are set up the same; in which section were they on display?

 

[FATBABY]

Found them online but they cost $250 to ship 2 of them to my house. the closest Ikea is 4 hours away. This sucks. I will have to do some digging to see what I can find, although 4 hours of driving at $4 a gallon is still cheaper than $250. But still....