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That;s my point...if you pay for Taco Bell don't expect fine dining food.

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There are roughly three ranges of furniture at Ikea.

1) cheap/student - made from spit and sawdust, not expected to last, keyword is "foil".

2) mid price - will last a while particularly if you don't try to move it. Keyword is "veneer". Example, a well constructed Billy bookcase, we actually managed to move ours twice and after a bit of tlc is still looking ok. We had some ace movers but I think we were lucky on that one.

3) upper end - usually solid wood.

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The problem is the after-sales service will still be shocking even if you stump up for the good stuff. I felt like a right tit for giving them the best part of 6 grand when afterwards they wouldn't even post me a couple of dollars worth of hinges when it was their fault I didn't have them in the first place.

They simply haven't invested in the basic infrastructure to provide good service (or any kid of service, really), which is the bit I found particularly offensive as a paying customer who discovered this after the fact. It really is a case of give us your money, now sod off.

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Look around for counpons and discounts too... for example Bed, Bath and Beyond often have coupons for 20% off a single item, sign up for Kohls email they have discounts of upto 20% off everything you buy. If you plan on buying big items cooker, fridge etc sign up for a Lowes movers discount, you will only get 1 10% off coupon but you can buy more at ebay. $2 for a 10% coupon is worth it if you are getting 10% off a $1000 fridge.

If you see something onsale but the store has sold out or it is a distance to a shop Walmart & Target price match with competitors.

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Problem with those I've found, nearly anything that you'd want to buy with it is excluded :lol:

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They delivered the wrong mattress and only half a dining table to us and we had to drive over and get another one, annoying, however their prices are so good that it's still worth it.

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Our store is a 130-mile round trip, so we really didn't want to waste the time and petrol just for hinges but ended up having to. :thumbdown:

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IKEA and Craigslist is not going to work for my wife. Are there any fine furnature stores in the Denver area that anyone could recomend? She will be here in a weeks time

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www.afwonline.com....

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You must be kidding. We will be living in Genesse, not Fairplay

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I live in Colorado and am a fan of Scandinavian Designs (they've got stores in Denver, off Hampden, and in Broomfield near Flatirons). Also like Crate & Barrel, and Room & Board. There's also Forma Furniture in Fort Collins if you're willing to travel that far, or Furniture Connections in Colorado Springs. They all sell more contemporary designs. There's also Danish Furniture of Colorado in Longmont, though I've never been there.

If you like more traditional, go for Woodleys, Lazboy (both have several stores throughout the state), or American Furniture Galleries in Colorado Springs. American Furniture Warehouse is everywhere and predominantly sells bulky, old-fashioned stuff cheap, but it does have the odd gem. There's also the Great Indoors, in Broomfield and at Park Meadows, Denver - it's part of Sears and has lots of appliances, some furniture, and does curtain poles, decorative accessories, bathroom fitments and the like.

Things like curtains I have struggled to buy - if your windows are big it's tricky, but Overstock.com, Bed Bath and Beyond and JC Penney are not bad. It's also worth looking in places like Target, Kohls and TJ Maxx Homegoods.

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Interesting - we have Billy bookcases which have survived 10 years and 2 house moves, including the transatlantic shipment and still look great. They've fared much better than the expensive bed which is the same age but is going to need replaced as a matter of urgency as it now kills every bone in my body :(

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Genesse is a suburb of Denver.

Not sure I understand the Fairplay connection? I think Sears are looking to open a mini store but a furniture store?

I have also bought stuff from Woodleys.

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Not that frequent them myself being poor and they're rather twee for my tastes if I wasn't, you could try Pottery Barn or Ethan Allen, they're national chains. Or like Bob suggested Williams and Sonoma or Crate and Barrel.

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We have Billy bookcases too. To be honest they are probably above average compare to the rest, but this does not mean Ikea furniture is not shit in my book.

Our one saving grace of our utterly horrible creaking Ikea bed is that we splashed out and got a Tempur Pedic mattress as I have a bad back. That was the best investment we ever made. Often if you have a shit bed it's a good mattress that can save you. (Similarly a great bed with a shit mattress isn't going to be any good).