Re: (semi OT?) Ikea
- From: "nailshooter41@xxxxxxx" <nailshooter41@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:38:58 -0700 (PDT)
On Aug 30, 7:25 am, Han <nob...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In suppport of Ikea: We have quite a bit of Billy bookcases (oak style).
With and without glass doors. They see a lot of use. Some are holding our
dinnerware in the dining room. I can really recommend them for a cost-
effective solutions.
Ditto. Only in the home office/library holding books, etc.
We have no IKEA here. But a few years ago on a trip to see my sister,
we stopped at IKEA at the insistence of my better half. I have never
been to another IKEA, but the one in Houston is huge, and it was
packed.
It seemed to be part McDonald's, and part Pier One. It was a strange
mix of nice looking stuff, and furniture and accessories that looked
like they belonged in a one of those rent to own stores.
But I did find something that was a huge bargain. They had unfinished
birch (just a guess here on that - it was some kind of white Euro
wood) that was laminated into table tops. The laminate pieces were
about 2" across, and about 1 1/4" thick, and overall the dimensions
were about 36" X 50".
While inside, we had seen a corner desk that had been deemed perfect
for one of the rooms as it tucked into the corner and it had a rounded
section on a short leaf that allowed it to fit into the corner, like
an "L", with the inside of the L being curved.
The table tops were on closeout for $60. I couldn't buy the wood for
that.I started looking at them and they were rough and gnarly looking,
with no straight grain anywhere, which it was explained to me why they
were on clearance. But they were laminated together well, and they
were pretty straight, too.
Perfect for a wood guy, right? I bought three tops, and undermount
keyboard holder, and some powder coated steel legs there.
I took the nastiest of the tops aside, and then matched up as closely
as possible the next nastiest one and cut a curve into the top so I
would have my L shape.
I sanded the tops for about 10 hours or so to get them where I wanted
them, then applied an oil based primer/sealer. It lit them up like
you wouldn't believe, with curling ribbons of fiery wood grain two
inches wide going all directions.
It has been a favorite piece of furniture because it is solid wood,
the top finished out so well, and because it works so well. Odd to me
that he design inspiration came from IKEA as well as the materials,
just not the way they intended.
The best thing about the whole thing to me was that I didn't have to
prep the strips and laminate them to make the tops. And at $60 for
the top, I couldn't buy the the material for that.
Robert
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