Domestic Dispatches: What We Love (and Hate) About Ikea - Gardenista
There was a time–and I’m not saying I’m at all proud of this–when I used to go to Ikea for the Swedish meatballs. This was when we had toddlers, and my husband and I would strap them into the backseat of the Honda Civic to drive nearly an hour to the closest store on Long Island. All these years later, I still love Ikea. If I lived in the UK, where it is being reissued as part of the company’s new Brí¥kig collection, I could buy it for £8. Not coming to America: Ikea’s Brakig trestle table. Many of us 318 million Americans wonder why Ikea is withholding our Scandi basics. When Ikea took away our Enje window blinds, blogger Daniel Kanter of Manhattan Nest wrote, “I mourn for them daily.” When Ikea discontinued its birch Akurum Adel cabinets in the middle of homeowner Jan Clayton Shaw’s kitchen remodel... ...forcing her to finish the job with Home Depot lookalikes, she worried she might not be able to sell her townhouse: “I thought about going eclectic–as in non-matching–but I’m worried it would look odd to potential buyers.” Ikea’s Leran pendant lamp. And what about the Lí¶vbacken side table ($59.99), a reissue of a classic three-legged table that Ikea started selling in 2013 in Europe? Ikea’s Maskros ceiling light.. Another example of a product in a limited collection that eventually earned a permanent spot in US stores is the Maskros Pendant, a giant dandelion puff of a ceiling fixture that costs $49.99. You were the stainless steel cabinet pulls that made a tiny kitchen feel sleek.