Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Common Items that are difficult to build and product updates!

IKEA has many items that are considerd "Staples" or best sellers. The funny thing is that these items seem to be the ones that get first time IKEA builders in trouble. They include the following items below:

IKEA EXPEDIT Bookcase (recently IKEA updated this design and changed the wooden dowels to thin wooden ones and doubled the amount)
IKEA MALM Dresser (6 Drawer)
IKEA HEMNES Dresser (6 or 8 Drawer)
IKEA PAX Wardrobe (Clients usually never measure the height of thier home to provide substantial head room or clearance to raise this from ground assembly)
IKEA PAX Slidign Doors (Just time consuming and challenging to build and install)
IKEA BILLY Bookcases (These bookcases do not provide a substantial footprint to stand on thier own and need to be bolted to the wall)
IKEA PAX Wardrobe Doors (Clients are not told they need to purchase handles seperate)
IKEA EFFECTIVE Drawer Pannels (Same as above, handles are not included)

Also, very randomly, IKEA is phasing out of the metal "CAMS" and replacing them with "Plastic". Not a good idea in my view and I really do not see how this makes it more "GREEN" (good for the earth).