I have been to the IKEA in MN twice because I know everyone raves about the them. Both times my husband and I walked around the entire store but walked out with nothing. For me the quality does not match the prices but I know I am definitely in the minority! Glad you got a new fun store in your area sewbizgirl. Storage is always needed!

Really? I found the prices great. Things like the cardboard boxes aren't meant to last forever. Their stuff is so well designed and so useful!

I love Ikea, too. I bought several pieces in the past year, including my splurge at the end of year sale, where I bought 2 Alex cabinets on casters and two Kallax 2 x 2's. I already had 1 Alex and a 4 x 2 Kallax. I still need to put the second Alex together.

It turned out that the 2 room dividers I bought when I first moved into my house 6 years ago are the previous incarnation of the 4 x 4 Kallax units.

Your storage looks great. We now live close enough to the IKEA I used to visit when I came here to visit. I can get there in less than 30 minutes! Even if I don't buy anything it is just fun to look around and the store is so big I count it as exercise!!

As I said...I am in the minority lol. Different strokes for different folks.

Yeah, if it's not crowded, you could actually walk all along the path as a walking trail, then have a healthy lunch in the restaurant! LOL :O To me it was just fun to see all the staged rooms. So many great ideas.

I just messaged my daughter this morning, to ask her if she could go pick me up another 4 2x2 Kallax units so I can do one more set up like I just made, plus use two side by side for a room divider. She is the one who lives in Memphis where the store is.

which I have done. All the years I visited never dreaming I would love close by I drooled over one of the "white kitchens". When we got this house son said "now you can have your IKEA dream kitchen" which I have and love. I know it's not for everyone but I am totally delighted with it.

Wish I lived close to an IKEA store -- my storage works ok but really would like to have better storage units. Now I have plastic drawer systems from Walmart. Whatever works in a pinch!

Nice set up there! I bought two Kallax foursy units (4 openings). We (DH and I) set them up side by side, he made a plywood topper that is approx. 32" X 49" large enough for cutting mat, canister of cutters and room for pattern, pencils and such. He then got 4"X4" posts cut them to the height that was right for me to cut and painted to match the large cutting topper. We also got a 16 opening unit which holds fabric, sewing boxes and I also got a hard plastic sliding basket to "hide" stuff. I also got two of the clip on lights that Bonnie Hunter featured on her blog. I like those boxes that had the divided sections- perfect for the small cuts.