“Homosexuality is one of the essential elements of living in contemporary society.” Official IKEA spokesperson’s response to pressure from grumpy Polish Catholics (namely a letter writing campaign) who had a hoo haa because they wanted queer couples removed from the IKEA catalog. T...

While I  loathe shopping and I don't really like driving in NYC, I was designated driver on a mission this past Saturday to where? Sweden....well, ok, IKEA, in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. When forced into such labor my mind usually wanders to the food section of IKEA, generally for those deca...

Here’s another solution for helter-skelter cables:  the Signum cable organizer from Ikea.  The idea is to “trunk” your cables — you screw the organizer to the bottom of your work area, throw a power strip in, and plug in the cables, then wrap the excess on the rack, letting...

The latest edition of my weekly updates on my life and adventures in the City of Angels. This one’s a little late, as I had a busy weekend, but I promised to bring you the goods each and every week, and so I do. I spent much of this week buying furniture and various items for my new place, and...

It's a small but clever hack: Taking an $8 Snalis storage bin, about $8 at IKEA, and utility-knifing it into a litter box that fits snugly under your sink. IKEA Hacker reader Stacy didn't quite know where to keep her kitty's own restroom in a small European apartment, wanting to keep it out of her l...

How can I convert my IKEA Galant desk to a standing desk? It has black straight round legs with gray plastic screw-like ends that extend a little bit but not enough. Any ideas? I'd like to get it to about 40-43" off the ground. I can provide a photo if necessary. As the legs are perfectly round...

I can't believe this is so hard to find. I have this Expedit bookcase from Ikea. I bought some cubes from Ikea to fit on the shelves, but not enough. I bought 7, I need 5 more. I don't want to buy anymore from Ikea but I can't find this type of storage anywhere else in the UK! More specs inside. - I...

My Tip o’ the hat goes to: The greeter at IKEA Osborne Park in Perth, when I walked in there for the first time this week. Sometimes I like to pretend I’m independent, you see, part of the Human Race of folks who sometimes Go Out and sometimes Buy Stuff. Which would likely be relatively ...

guess which one we will come home with. i really like this one though the white worries me but if that part is kept at the side fil sleeps on we’re good and someone just said it looks like cum, great, arty cum for one and all. i showed this one to fil as a joke and he likes it a lot, ugh, matu...

Taking a quick break from cleaning to make my last post of the year. I haven't really been on LJ since I got back to NYC, so I don't know much of what's going on. The very first thing I did when I got back on Sunday, after dropping everything in my apartment and quickly checking my email, was to go ...