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Please tell us more about how you like your flight recliner. Not that I can afford it, but I've casually started looking for a chaise, but maybe a recliner would be better, since it doesn't take up all the floor space a chaise does.

Maybe I just need a couch with arms, instead of the armless one I have now.

So funny - we were at IKEA just the other day looking at the black Kulla floor lamp but wondering if the metal shade made the light act funny - you just can't trust how it seems to shine there in the store. Do I assume correctly that you're happy with the light it gives, dim/bright/in between?

I love this, thanks for posting. I am definitely buying this. I've been looking for a white floor lamp for an affordable price.

Jr in Sweden - I am very pleased with the light. I have a 100watt IKEA energy-efficient flourescent bulb in the lamp.

Pixie - The flight recliner is great...it was very expensive. The only thing I reconsider is the choice of upholstery. I somewhat wish I would have gone for leather (even more expensive!) or atleast a thicker fabric. The small footprint is fantastic.

Wow, isn't $90 a bit spendy by Ikea standards? I don't think I have ever seen an Ikea floor lamp that cost more than $49.95, and most were in the $19.95 - $39.95 range.

we just bought this lamp and we love it. it's very heavy, so i think the price is a great deal. this is not a flimsy lamp.

my only question is about the lightbulb. we tried using a CFL in it but the dimming function wouldn't work. aaron, am i doing something wrong?

Flight recliner can be had at the DWR outlet for a BIG discount--worth the zipcar trip --trust me

I just installed the ceiling version of this light in my bedroom this weekend! I love it. I was worried the light would be too direct because of the metal shade, but it actually provides a good general light.

Regardless of price, that's a great look for the money.

Thanks Aaron - that settles it, we're getting it too. But zoinks! In Sweden it costs the equivalent of $141 :(

Regardless of price, that's a great look for the money.

Is that supposed to be funny?

; )

IKEA has been pushing slightly higher price point items with a much higher quality for a little while now. Check out their Stockholm collection. $90 for this lamp is well worth it—especially considering the closest alternatives for metal shade floor lamps—Bauhaus at CB2 ($150), or Spun at DWR ($1500 ).

Hejiranyc - This might be more expensive than other IKEA lamps but the IKEA value is still there...a similar lamp at CB2 costs $150 (and is not as attractive).
Muro.lamere - Not sure why your CFC bulb isn't working...ours did/does.

i'll wait for the red one....

Thanks for the clarification- I need to get edumacated on Ikea's new direction, I guess. One thing I am wondering is whether the stem/stalk of the lamp is screw-together, or whether it comes as one monolithic tube. One thing I really disliked about other Ikea floor lamps was that visible seam where you screw the two halves of the stem together...

The floor lamp screws together. 3 pieces I think.

I know that dimmers don't work with fluorescent bulbs, so I would guess that's why the 3-way dimming feature doesn't work. Fluorescents are just on/off, unlike standard bulbs which can modulate.

You can buy dimmable CFL's... They are everywhere...

i just bought ther black one this weekend and love it

Archie--

Does "Regardless of the debate about price, it's a great look for the money" seem less funny to you?

the downside of ikea lamps is having to buy ikea bulbs...we try to stock up, because a 5 min. ikea trip for lightbulbs isn't possible. Once we walk in, it's 3 hours, minimum!

Why do you have to buy Ikea bulbs? I've had plenty of their lamps and never used their bulbs...

Ditto on what hejiranyc said. I've yet to get an IKEA lamp stem (that screws together in pieces) to look quite "right." They seem to resemble my Dad after a night of vodka tonics.

I just bought the Kulla pendant lamp in red and I think it's fantastic. It seems to be pretty high quality and anything that I could find that was similar was about $500 --- versus the $70 I paid at IKEA. It took me two months to find it in stock in the Boston store, though. And even when it finally came in, they only had six delivered and only two remained when I got mine. Finding some items at IKEA is like going on a treasure hunt, which makes finally getting the thing really worth savoring!