IKEA's New Products: What Do You Want Us to Check Out in Person?

We went through the new IKEA catalog last night and dogeared some pages. We're heading over to our nearby store in a couple of hours and we wondered: Is there anything you'd like us to take a look at before you decide whether it's worth it to make the probably-longer-trek yourself?

Any of these 10 Best New Items? Or these beech kitchen cabinets? Tell us!

(We're crossing our fingers that they finally have the darned Beloved Homes book in stock!)

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Can you check out the Stockholm Bookcases? Do they appear sturdy and is it fairly simple to add sections?

posted by bepsf on August 8th 2008 at 1:06pm
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The Melbu bed. What is grey-brown really? What colors does it coordinate with? Oh and the Gustav desk, please

posted by What A Lush on August 8th 2008 at 2:25pm
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can you check out the sofas? which is the most comfortable? longest lasting? most durable? what is the quality of the Ektorp sofa? is it really as great as they are saying?

posted by Oneformybaby on August 8th 2008 at 2:28pm
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Hopefully the store (Emeryville?) is better stocked than indicated on the website. A cursory check revealed that most of the "New" items are not in stock yet... :(

Have fun!

posted by tara1979 on August 8th 2008 at 2:38pm
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Went to the East Palo Alto store yesterday; I'll write up my findings as soon as I can.

Keep the suggestions coming, though -- I can always go back.

(Emeryville's in the process of remodeling, by the way.)

posted by leslie on August 9th 2008 at 7:09am
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Does the utby come in a regular table height, or just the counter and bar heights?

posted by sbsmom on August 9th 2008 at 6:55pm
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Can you check out these 2 for me?

Lersberg metal shelf unit (p. 20, the bigger one) - how sturdy it is and if it can really hold books without tipping over. It would go well with my tiny studio.

Klingsbo side table (p.70)

Or if anyone on here owns these already, your comments too! Thanks.

posted by catherinesf on August 10th 2008 at 12:23pm
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Is that black and white striped rug for sale?

posted by JMBnewsgirl on August 10th 2008 at 6:52pm
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