New flat

[ciphergoth]

I have a new flat! It's a studio flat ten minutes walk from Tooting Bec tube. It's small, but I'll be living on my own for the first time in my life, which will be an interesting change. All being well I should get the keys on Saturday - actual removals will take place the following weekend, because I want to buy some furniture to put things on/in first. IKEA here we come...

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[juliet]

They do deliver, but this costs extra.

Not only that, but when we tried to get them to deliver stuff, they took 3 days to do it, which meant Pete spending 3 days not leaving the house, because obviously they *said* every morning that it'd be there within a couple of hours, honest. grrRRR.

I didn't know you could check stock on the website. This is a Good Idea, as they won't put things aside for you, & sod's law guarantees that if you just go there, they will be short at least one of the things you require. (plus IME nothing is ever in the place in the warehouse which it is claimed it will be in. I *hate* IKEA. Sadly, however, it's about the best quality cheap furniture available. Grr.)

Things not to buy from IKEA: potato masher (looks cool; doesn't actually mash things properly), sets of 5 tupperware bowl things (the lids won't stay on). Their bookcases, on the other hand, are pretty good, though I prefer the ones my dad made for us :-)

[tisme.livejournal.com]

Ah, I did the whole tupperware thing too, but there's a simple answer to it which it took me ages and a mistake to work out - you put the lids on the opposite way to a 'normal' tupperware box, so you push them _into_ the tub, if you like. Works a treat, and forms a really good vaccum seal.