Anton of Our Awesome Planet has this ongoing contest about Ikea.
I have always loved IKEA products. Never mind if they could only be bought abroad. When I was living in the States, the idea of modular furniture was something that caught my eye and the products of IKEA fit the bill to a T!
The IKEA concept is really simple. Well designed, functional, modular, affordable furniture you can mix, match, stack, combine in thousands of ways to suit your home, regardless of its size, theme color and design. They also carry home decor that’s both functional and great looking (eye candy!).
In the 80s, my brother-in-law from Sydney visited and when he opened his balikbayan box, he had a stack of magazines. Get what you want, he said. So I pored over them, noting that most were mags on gadgets and men stuff. But wait….there were a couple of IKEA mags among them. Whoopeee! I immediately told him that I wanted to keep these as I loved IKEA and the catalogs were great references in case I wanted furniture done.
He remembered how I enthused over them, I guess, because each time he came back to Manila, he had 1 or 2 magazines with him for me.
Now, I read from Anton’s blog that there is an IKEA PH. Clarification though, it is not a branch of IKEA but they are importers of IKEA products. I just came from their website and noted that while they are not yet fully stacked, they are carrying some great products for starters. Hopefully, in the near future, we will have an IKEA branch here in the Philippines as I really love the way they design their cabinets and shelves.
For the men out there who always say they do not know what to get their wives for Valentines, here is your chance to get something you can’t go wrong with.
Want to see my collection of IKEA catalogs? Here is a pic I took with a Valentines theme.
