Guest Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 We made another trip to Ikea yesterday to buy Mum some Billy bookcases for her bedroom (to replace some very old pine ones which were too small and didn't match - the pine ones will now be summerhouse storage!). Normally I buy my Billy's off Ebay for about 1/2 the money, ready built and ready to go (I have LOADS of them!). But we havn't had a lot of luck getting any Birch ones locally so she wanted to buy new. I've put them together this morning. I was pleasantly surprised to find out how little packaging was in the box, it is clearly very well thought through to minimise the packaging. Each bookcase came in a large box There was one small piece of polystyrine in each box One small plastic bag for the "bits" in each box 2 small offcuts of wood used as spacers in the big box (James the builder now has these!) 2 little bits of cardboard in the small box to stop things sliding about 1 small square of cardboard in the big box to stop things sliding about. I think they were not remotely overpackaged - when you consider the MOUNTAIN of packaging I have for recycling at the moment following Christmas toys for James which were all GROSSLY overpackaged. Its Well done Ikea from me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I agree Penguidmad! When I bought my large dining table, it came in a large box with a thin sheet of polystyrene covering the wood. I use that now under a table cloth as it protects the table. I love ikea! The blurb at the pack of the catalogue explains all their recycling/packaging methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 We bought our new kitchen/utility units from Ikea and everything was recyclable which was a relief as there was a lot of cardboard and plastic packaging as each door was individually boxed and the door fronts all had protective plastic film on while the units were all boxed up separately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Quite agree! We've got a lot of Billy (birch) bookcases too! (Never thought of getting them on ebay - why do people sell them on there, don't they just use them ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 We've got a few Billy bookcases (in birch too) and when we were fitting out the Cats Protection shop we got a whole load of them to put all down one wall We didn't get them off eBay but we did buy some of these http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10011055 second hand. It's amazing how many shops use them once you start noticing! Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I bought loads and loads of oak ones off Ebay, fitted out my dining room, study and I have one of the narrow ones with a glass door in the living room. I actually want another one of these to balance it out the other side too. I even have my computer on a £10 oak dining table (also Ebay/Ikea). Now there are some clues to an unguessed room on another thread there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
