![]() A shared apartment in Manhattan followed. My first encounter with IKEA was in the freshman-year dormitory, where I marvelled at the profligacy of classmates who, that September, and each one thereafter, ordered a new couch from IKEA-and paid the ninety-nine-dollar delivery fee! (My roommates and I settled for a hand-me-down, which we covered with a sleeping bag and doused in Febreze.) By the time I was a senior, I had my own room and had acquired my first piece of IKEA furniture, an only slightly shopworn navy-blue love seat. ![]() Since graduating from college, nine years ago, I have moved eight times, propelled by the usual vicissitudes of money, romance, and work. The prevalence of IKEA in my apartment is more the result of circumstance than of desire or discernment. When IKEA stopped selling incandescent light bulbs, last year, six hundred and twenty-six million people became environmentalists. The invisible designer of domestic life, it not only reflects but also molds, in its ubiquity, our routines and our attitudes. IKEA calls itself the Life Improvement Store. In the fiscal year 2010, it sold $23.1 billion worth of goods, a 7.7-per-cent increase over the year before. IKEA has three hundred and twenty-six stores in thirty-eight countries. KIVIK-along with a profusion of things I use every day-is made by IKEA, the Swedish home-furnishings company. Because it is a few years old, its lines are leaner than those of current models, which have been expanded to accommodate the modern habit of perching a laptop on the armrest. ![]() In the living room, I sat down on the KIVIK sofa. Rouged RÄTTVIK wineglasses and dirty DRAGON forks waited to be washed. In the kitchen, some lettuce clung to the meniscus of a BLANDA BLANK salad bowl. I smoothed the DVALA fitted sheet and tucked the HENNY CIRKEL quilt beneath four pillows sheathed in matching polka-dot cases. I had slept on a SULTANA HAGAVIK mattress. ![]() On a recent Sunday, I woke up around 8 A.M. Please message me any unanswered questions.The company’s vision, one executive said, is “to create a better life for the many.” Illustration by Laurie Rosenwald To better visualize condition, please inspect photos. All else is in good order with no issues to report. Comes with some very light surface scratches. I thank you for looking, and always remember, a good seller, is one who pays attention to details, and one who has a genuine passion for what he does, in a nut shell, that's me!Enjoy the day, and all it has to offer! Condition: Used, Condition: Listed as used, but this previously owned, estate find, looks to be in almost new condition. Pack with care.Ship quickly.Maintain 100% Positive Feedback.Maintain 5.0 Star DSR's. WHY BUY FROM ME:Happy to answer questions.Happy to provide extra photos.Combined shipping, whenever safe.Local pick up, save on shipping.No sales tax.Postage calculates by weight.Never a handling charge.FEEDBACK:In the rare instance, that an item is received, not as described, please contact me before leaving feedback, always a chance that I might have overlooked something, and I can't fix a problem I know nothing about.MY GOALS:All items received, as described. Buyer will receive 1 Rectangular Almhult SmalandTray, as pictured, and as further described in the item specifics box, mobile device users, please tap on this description box. Item: 302728712959 Ikea Almhult Smaland Rectangular Metal Serving Turquoise Sweden Tray.
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