Terrified By Screaming At 1 AM, Neighbors Call the Cops ...

Who rush in to find that the folks next door were just trying to assemble IKEA furniture.  

Hey, don't laugh!  If you've ever tried to put that stuff together, you'll be screaming, crying, cursing, howling, and throwing things in no time flat.

IKEA Furniture or Death Metal Band?

Surprisingly entertaining.

LOL: IKEA's Man-Nursery

Sexist?  Hilarious?  Brilliant?  All three?

Nerd News: the Oxford Brand

Selling out.  I'm amused at how some critics are calling this not only "inappropriate" but "meretricious."  Who says "meretricious" these days?  Apparently unhappy Oxford dons, that's who.

Nerd News: On IKEA and Books

As a classmate of mine once said, "If it weren't for IKEA, none of us would have any furniture."  Now IKEA is changing the design of its iconic BILLY bookcases.  Check out the reason why.

Fugly or Fabulous? The Moon Mattress

I would have loved this when I was a kid!  (Well, even my friends will tell you that sometimes I can be a real space cadet. ... )

Disgustingly Cute Monday Therapy: the British IKEA Cat-alogue

Via Ninme comes this video of IKEA letting cats loose in one of their showrooms and -- even better -- the cat-alogue that was the purr-fect, adorable result.

Fugly or Fabulous? The Chalkboard Table

This could be awesome, actually. If I had xiao haizi (kids), I would totally go for it.

Nerd Journal: MM Fascinated By The Picture Table for Small Spaces

This seems like an ingenious idea! Perfect for tiny little nerd-apartments? It's probably too expensive, though!

Here's more from the Austrian designer. Oooh, I like the mirror option too.

Right now, actually, I have a yen to do something -- anything! -- to my apartment, the Nerdcave. It's probably off to IKEA for me! As a grad student friend once told me, "If it weren't for IKEA, none of us would have any furniture at all! We'd all be living on the floor."