February 3, 200817 yr ^Yuck. Who sells a house for $350k with a kitchen like that? Come on people, put a little effort into these houses before you list them! Well. the house is empty, so it is probably an estate sale, and the sellers are willing to take something other than its true value. I didn't investigate, but it may or may not be priced right for the location even at that high price. It might be a bargain for the right buyer. Even the rich like a fixer upper! A little paint won't hide the outdated bath!
February 3, 200817 yr ^ You're probably right about that. I'm just always suprised that people are willing to sell for thousands less to avoid a month or so of hard work. Oh well, I suppose everyone's situation is different. You've got to be kidding about that bath though. Those exposed pipes and original fixtures are sweet! I'm not in love with that green, but the sink, toilet, and tub are a matching set and period correct for the house. If it were mine, I'd just regrout all of the tile and paint a matching green above the yellow tile wall so that the fixtures blend more with the whole room. Yeah, it's a little ugly and short on storage by today's standards, but it just screams 1940s/1950s America.
February 3, 200817 yr ^ Yes, I know what you mean about the bath. Todays wealthy would just as soon tear it out. Reminds me of that "Mansion" show that was on a few years ago. It actually is down the street from me. The contestants each had to design a room, then they all worked to redo it. At the end, the viewers got to vote on the winner and then they received the house as the prize. The first room done was the master bath which had original Rookwood tile! The consultants even told them that, but they actually showed the contestants smashing the Rookwood with sledge hammers!!!!!
February 3, 200817 yr ^ OMG. What were they thinking? If they hated it so much, they'd have been much better served to remove it carefully and sell it later. Wow.
February 3, 200817 yr The first room done was the master bath which had original Rookwood tile! The consultants even told them that, but they actually showed the contestants smashing the Rookwood with sledge hammers!!!!! Wow! Crazy!
February 4, 200817 yr This model looks freakin sweet! Funny because when I first saw that photo, I thought it was a garage.
February 4, 200817 yr I think it looks bland, minimalist, cheap and tacky. Big ovens, sinks and fridges are all the rage these days so of course people will buy anything built to cater to that.
February 19, 200817 yr I'm not the biggest IKEA fan in the world ... but there are definitely some outdated homes on the market right now that could really benefit from installing those IKEA kitchens. Follow this link for proof... picture #2 ... http://www.huff.com/search/detail.php?MLNumber=1089085&PPropertyType=26&ListingAgentID=&frmaction=search& I'd take that kitchen (minus the wallpaper) over an ikea kitchen any day. Too many people are ripping out good kitchens to replace them with cheap ikea cabinetry which may look ok now, but will be horribly dated--not to mention unbearably common--in no time. We're in the process of replacing our aging Ikea furniture with more unique and sturdy pieces.
February 19, 200817 yr ^ That kitchen is horrid, if I had it, I would let you come and rip it out of my house for free. While I don't like laminate cabinets, I will pass on that 50's kitchen. I want the best of both worlds, a 1930's tudor with a remodeled kitchen that includes cherry cabinets, granite countertops, updated appliances wood flooring.
February 19, 200817 yr http://www.huff.com/search/detail.php?MLNumber=1089085&PPropertyType=26&ListingAgentID=&frmaction=search& I've been to a few friends houses in Hyde Park with more disturbing kitchens than that. It's amazing what some people pay for ugly nostalgia.
February 19, 200817 yr It's amazing what some people pay for ugly nostalgia. In my opinion the ikea kitchen would be better off in a old warehouse renovation with concrete floors. A house like that one in Hyde Park takes you back to a different time. It is warm and inviting and I would be willing to pay more for something like that. :wink:
February 19, 200817 yr ^ That kitchen is horrid, if I had it, I would let you come and rip it out of my house for free. Seconded. That thing looks ghastly. I sure wouldn't want something like it. Forget ripping it out, I'd burn it.
February 19, 200817 yr It's amazing what some people pay for ugly nostalgia. In my opinion the ikea kitchen would be better off in a old warehouse renovation with concrete floors. A house like that one in Hyde Park takes you back to a different time. It is warm and inviting and I would be willing to pay more for something like that. :wink: I'm beginning to pick up on your style ... it reminds me of some friends of mine, not that I like it, but appreciate it. ;) With our place, it's kind of hard to do this. We've got 1800's-old, but a modern style like the one with the stainless appliances and then trying to mix the two together without hurting the old-school accents that survived the decades upon decades of surviving.
February 20, 200817 yr It's amazing what some people pay for ugly nostalgia. In my opinion the ikea kitchen would be better off in a old warehouse renovation with concrete floors. A house like that one in Hyde Park takes you back to a different time. It is warm and inviting and I would be willing to pay more for something like that. :wink: The colors are fine... if it's Easter. And who wants to scrape off sticky wallpaper? I'm sure wallpaper has been out of style for several decades as the only people I know who have it are people too lazy to update their house. Paint is so much more convenient and clean looking. The cabinets have no depth to them and the handles probably look ugly. The color of the cabinets aren't subtle enough and cause conflict. The new white refrigerator looks out of place and the tile is hideous. I've seen better tile on the floor at Save-a-Lot. I wouldn't be surprised if these people paint over bronze light fixtures.
March 7, 200817 yr Ikea set to open West Chester store BY LISA BIANK FASIG | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER March 7, 2008 WEST CHESTER TWP. - Think of Ikea's new West Chester store as a brightly furnished apartment building with no walls, scads of primary colors and many, many umlauts. Ikea, the Swedish furniture chain made famous by its low-priced but fashionable couches, kitchens and curtains, offered a sneak peak of its sprawling, 344,000-square-foot store on Thursday, six days ahead of its grand opening. The date couldn't come soon enough for some. The two-story location, at the corner of Muhlhauser and Allen roads, is the first in Ohio and has long been anticipated by fans who previously drove to Chicago or Pittsburgh to shop its wide aisles. Ikea's grand opening will begin 9 a.m. on March 12. In addition to the armchairs, the retailer will give away gift cards valued at $10 to $150 and have drawings for cards worth as much as $1,000. Anyone whose birthday is March 12 gets a $10 card.
March 7, 200817 yr I know people are excited for this to be opened, but for God's sake! I am completely burned out on the recycled stories that all state the same info every 2 - 3 days in the papers.
March 7, 200817 yr Of course, and you can get them hot or frozen to go. They have them to go as well? ;)
March 8, 200817 yr I hope the roof can handle the 15 inches of snow. Someone better be up there taking the weight off.
March 8, 200817 yr I hope the roof can handle the 15 inches of snow. Someone better be up there taking the weight off. Honey this company started in Sweden. I would hope they know snow better than we do, to say nothing about furniture.
March 8, 200817 yr You win a "Quote!" "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 9, 200817 yr Just some questions to anyone who really knows. What would you compare Ikea furniture to that we around here in SW Ohio would have prior experience with, quality-wise? Is Ikea furniture anything like Sauder particle board furniture, or is it similar to maybe the near business grade furniture that is made for stores like Staples (like the "Bush" brand office furniture)? It sounds like it's going to be a fun store to investigate when it finally opens, but I wonder about the durability of assemble it yourself stuff. When I hear "DIY assembly", I then immediately think "particle board", then I think "stuff where the assembly pins break through the veneer surface when it is flexed the wrong way during transportation." And I also think of delicate plastic veneer finishes that you can't doctor if they get scratched.
March 9, 200817 yr Some of it is Sauder quality-mostly particle board, but they also have real wood pieces and metal and plastic. They have so much it is hard to generalize. The cheap stuff is cheap.
March 9, 200817 yr On the whole, even their more affordable particle/laminate stuff is superior to Sauder and Bush. Better engineering. Better craftsmanship. Generally, it's the sort of furniture you don't want to move too many times, but I've moved several pieces (bookshelves, dressers, shelving units) interstate once with no noticeable loss in quality.
March 9, 200817 yr I bought some nice bookcases/cabinets and a cheap ($59) entertainment cabinet from Ikea when I lived in Alexandria, Va. in the early 1990's. I've moved and reassembled them twice since then. The entertainment cabinet probably won't be able to be reassembled a third time. The bookcases will probably outlive me. One of the things I liked about their furniture is the relatively small scale. It's nice if you have small rooms (as they probably do in Sweden.) Just visited a newly open Ashley furniture out here, and noticed just the opposite: very large scaled. It stuck us that at the price and quality they had, their market would be young families who would tend to have smaller homes. Seems like a poor business plan.
March 9, 200817 yr As much as many of you have an abiding dislike for the suburbs and big box retailers, I'm surprised so many of you are so excited about this project. I find that interesting and would like to hear more about that...
March 9, 200817 yr It's a regional draw and it's high status considering the merchandise is imported and the stores are somewhat still rare in the United States. Ikea furniture is much more desirable than a 12 dollar pair of jeans at Walmart. I wouldn't want Ikea moving into Cincinnati city limits, unless they put it somewhere like Queensgate. You see what happend to Oakley, thanks to Vandercar.
March 9, 200817 yr And as stated several times along the course of the thread, Ikea furniture tends to be better-scaled to smaller urban spaces. Also, meatballs.
March 9, 200817 yr West Chester 75 spawned Ikea Boom germinated when a farmer wanted to move BY MIKE BOYER | [email protected] WEST CHESTER TWP. - The thousands of shoppers expected to flock to Ikea's first Ohio store off Union Centre Boulevard this week owe a debt of gratitude to a little-known group of local entrepreneurs. West Chester 75 Inc., created more than 20 years ago by a handful of local businessmen, assembled the 300 acres of farmland along Interstate 75 and teamed with West Chester-based Schumacher Dugan Construction Inc. to develop the nucleus of the growing Union Centre business district. In the decade since the Union Centre interchange opened, it has fueled more than 17,000 new jobs and $1.5 billion in new investment, according to West Chester Township officials. The interchange also has been an important engine for the township's growth. Over the last decade, the township has seen $1.9 billion in new investment and more than 30 million square feet of new construction. West Chester, one of Ohio's fastest-growing townships, is now home to more than 3,000 businesses employing 50,000.
March 9, 200817 yr The furniture is scaled for smaller living environments. Their showrooms are usually on the main floor where they show you what the environments would look like with their furniture included, nothing revolutionary. However, the quality isn't at all bad however it's not the type of solid maple, oak that'll last a few generations. I would look at their furniture as good for 10 years. The swedish meatballs are okay but I've never really been a fan of them in the first place as I try to lay low on the pork.
March 10, 200817 yr Ikea has the Euro-urban vibe as well. At least it's at Union Centre as opposed to Tylersville or Monroe which is uber-sprawl.
March 10, 200817 yr Ok, thanks for the comments about Ikea's furniture. I get the general idea. The mass market American particle board cabinet brands like Sauder try to do knockoffs of "real" wood furniture and it winds up looking pretty chintzy. Sauder type stuff almost seems to be one notch above mock ups that you'd use on a stage. :) It sounds like Ikea goes in a different direction entirely with unique designs. Our house is small, too - the idea of furniture that fits small spaces well is interesting.
March 10, 200817 yr All the free press this place has been getting is amazing. Go back to page 5 or 6, I had never heard of this place, I thought it was a computer company or something. I can't believe how excited people are about furniture. Someone needs to make a big box store full of nothing but motorcycles, guitars, amps, and guns. In the back corner there could be a tattoo parlor, maybe a batting cage, and a mechanical bull that's always broken down. They'd park an old tank near the entrance that the kids could climb on while you shop. On a center stage there would be a house band playing ZZ Top, David Allen Coe, and Merle Haggard. Last week I scored some shelving sitting out on the sidewalk on E. 8th downtown. My car was conveniently parked 10 feet away. Reminds me of the time I was walking down Mill St. in Athens and saw a big box sitting out by the street full of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, maybe 16 boxes of it. It was about a year expired but it still tasted great.
March 10, 200817 yr Someone needs to make a big box store full of nothing but motorcycles, guitars, amps, and guns. In the back corner there could be a tattoo parlor, maybe a batting cage, and a mechanical bull that's always broken down There is one of those up the road, it's called Traders World, you know right next store to Butter Jesus.
March 10, 200817 yr Jake why would people go to a store like that when we already have flea markets? The only difference is the motorcycles are in the parking lots. LOL I regret throwing so much out when I moved. Really nice fixtures. I had these really cool Panama Jack shelve-stand things I sat next to the dumpster. I walk back and get in my car, looked behind me and saw someone go grab them right away. I said faauuuuuk!!!! You know you threw something really valuable out, when that happens. I should have walked back there and said umm, no, give it back, I changed my mind.
March 10, 200817 yr CiN Weekly Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Day one: Grand opening events and restrictions TABARI MCCOY | CIN WEEKLY Ikea allows customers to camp out 48 hours before the opening of a new location. While the company has announced there will be no giveaways for the first, second and third customers in line as has occurred in the past, it has promised "something special for everyone on opening morning." Here's everything else you'll need to know about the grand opening of Ikea West Chester. OPENING FESTIVITIES Live entertainment begins at 6 a.m. Wednesday, March 12. The American, Swedish and Ohio flags will be raised and followed by the singing of the national anthems of the United States and Sweden. Ikea West Chester manager Lonnie Rodgers II will then make remarks before a traditional Swedish log-sawing ceremony (thought to bring good luck to a new home and all its future guests) takes place right before the doors open. MORE: http://cinweekly.cincinnati.com/
March 10, 200817 yr Ikea has the Euro-urban vibe as well. At least it's at Union Centre as opposed to Tylersville or Monroe which is uber-sprawl. While Tylersville has its own share of sprawl, it is naive to think that Union Centre isn't worse or at least on the same level. Remember the Tylersville exchange is older then the Union Centre exchange and includes bike paths and sidewalks straddling it with a large parcel of park land at the former Voice of America. Plus it has an older housing stock that tends to have a grid layout street system although many still of the subdivisions still dump to the main artery. Again, Tylersville is suburban sprawl but it is not nearly as bad as that mess at Union Centre.
March 10, 200817 yr Who the hell camps out at a furniture store? You must have absolutely no life if you do that sort of thing, especially on a WEEKDAY.
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