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Five great IKEA buys
Items from IKEA that will actually last.
Published: January 17, 2013
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My Malm four-drawer dresser ($100) has been around since 2003, surviving four years of college and nine moves. Also, the two Lack side tables ($8–15 each) I bought the same year are still going strong—and come in cheerful colors like green and glossy red.—Marissa Conrad, associate Features editor
The best move I ever made was buying an enormous stash of Tekla dish towels (79 cents each). They’re absorbent, resilient and dirt cheap.—Julia Kramer, associate Food & Drink editor
I put together my Billy bookcase ($80) about eight years ago. Because it’s so big, I’ve never wanted to dismantle it to move it, so it first went up and down the staircase of my old place every time I had a yard sale (gotta showcase those books). Last year, it moved to Rogers Park and made it, somehow, all the way up to my attic bedroom.—Web Behrens, associate editor, TOC Kids
The Malm platform bed frame ($200) was identical to just about every platform bed I saw at stores like Room & Board and Stitch, but sold for a fraction of the price. I remember seeing it again and again in homes profiled in Dwell magazine and thinking, If it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me! I bought it in 2001 or 2002 and it still looks like new.—Cheryl Magiera, production director
My Malm four-drawer dresser ($100) has been around since 2003, surviving four years of college and nine moves. Also, the two Lack side tables ($8–15 each) I bought the same year are still going strong—and come in cheerful colors like green and glossy red.—Marissa Conrad, associate Features editor
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