We've taken some time off to do some work on the nursery, including shopping for some of the key items. So after a really successful start to the day we headed off to ikea, shopping list in hand.
Today's main purchases were the malm three drawer dressers and lack shelves to go above, in white. However we noticed a small sign on the display dresser which outlined that ikea currently stock two versions of white, the newer one being much fresher and brighter than the older version. Great, nice bright white furniture exactly what we wanted! However, when we came to load our goodies on to the flat bed trolley there were obvious differences in the finishes of the malm dressers and the lack shelves. One in lovely pristine white, the other a mucky nicotine stained colour in comparison. When hubby asked for advice we were told that the stores were gradually moving to the new white as stock of the older version decreased. Aaaargh! There was no way that we could get the mismatching items, so we bought the dressers and put the shelves back ... back to the drawing board on that one! It just seems silly to me to have a product labelled white which obviously isn't ... and as so many people mix and match from ikea I'm sure we'll not be the first to come across the issue. Of course my hormones don't help, a mini strop soon followed and we spent the rest of the day looking for alternatives!
And another thing ... they seem to have stopped selling my favourite light (and the one I was planning on getting for the nursery) in our local store. It's on the website but you can't buy online ... grrr!!
Rant over!
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