<p>My son is an up and coming senior this fall, he will be moving into a house off campus, and will be needing furniture, namely a desk, full bed and frame, and dresser. He is interested in buying these items from Ikea, does anybody have any opinions about this? Also can anybody recommend a place to buy a mattress, reasonably priced? Thanks for any and all replies.</p>
<p>Ikea furniture is ideal for students IMO - very good prices and attractive design. They may not stay nice for many many years as more expensive furniture does, but since college students will usually move again soon, it does not matter. He can then sell the furniture to others on craigslist if he wants. You can buy mattresses at IKEA too.</p>
<p>I’d recommend this desk that we love from Ikea - very sturdy and has lasted much longer than alot of my other Ikea things - it’s the Galant series. [GALANT</a> Desk - birch veneer, A-leg, silver color - IKEA](<a href=“Products - IKEA”>Products - IKEA)</p>
<p>If he’s looking for IKEA furniture, I definitely recommend scouting out Craigslist first. I got a great quality IKEA desk with drawers as well as an awesome chest of drawers for $100 total. Plus it was already assembled. If I had to buy it on my own it would have been closer to $300.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the ideas, not looking forward to moving day, lol, trying to find parking on Atwood to move in is not going to be fun.</p>
<p>Although it is tempting, DO NOT buy one of those roll-up memory foam mattresses from ikea! It was $100 and easy to transport so I bought it about 2 months ago… horrible idea. Spend the money. haha</p>
<p>I scoured the re-sale shops here at home for a couch, chairs, and coffee/end tables. I ordered a nice mattress and box springs from our local Sears because I think a good bed is important; I bought it on sale for $500 including frame, delivery and set-up. I also bought queen size because it was just a tiny bit more than a double and thought she could move it from that apartment to her apartment when she got a job (no job yet:(). Then we got the desk, bookcases, and a bookcase with those baskets to use like drawers at IKEA. She used everything for two years, and she sold most of it on Craig’s List before she left Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>my sophomore son is moving into a house Thursday. I planned on taking him to Ikea Friday. How hard are items like desks, dressers to assemble? Do you need a power drill? Thanks! This nervous mom will be buying extra smoke & CO detectors :)</p>
<p>The furniture sometimes comes with the tools you need to assemble (often just an allen wrench). You don’t need power tools but I would have a hammer and screw drivers available. It’s not too bad to assemble, but make sure you follow the directions and go slow. Many people just “figure it out”, then end up having to take it apart again.<br>
You can download the assembly instructions from each product’s page on the website.</p>
<p>A power drill would make it go faster. We assemble an entire apt. worth of Ikea furniture in about 3 hours but we had 4 people working on it.</p>
<p>My daughter and I assembled her IKEA items. My fingers hurt by the end and the power tool would have helped.</p>