Today Jenny and I dropped Brenden off and trekked up to IKEA in Frisco. IKEA is a Swedish furniture store that sells well-made, modern furniture at VERY low prices. The store is HUGE, and you can only find three of them in Texas. Pretty much every type of home furnishing is there, from silverware to kitchen cabinets. IKEA keeps its costs low through high volume, efficient operations, creativity, and lack of pushy commission-oriented salespeople like you’ll find at most furniture stores. But it’s not a Wal-Mart experience, either. Shopping there is very comfortable, well-designed, easy, and – dare I say – FUN. While there you can enjoy a reasonably priced and tasty meal that can include delicious Swedish meatballs or traditional American food such as chicken caesar salads or spaghetti.

Almost our entire bedroom came from IKEA. We have a mental list of many more things we would love to get there if the budget allowed, including decorations and an entertainment center. Thanks to today’s trip, Newbie’s new bedroom is all IKEA except for the mattress. We chose white furniture to go with his airplane theme. I’ll post pics after we get everything assembled, probably sometime this weekend.