Property News · June 20, 2016

Billy bookcases and the ​definitive meatball – inside the new Ikea museum


The Swedish flatpack goliath has launched a permanent exhibition celebrating its history. What does it say about the evolution of our homes?There is no mistaking the Ikea Museum. The room sets for each decade are arranged inside giant cardboard boxes. One glass cabinet is dedicated to a single meatball on a fork. Another displays a humble Allen key, giver of life to flat-pack furniture. The museum, housed on the site of the chain’s first store in Älmhult, in southern Sweden, is a celebration of everything Ikea. Even the original concrete floor, scuffed and scarred, proves Ikea’s work ethic, economy and longevity, according to our tour guide. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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