{"id":78369,"date":"2018-01-29T21:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/meatball-mania-the-top-10-ikea-products-of-all-time-rated\/"},"modified":"2018-01-29T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:03:07","slug":"meatball-mania-the-top-10-ikea-products-of-all-time-rated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/meatball-mania-the-top-10-ikea-products-of-all-time-rated\/","title":{"rendered":"Meatball mania: the top 10 Ikea products of all time \u2013 rated"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIn 1987, Ikea hit Britain and changed its homes for ever. As founder Ingvar Kamprad dies, we look at how his domestic stagecraft sparked a revolution \u2013 and assess the top sellersThree decades after Ikea first arrived in the UK, urging its population to chuck out their chintz, there are now few homes left without a birch veneered side table, a blue plastic laundry bag, or a shaky shelving system. Ingvar Kamprad, the Swedish company\u2019s founder who has died at the age of 91, leaves behind not only a planet covered in blonde-wood bookcases and allen key-assembled chairs, but also one with a completely different attitude to furniture and shopping.When the first customers were welcomed into a sprawling blue warehouse in Warrington in 1987, handed a stubby pencil and left to roam its assembled worlds, it was a retail experience like no other. Ikea\u2019s winning formula was to lead you through curated rooms \u2013 thereby suggesting other things you might not have realised you wanted (and probably didn\u2019t) \u2013 before allowing you into a \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d warehouse of cardboard boxes piled high. This cleverly fused domestic stagecraft with the feel of a discount, no-frills cash-and-carry, leaving shoppers in no doubt that they were getting a bargain. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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