what if you lived at ikea?

so my wife sent me on a side trip to ikea this weekend. my friends and i started asking ourselves- what if you lived in ikea? well take a look…

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天朝屁民 - February 19, 2012 - 2:41 am

真的非常有创意,多谢这些好照片哈哈

monica - February 17, 2012 - 9:50 am

love it…hahaha …made me laugh right out loud…love you standing on the stool to reach the top shelf….hahahaha thanks for the morning laugh

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[...] Photographer CHRISTIAN GIDEON recently shot a fantastic photo essay called “What if you lived at IKEA?” after being sent by his wife to a local IKEA store. If you know me, you know my first job (lovingly) instilled more IKEA knowledge in my head than I know what to do with. So finding this made me literally laugh out loud while wondering how no one had thought of this before. It was hard to select just four shots, so I encourage you to check out the full series on Christian’s BLOG. [...]

Roberto - December 19, 2011 - 12:48 pm

such a cute couple!

[...] Christian Gideon’un  ”What if you lived at Ikea”  isimli eğlenceli projesinden bahsetmek istiyorum size.  Öncelikle projenin yaratıcısı Gideon’un tam bir fotoğraf tutkunu olduğunu söylemek gerek. Neredeyse bütün zamanını fotoğraf çekerek geçiriyor. Aslında düğün fotoğrafları konusunda uzman olan Gideon bu projeyi eşiyle haftasonları yaptıkları rutin Ikea gezilerinden sonra arkadaşlarının “Ikea’da yaşamak nasıl?” esprisi sonunda akıl etmiş. Sonuç olarak da ortaya bu eğlenceli ve bir o kadar da samimi proje çıkmış.  Ama sanırım asıl eğlenceyi fotoğraflarda kullandığı aktörlerin sanatçının yakın arkadaşları oluşu desteklemiş.  Bu samimi  karelerin  Joseph Gordon-Levitt ve Zooey Deschanel’in  ”500 Days of Summer” filminde mağazada yaşıyor gibi yaptıkları sahneleri anımsattığı da proje hakkında söylenenler arasında. ♣ Christian Gideon Photography [...]

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Cyndi Terry - November 12, 2011 - 6:07 am

Flippen Hilarious!! i could not stop myself laughing out loud!!

Jesse - October 2, 2011 - 8:51 am

I love IKEA. The store set-up is almost asking for people to play “house”….and by people I mean children, but no worries I’ve done it too. :)
ps- I survived warrior dash too!

LMAO - August 30, 2011 - 11:30 pm

You guys are really in touch with your domestic side. Some photos looked like scenes from Laverne and Shirley. Keep up the great work. LMAO!

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Carlita - July 16, 2011 - 9:24 pm

This seriously cracked me up…..and totally reminded me of Unhappy Hipsters

Mohsin Fancy - Graphic Designer - July 15, 2011 - 9:26 pm

Interesting work.. nicly Capture

zohaib zulfiqar - July 8, 2011 - 9:55 pm

I love our photography..keep it up

zohaib zulfiqar - July 8, 2011 - 9:43 pm

lovely work and great photography.. Thanks

zmkongkong - July 6, 2011 - 5:19 am

so cool ,i love it.

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Mainual - June 17, 2011 - 3:34 am

Funny post, love it, you make my day

Jennifer - June 8, 2011 - 1:30 pm

I’ve frequently wondered this as I’ve walked through IKEA. I wouldn’t have the guts to do this though… kudos to you guys!

Kith - June 3, 2011 - 1:30 pm

Your idea is really great!
Unfortunately, it might be plagiarized by some people!!!!!!!! Please Check this out– http://www.wretch.cc/blog/kgbtonton/16841

Lisa Dainton - May 31, 2011 - 8:46 pm

If you were a bachelor…

ANNIKA - May 31, 2011 - 9:03 am

GREAT! the range I develop is coming to good use!

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Maureen - May 23, 2011 - 6:03 am

I think you did a great job with these photo’s! Hilarious!
I made a little post today in my blog with a link to your post, more people should see this. Take care,
Maureen

Happy Homemaker UK - May 23, 2011 - 6:00 am

Just hilarious! XOL

Denise - May 22, 2011 - 9:10 am

Hahaha! You guys are hilarious! I love the sneaky look on the striped-shirt guy’s face when he’s getting (what looks like) a pen!

Nicolas Meyer - May 21, 2011 - 11:39 pm

love it…. the price tags would kinda get annoying after while…. specially on the towels!

Mika - May 21, 2011 - 9:22 pm

I laughed my ass off. That’s a great series.

Birgit - May 20, 2011 - 6:10 am

This really is a cool series! You guys do have a great sense of humor.

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Hoffmann - May 13, 2011 - 7:39 pm

hahah, this is great. thank you for taking the time to make this.

Slytherella - May 13, 2011 - 1:53 pm

Holy brilliance, Batman! This was great. I love Ikea. :)

magda627 - May 13, 2011 - 12:31 pm

loloolololol I love it !!!!!!!! Living at Ikea is my dream !!! I love your blog ! Thanks for sharing !!

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Anonymous - May 10, 2011 - 9:08 am

Awesome shoot!!!

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Other Bridget - May 10, 2011 - 3:56 am

I loved this! I also see that one of you did the Warrior Dash. Awesome.

Melissa Zimmerman - May 10, 2011 - 2:44 am

Love it. It made me homesick. I can’tt wait until we move back to the lower 48. I miss my IKEA so very much.

Lilith_de - May 10, 2011 - 2:12 am

Very very great idea! I think You are the only men I know, living in an IKEA store voluntarily.
I linked the pictures on http://www.hej-community.de to let all german IKEA fans see your great pictures!

Garmin Argentina - May 9, 2011 - 11:05 pm

ME ENCANTO, I LOVED IT :D

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cara - May 9, 2011 - 8:48 am

This is fabulous! Love it!

Maria - May 9, 2011 - 5:29 am

Hi guys,

I work at Ikea of Sweden here in Sweden. This link is being sent around here at our office and everyone think it’s hysterical :)

Greetings from Maria in Sweden!

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Chad - May 8, 2011 - 5:28 pm

hysterical guys. hysterical. so funny.

Agnes - May 8, 2011 - 3:23 am

I love these photos!!!!But it will be better if he take off the hat. People doesn’t wear hat at home.

sabina - May 7, 2011 - 10:18 pm

saw your photos on IKEA hacker, so funny. you guys are clever.

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busma - May 7, 2011 - 10:31 am

this is SO funny!! I really love this

Bogdan Klimowicz - May 7, 2011 - 8:53 am

@christiangideonphotography H-O-M-E S-W-E-E-T H-O-M-E http://twitpic.com/4ujxaf #ikea #response #funny #whatifyoulivedatikea

Kristie - May 6, 2011 - 5:14 pm

“Darling, I don’t know how to tell you this, but…there’s a Chinese family in our bathroom.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn9b5x1q1BM

LOVE this photoshoot :D

Mark Wehrwein - May 6, 2011 - 4:15 pm

Hysterical!!! And I thought I was the only one that liked to play in the Ikea Kitchens! My question is, which Ikea were the photo’s taken at? Mine is so busy you can never get into a room alone much less a kitchen or shower!

Cole - May 6, 2011 - 3:36 pm

What, no Swedish meatballs for lunch? You clearly were not there on a rainy weekend – our IKEA gets *mobbed!*

This was such a great idea – and terrific pictures! :)

srqpix - May 6, 2011 - 1:58 pm

I really like this. I’ve always wanted to live in a retail outlet of some sort and I admire you guys for doing it.

chad - May 6, 2011 - 1:50 pm

i go gaga for ikea…

Henry Juliao - May 6, 2011 - 1:32 pm

Quick question and completely irrelevant.
How did you get that “retro” look on your pictures?

Lora - May 6, 2011 - 11:39 am

So funny! On rainy days, my preschooler and I go to Ikea to play house. So much better than playing house at home.

Orlando Wedding Videogrpaher - May 6, 2011 - 11:25 am

Seriously funny.

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Zzonyx - May 6, 2011 - 8:41 am

Well done, IKEA…

homestilo - May 6, 2011 - 8:36 am

Oh so funny. You guys did a great job with this.

Vivir en Ikea - May 6, 2011 - 3:01 am

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si.tukang.nyampah - May 6, 2011 - 12:53 am

It’s awesome!!!! I like this…LOVE…LOVE…LOVE. I hope you don’t mind if I shared this in my blog :D

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[...] really wish I lived inside their showroom….and THESE GUYS DID IT!!! Holy s*it…I envy you guys for having the guts, LOL. I always wanted to make this kind of [...]

Mia - May 5, 2011 - 9:06 pm

Very cute!

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Diana - May 5, 2011 - 7:43 pm

This is so many levels of awesomeness!!!

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Kristy - May 5, 2011 - 3:53 pm

hilarious!!! Thanks for the laugh….

mamarose - May 5, 2011 - 3:34 pm

LOL – great idea – would love to have seen other customers’ faces at the dude in the bed – too funny !

moriah - May 5, 2011 - 3:13 pm

you guys are nuts – and pretty darn funny

Ana - May 5, 2011 - 3:09 pm

This is HILARIOUS! I thought you would find the soap opera “Ikea heights” (shot entirely at an IKEA store) very amusing too: http://www.vimeo.com/4921692

Gabriele - May 5, 2011 - 2:32 pm

Awesome! great project. Nice idea. Love it. You guys are fun!

Catarina ford - May 5, 2011 - 2:05 pm

Ok so now I figured out who stole my lunch!!!!
Next time though.. let the toilet seat down after yerself please.

Amanda @ Heart Tree Home - May 5, 2011 - 1:58 pm

hilarious! great work!

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annie - May 4, 2011 - 11:27 pm

I loved this! I have always wanted to “live in Ikea”!

marcela - May 4, 2011 - 9:25 pm

OMG this is awesome! i always wanted to do this!

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Melissa - May 3, 2011 - 5:15 pm

Hilarious!

[...] for more photos [...]

Julie Congo - May 2, 2011 - 7:21 pm

I’ve been working on a similar series of Showroom Self-Portraits for about a year.
juliecongo.wordpress.com

Anthony Lewis - May 2, 2011 - 4:40 pm

Love it!

Di - May 2, 2011 - 3:13 pm

You so totally had me falling off my chair laughing as I lay on my floor. I think you should do Wal-Mart or Target next.

Di

Katrina Brooks - May 2, 2011 - 12:39 pm

This is absolutely creative genius. I love it!!

Tracy - May 2, 2011 - 12:00 pm

you sir are hysterical!

Steph - May 2, 2011 - 7:00 am

Well, living in Shanghai, this is normal.
The locals treat IKEA like a western immersive experience, inhabiting the dioramas, like these guys, but mum, dad, gran, granpa and the kid are all living it large just before the 20 cent hotdog and 20 cent bottomless cup of fizzy drink.
A Shanghiese trip to Luna Park.
It is life in IKEA China.
Great work guys.

TheRachelS - May 1, 2011 - 6:51 pm

This is hilarious! Love it.

Cecily at "If This Is It..." - May 1, 2011 - 2:38 pm

Three guys with a seriously great sense of humor!

[...] Anyway yesterday after giving tuition in the morning and heading down to MJchoir to watch them sing, i met the PGC at IKEA for the shoot we’ve been wanting to do for quite some time. It’s modelled after an IKEA themed shoot we saw online but we’re not as…. uh. Focused. You can see our inspiration here. [...]

tara - April 30, 2011 - 11:36 am

hahah, what a great idea! the bathroom pictures are especially funny.

Amanda - April 30, 2011 - 10:21 am

Absolutely hilarious. Love these photos! Nice work ;)

Justine - April 30, 2011 - 8:48 am

So funny!!!

nina - April 30, 2011 - 3:48 am

genius!! absolutely genius!!

Garden Party - April 29, 2011 - 9:40 pm

This is an amusing take on what appears to be a suddenly popular idea.
I recently read about this artist also using Ikea -

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37305/shopping-for-transcendence-at-ikea-photographer-guillaume-janots-uncanny-scenes-from-beijings-megastore/

katy {of} katy loves. - April 29, 2011 - 9:34 pm

This is seriously fantastic. Just..awesome!

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Heather - April 29, 2011 - 6:23 pm

I’m going to ikea tonight with my hunny…. i’m sure he’ll attempt at least 3 of these scenes! lol! I love it!

Kristina - April 29, 2011 - 8:25 am

what a fun idea and cool pictures!! loving it!

Kiwifraiz - April 29, 2011 - 4:08 am

Génial! J’adore! Nous en avons tous rêvé et vous l’avez fait, bravo ; )

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Kirsten - April 28, 2011 - 8:48 pm

This LITERALLY made me LOL.. awesome!

windowintome - April 28, 2011 - 7:46 pm

I just LOVED this!! Thanks for sharing….makes me feel like goin to Ikea <3

sarah - April 28, 2011 - 1:06 pm

yea i have always wanted to do it as well. but somehow i dont think it would be half as funny for someone like myself doing it. the photos are tooooo funny

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Hail Tree - April 28, 2011 - 3:01 am

Great set!!! My friends did this stuff in Ikea Hongkong, though tamer:D it was a lot of fun though!

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amy - April 27, 2011 - 12:20 pm

Love it!! I’ve often thought of living at Ikea… after hours of course… figured I’d get sick of hot dogs though :)

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ms. eggplant - April 27, 2011 - 5:57 am

had so much fun looking thru these photos! great job, hilarious :)

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liset - April 27, 2011 - 4:46 am

SOOOOOO funny! Love it!

Leigh-Ann - April 27, 2011 - 12:18 am

Aubrey sent me this link, so awesome!! you guys REALLY got into it– which made it more than perfect! red shirt guy’s a babe.

mike - April 26, 2011 - 11:03 pm

AMAZING!!! this is really great. love the surprise look on the shower pix. absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!

[...] Living in Ikea would be a lot like living at home, except the furniture is already built so there’s none of those tiny wrenches and missing screw stuff to deal with. Oh yeah, there’s also the fact that they seem to think people can live totally comfortably in under 400 square feet of space with minimalist household tools. Would it work? Is it comfortable? That’s the theme behind Christian Gideon’s latest set of photos, “What if you lived at Ikea?” [...]

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Mem - April 26, 2011 - 4:49 pm

haha it’s amazing! good work Christian!

ten on tuesday << Life With Ephram - April 26, 2011 - 11:14 am

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Wie ein Leben im IKEA aussehen würde - April 26, 2011 - 4:36 am

[...] Genau diese Gedanken spielen sich jmir edes Mal im Kopf ab, wenn ich in irgendeiner grossflächigen Möbelhaus-Filiale des schwedischen Inneneinrichtungskonzerns rumlaufe: Wie es wohl wäre, im IKEA zu leben. Der amerikanische Hochzeits- und Portrait-Fotograf Christian Gideon hat sich ebenfalls mit dieser Frage beschäftigt und dokumentiert die Ergebnisse anhand seiner neuen und sehenswerten Foto-Serie “what if you live at ikea“. [...]

住在IKEA | 炖。 - April 26, 2011 - 2:11 am

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My Beautiful Life - April 25, 2011 - 5:16 pm

Just finished up looking at a sample of your fine art photos on smug mug. Gorgeous photos, Christian. Really lovely-ethereal, dreamlike, and painter-ly…(specifically the countryside series). Your wife must have your walls covered in your prints.

My Beautiful Life - April 25, 2011 - 5:11 pm

Pretty hysterical, Christian. Thanks for the smile.

Kate Pizzo - April 25, 2011 - 12:44 pm

This rocks! Made me laugh…

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Jaws - April 25, 2011 - 5:10 am
irene boucher - April 23, 2011 - 10:22 pm

That’s TERRIFIC!!! Hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!! Real good idea: Im going to do as you next week-end in Toulouse’s IKEA. Now tell us: what’s the next store?

MummyinProvence - April 23, 2011 - 4:26 pm

Beautiful, hilarious, beautiful and hilarious!

I LOVE IT!

solovelydecoration - April 23, 2011 - 2:26 pm

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aahahahahhaahahah!
génial!
great!
i love that!
happy easter!
sophie :^)

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Simone - April 23, 2011 - 3:40 am

Absolutely brilliant! I Will never look at Ikea the same way!

Lisa - April 22, 2011 - 8:53 pm

That cracked me up! Very clever boys!

Design Crush » Happy {Easter} Weekend - April 22, 2011 - 3:01 pm

[...] plates are brilliant 04.  a map of London’s Underground made from string 05. Helveticons 06. what if you lived at IKEA? 07.  loving this literary ad campaign 08.  not a mayonnaise fan, but make it flavored and in [...]

cassy - April 22, 2011 - 1:36 pm

HAHAHA I love this!! So clever!

Teaya - April 22, 2011 - 11:00 am

Love, love, love it!! They should hire you for the new catalog! ; )

Sandra - April 22, 2011 - 9:58 am

HILARIOUS!!! ;P

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Wietske - April 22, 2011 - 8:00 am

Absolutely brilliant! This just made my day. Like many more, this makes me wanna do the same. Lol, you just might have started a trend! :D

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Jessica Define - April 21, 2011 - 12:00 pm

this was awesome, especially entertaining. I wanna do it.

Maureen - April 21, 2011 - 7:14 am

Hi Christian,

I just found your blog and website, it all looks great!
Love your About me piece, very original.
You and your friends at Ikea is hilarious, you made me laugh outloud! Great job!
Have a good Easter,
Maureen

Harle - April 20, 2011 - 11:53 pm

So natural! Love them! :D

Elizabeth van der Bij - April 20, 2011 - 11:39 pm

So much fun! What a great set!

Trish - April 20, 2011 - 10:22 pm

Not so far from the truth … in the Beijing Ikea, people really do sleep in the beds and put their kids down for naps in the cribs. It’s fun just to go people watch there.

[...] What if you lived at IKEA? Haha – very cute. Very boy-in-IKEA. [...]

Britni Williams - April 20, 2011 - 6:01 pm

This is absolutely awesome. Looks like you guys had a good time! I’m always game for these types of shenanigans. :)

paris - April 20, 2011 - 5:40 pm

This is just way too RAD and over the top CREATIVE idea! Awesome!!!!

Sherri Paxton - April 20, 2011 - 5:21 pm

That’s hilarious. I would have loved to have seen the looks on the faces of the people around you!

Jane Newey - April 20, 2011 - 5:08 pm

hahaha this is funny, i feel like this is my life! (i work at IKEA full time).

excellent pics, reminds me of the IKEA scenes in 500 days of summer :) .

love them!

Jessica - April 20, 2011 - 5:05 pm

OMG! that’s hilarious! love it!

Manuela - April 20, 2011 - 4:14 pm

Love it! Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to go to my local IKEA and start getting comfortable and take pictures with friends. Maybe even have a party!!!

Amanda Chajes - April 20, 2011 - 1:11 pm

This gets better every time I look at it.

living at IKEA | Shannon Patrick Designs - April 20, 2011 - 12:41 pm

[...] Photographer CHRISTIAN GIDEON recently shot a fantastic photo series after being sent by his wife to a local IKEA store. If you know me, you know my first job (lovingly) instilled more IKEA knowledge in my head than I know what to do with. So finding this made me literally laugh out loud while wondering how no one had thought of this before. It was hard to select just a four shots, so I encourage you to check out the full series on Christian’s BLOG. [...]

Kate Mag - April 20, 2011 - 12:17 pm

I wonder, how did you passed security to take all those pictures?
Hilarious and love it!

Ruth - April 20, 2011 - 12:10 pm

hilarious! i love how candid these shots feel.

Megan - April 20, 2011 - 9:25 am

I think the best is that your are shirtless in the shower photos :) Did the workers at Ikea catch on? I can imagine you guys running around like wild men in there!

[...] Το σπιτόσκυλο δεν ξέρει αν αυτοί οι τύποι όντως έζησαν σε μαγαζί ΙΚΕΑ, ή αν απλά έβγαλαν τις φωτογραφίες, αλλά όπως και να ‘χει είναι ένα προτζεκτάκι που έχει πλάκα. Δες όλες τις εικόνες εδώ. [...]

Detailed KC - April 20, 2011 - 8:43 am

Hilarious!! Haven’t we all wanted to live in Ikea at some point.

Melanie - April 20, 2011 - 8:43 am

Ok, so now I’m scared to send MY husband to Ikea.

Hilarious!

tenina - April 20, 2011 - 8:30 am

You guys are hilarious!

Becky D@KingsDownRoad - April 20, 2011 - 8:20 am

Ha! Perfect!!

Anh Trinh - April 20, 2011 - 8:19 am

Great stuff. I wish I lived in an IKEA…

maisonmutt - April 19, 2011 - 9:29 pm

Absolutely hilarious! I am posting to my FB tonight. My friends & I just love IKEA. This is great!

maisonmutt - April 19, 2011 - 9:22 pm

Absolutely hilarious! I am posting to my FB. Love the bromance. Too funny!

Jorie - April 19, 2011 - 6:28 pm

I love the bromance happening on the couch…very touching.

rich - April 19, 2011 - 1:22 pm

Amazing! Gotta leave it up, lol :) Great stuff.

tisha - April 19, 2011 - 12:56 pm

Too funny! I love it! :-)

Suz - April 19, 2011 - 11:06 am

I work at Ikea, and I feel like live there

Eva Duhon - April 19, 2011 - 10:54 am

I think you should be paid for the commercial you just shot!!! That was great!!!

Matty - April 19, 2011 - 9:45 am

We had an amazing scavenger hunt for my birthday at IKEA

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162591790443264&ap=1

Great pics!

NovemberMond28 - April 19, 2011 - 6:36 am

I LOVE IKEA – I LIVE IN BERLIN / GERMANY

alicen harmon - April 19, 2011 - 6:33 am

I know the answer…. if you lived at IKEA, you’d be the luckiest person in the WORLD!

Serena {Pretty Fluffy} - April 19, 2011 - 2:26 am

HAHAHA – this is too funny. These guys actually manage to make going to IKEA fun?? Well done!!! :)

Connie - April 19, 2011 - 12:20 am

This is hilarious! I’ve always wanted to move in!

Anastasia Marie - April 18, 2011 - 8:21 pm

I don’t think I’ll ever get over this! Hahahaha!

Jason Burns - April 18, 2011 - 8:13 pm

You have no idea how much I have always wanted to do that in that store. Awesome work!

alison - April 18, 2011 - 6:35 pm

hysterical!

Els - April 18, 2011 - 4:50 pm

Ha ha That is great! Love it! And truthfully, they DO ask for it!

Pamela Fahs - April 18, 2011 - 3:12 pm

love love love this! thank you for the fun!

Lizz @ Leading the Good Life - April 18, 2011 - 2:11 pm

hilarious! i want to go do this now. :)

jenny - April 18, 2011 - 2:00 pm

Haha, super cute!

meagan - April 18, 2011 - 1:42 pm

fricking amazing!!!
meagan, row house nest

Caitlin - April 18, 2011 - 1:29 pm

Hahahaha so good!!!

Krysten - April 18, 2011 - 1:28 pm

Oh my gosh this is HYSTERICAL! So glad I found your blog!

Tara @ trulysimplebits - April 18, 2011 - 1:27 pm

Ok this made me laugh!!! So funny. Good work :) Thanks for making my day

abby - April 18, 2011 - 10:12 am

that’s hysterical!

Brian Furbush - April 18, 2011 - 9:51 am

Really clever shoot – did you guys get permission for any of that? Cracked me up!

Jesse Pafundi - April 18, 2011 - 9:43 am

Freaking hilarious. What a ridiculously awesome idea!

myka braschler - April 17, 2011 - 5:14 pm

I agree with Lauren.. This is hilarious and very clever! Thanks for sharing guys.

Lauren B - April 17, 2011 - 4:37 pm

I think you should submit that to the marketing department.

Bre - April 17, 2011 - 4:17 pm

hahahaha this. is. great. and it’s exactly what a friend of mine and i do whenever we go. people always stare – it’s great! :)

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