Ikea vs Habitat

I love Ikea, it also drives me quite mad. I’m sure I’m not the only one who on the one hand loves the huge range of products in all different price ranges – but on the other hates to have to travel so far to get there, and risks the very things I went there for being out of stock (oh, and trying to fit it all in the car is another one….)

I really like Habitat too, although sometimes the ranges are a bit too out there for my liking (I reckon they’ll look dated pretty quickly) and in comparison with Ikea they are always more expensive.

Today though I went into Habitat to look for something I’ve been after for a while, and I was genuinely surprised to find exactly what I’d been looking for, at a pretty good price. If I factor in the price of fuel getting to Ikea and the hassle aspect I don’t think the inferior offering there would be worth it. Whereas Habitat’s offering was solid wood, and gorgeous!

So. I still love/hate Ikea. I like Habitat even better than before. And I’m happy to have found exactly what I had been looking for 15 minutes drive away. Hmmmmmm. I think that only after having a lifetime’s shopping in both the stores I’ll have really figured out which is best overall!