IKEA: No longer the best place on Earth

Well to be honest, I hadn't liked the place for a while, but that's besides the point.  It's where we decided to go to get cabinets! and a light! and butcher board countertops on the cheap for our laundry room re-do.

Shopping list made, and we were off to IKEA. 

So...don't go to IKEA on a Saturday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.  It's just a really really bad idea.

And also, for my Canadian friends, the Atlanta IKEA is about 3 times as big as the Calgary/Edmonton/Vancouver IKEAs.  5 floors.  IN.SANE.

We were there for th cabinets from our inspiration moodboard:

as well as uber reasonable butcher block and to peruse the lighting section (Hubs is not sold on the light above).

Through the mass of people we went, marginally successful in keeping our sanity, we reach the kitchen department.

Cabinets: Sold Out
2nd choice of Cabinets: Back Ordered
3rd Choice of Cabinets: A bit blah in person
Countertop: Sold Out
Cabinet Pulls: Success!
Light: Not what we expected

BOO. 

So a 45 min drive, 30 min parking adventure and 30 min store-navigation-nightmare (and even I know all the little shortcuts) and we are back at square one.

But the baseball game was good!

Now we are thinking either ONLY shelves, or getting discounted cabinets somewhere else.  *sigh.  Though, perhaps with the money we save we can splurge on a nicer lighting fixture?

Forgot to mention we did check the shipping cost when we got home.  It's more than the cost of 1.5 cabinets.  Grr.