"They bought everything from pencils to cars to electronics to Ikea furniture," Bout said.

The look of our office is very spartan-we've got a few cubicle units and some Ikea furniture to fill the space.

Forget the trend toward simplifying your life through PayPal and Ikea furniture.

Groups of homes, in fact - housing developments built according to the same principles that guide the design of Ikea furniture.

Style on par with Ikea furniture.

"We'll take it out of the Ikea furniture at Rod's house."

The chairs could be mass-produced by unskilled workers and disassembled to save space during transportation, an idea similar to flat pack Ikea furniture.

The 30-second spot was for Ikea furniture, and it began airing in four cities Wednesday night.

"Ikea furniture is thrown together," he said.

The weight method would have made duties on Ikea furniture so high that it would be impossible to sell at the company's low prices.