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For many, shopping at Ikea is a rite of passage. Sign the lease on your first apartment, buy a bed at the Swedish megastore, then feel a sense of pride after assembling your piece of furniture.

furnishing the van with Ikea furniture for less than $1,000. Grace documented the creation of the van ⁠- which she and her husband named "Flippie" ⁠- on her blog, The Sweet Savory Life.

“The older Ikea items are really well-made furniture which could last for the next 50 years or even longer,” Lisa says. Resellers like the van Steenbergen sisters say newer pieces can hold up ...