for about $1000

For about a grand at Ikea, you can buy:

• Mysinge couch in Indigo Brown ($400)
  
• Poang armchair with matching footrest in Natural White and Birch finish ($120)
  
• Mikael computer desk, with glass top and matching CPU stand in Birch finish ($100)
  
• Norden solid wood dining table, in Birch finish with 4 Herman chairs ($160)
  
• Bankesta coffee table with pull out side drawers in Birch finish ($100)
  
• Billy 7ft. tall bookcase in Birch finish ($80)
  
• Matching set of furniture so that my new apartment doen't look like I bought everything from disparate garage sales (priceless)

I can't believe I actually bought mactching furniture for my apartment for $1k. Now for the fun part: assembling everything with pictoral instructions that are ridiculously difficult to understand. Time to take out the power tools.