Hopefully America’s early missile detection systems are in working order I want to get to IKEA before my fellow survivors finish all the meatballs.Set up a toilet in a separate area of the shelter. They have food and comfortable seating, and-when it comes time to rebuild society-there are more than enough hexagonal wrenches inside those walls to take on the job. That, my friends, is an IKEA showroom and warehouse.īiting into my mashed potatoes, it became clear that, while building a fallout shelter with IKEA furniture is fine, I’d do much better if I just happened to be inside an IKEA during a nuclear attack. Ideally, you’d want to be in a windowless, sturdy structure, one that is sealed off from the outside world and can sustain you for at least 48 hours. It got me thinking about what I had learned regarding fallout shelters. In the cafeteria, I ordered Swedish meatballs, and as I sat down to think about the feasibility of my IKEA bunker, a soft, almost sultry cover of Roxy Music’s “ More Than This” played overhead.

And I certainly wouldn't have the post-apocalyptic kick-around cash I'd hoped. I value my life, but five grand is a lot of krona. YPPERLIG vase for toilet (brown): $19.99 (x2) = $39.98īITTERGURKA hanging herb garden planter: $9.99 MINNESUND mattresses for Murphy beds: $89.00 (x2) = $178 Hundreds of IKEA catalogs to fill bookcases: FREE PAX wide wardrobe frame: $100 (x5) = $500 PAX narrow Wardrobe Frame: $90 (x1) = $90 MARNARDAL wardrobe doors (with hinges) floral pattern: $80 (x11) = $880 FÄRGMÅRA pillowcases: $2.49 (x32) = $79.6 HIMALAYAMIX potted plant (for dirt): $2.99 (x96) = $287.04 KARLBY countertops for roof: $269 (x5) = $1345.00 MORGEDAL mattresses for roof insulation: $299 (x2) = $598 Just how much would this IKEA shelter set me back? With teeny golf pencil in hand, I took inventory. IKEA also sells hanging herb gardens, which means, in the event of a civilization-altering nuclear attack, I could be eating seasoned food. Near the cash registers were bottles of water, winter fruit drinks, and various snacks-including jars of delicious-looking lingonberry jam.

IKEA is an astonishing place, and it soon became evident that, not only would I be able to build a fallout shelter with materials obtained there, I could also sufficiently stock my rations with IKEA products.

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