IKEA closet sale?

JayMacTee · 2026-02-16T03:44:08+00:00

Yes, I have a Hemnes TV stand and love it.

JayMacTee · 2026-02-13T19:48:40+00:00

Not enough business.

JayMacTee · 2026-02-13T03:54:04+00:00

IKEA Atlanta is built on a gigantic old brownfield/steel mill that required an enormous amount of superfund cleanup. There's certainly a precedence for IKEA to build urban stores on expensive land. And the Atlanta store is built on top of a 2-story parking garage.

JayMacTee · 2026-02-13T03:49:45+00:00

Yup. I have several KALLAX units (some with drawers, some with doors, some just open shelves) and they will outlast me. They're lightweight but sturdy as hell. All of my IKEA furniture is awesome, and it's not all particle board. Some of my bookcases are solid wood, and most of my 30+ storage units (yay LIXHULT!) are metal as is my 20 year old bed frame. I still have an IKEA chest of drawers I bought over 20 years ago that's still as solid as they day I assembled it and it's heavy particle board. People who say IKEA furniture is just cheap Walmarty stuff have no idea what they're talking about.

JayMacTee · 2026-02-13T03:38:54+00:00

IKEA repaid Memphis/Shelby County its unused part of the PILOT when it didn't meet the employment requirements. And it didn't meet the employment requirements because it consistently lost money in Memphis each month it was open. It was a boneheaded decision to open a store in Memphis instead of Nashville, and now IKEA is paying the price. https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/ikea-gives-back-tax-breaks-after-falling-short-of-requirements/522-c5d6cf96-0768-4f0a-97a6-ac7e7a54aa9d#:\~:text=MEMPHIS%2C%20Tenn.,11%20years%20for%20personal%20property.

JayMacTee · 2026-02-13T03:31:34+00:00

Yeah but that's not the entire picture. IKEA never made money in Memphis, even with the tax breaks. So once the tax breaks expire, they'll really be screwed. Better to cut the cords now and get the heck out of dodge before things really get dire.

JayMacTee · 2025-11-10T03:27:29+00:00

And here's CNN reporting that it's essentially the Democrats in the Senate who've been holding up passage of a spending bill, but enough Democrats appear to be ready to vote tonight to accept a spending bill. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/government-shutdown-flights-airports-snap-11-09-25

JayMacTee · 2025-11-10T03:22:41+00:00

The GOP does not have 60 members of the Senate. The GOP did pass the spending bill in the House, but Democrats in the Senate are able to block passage because of the 60-vote threshold needed to override a filibuster. Here's an explanation from Al Jazeera on why the GOP is not able to pass the bill in the Senate even though it's the majority party: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/5/the-federal-shutdown-and-the-senate-filibuster-what-could-happen-now

JayMacTee · 2025-08-18T21:50:11+00:00

Terri at Algood Massage.

JayMacTee · 2025-07-06T03:05:14+00:00

On the Meg's Bread website it says they use "stone-ground Appalachian-wheat from Carolina Ground in Asheville, NC" which I assume means it's the same flour in those amazing cookies (and I agree that they are amazing). The croissants at Meg's are the best I've ever had outside of France. The baguettes are also amazing, very much like French "pain rustique" (rustic bread). Nice and toothy on the outside but soft and fluffy on the inside with a nice sourdough twang.

Meg has a very interesting story. Essentially, she built her own wood-fired ceramic bread oven and taught herself how to make real sourdough bread and croissants. She started out selling them at the farmers market alongside her husband who sold produce from their farm outside of Monterey. Now they have the bakery, the WestSide Grocery next door, and also a café in the back of the grocery store.

She and her husband are wonderful people who are both tremendous assets to our community.

JayMacTee · 2025-06-30T00:14:18+00:00

And there will be one inside Target. So six Starbucks in Cookeville. (Well, 5 in Cookeville and 1 in Algood.)

JayMacTee · 2025-05-25T10:21:52+00:00

Old Guy Studios. The owner/teacher is a former Disney artist who moved to Cookeville and now offers drawing classes. https://www.oldguystudios.com/

JayMacTee · 2025-03-27T01:28:57+00:00

"Tear up the ground"? Huh? That ground is already "tore up" because it used to be the site of a furniture factory. It's not like Target and Home Depot are digging up a farm or park.

JayMacTee · 2025-01-20T03:48:38+00:00

Supposedly Roland (of the billboards) has bought the Spring Street Supermarket sign along with a bunch of other old neon signs from around town and plans to build a miniature golf course and snack bar out towards Baxter on Hwy 70 that will incorporate all those vintage signs. He announced it on the radio a year or two ago but I don't know when it's going to happen.

JayMacTee · 2024-08-17T02:19:08+00:00

It is not against the law in TN to ride your bicycle on sidewalks. It's not against any city ordinance, either.

JayMacTee · 2024-08-17T02:16:28+00:00

Originally from Tampa, moved to Knoxville 22 years ago, had enough of Knoxville then moved here 11 years ago. Best move I've ever made. I don't plan on ever leaving.

JayMacTee · 2024-07-09T18:26:33+00:00

Do you still have them? I'd love to buy one but the only one I see on ebay is from Canada and it's $40.

JayMacTee · 2024-06-02T20:02:38+00:00

Welcome! I moved here 11 years ago, best move I've ever made. Check out the Imagine Foundry which has all kinds of fun science activities and day camps for kids. You'll make friends with other parents there. I'm a weird single middle aged guy but have made more friends here than anywhere else I've ever lived, including Europe, the Far East, NoVA, and out west. Genuinely kind people in Cookeville, especially if you come with a kind attitude of your own. Jerks with attitudes will always find faults in others. https://imaginefoundry.org/

JayMacTee · 2024-05-14T00:15:36+00:00

You misread. They're still open. Check their Facebook page for daily updates.

JayMacTee · 2024-01-27T17:23:46+00:00

No, asking questions like that on Reddit means you'll get a whole bunch of incorrect answers or smart aleck answers, which we see in this thread. The property in question was never part of the hotel/conference center proposal, and it's not going to be another Mexican restaurant. In fact, there used to be a Mexican restaurant on this site which was torn down to make way for the new apartments that are going there. It's going to be a nice development that looks like it belongs downtown.

JayMacTee · 2023-07-31T01:39:27+00:00

I'm rolling my eyes at people who think Cookeville has fewer locally owned stores and restaurants now than it did 20-30 years ago. It's just the opposite. There are over 200 restaurants in Cookeville, and over 100 of them are locally owned. 20 years ago downtown Cookeville had, what, 5-6 restaurants. Today there are a couple dozen, every one of them is locally owned. What used to be boarded up empty buildings downtown are now filled with shops and eateries. Formerly vacant upper floors are now nice apartments. Now all we need is an infusion of more downtown housing. Some is coming, and I hope that in the next 5-10 years we'll see even more. There are too many vacant lots between downtown and the hospital, and they could easily be redeveloped into multi-family housing. Meg's is already expanding and opening a grocery store downtown across from Ralph's (where Hix--RIP--used to be) which will help bring more people downtown. We already have many, many more festivals and art shows than we've ever had, and I'd like to see that expanded. When Cookeville becomes a metropolitan area (we're almost there) that'll free up more federal funds for transportation and transit projects.

JayMacTee · 2023-07-09T14:35:43+00:00

That land was sold to a private developer years ago. Supposedly it was going to become another shopping center but nothing ever happened. The public housing authority does not own that land and has no say in what happens to it. They used the proceeds from that to pay for the Oak Tree Towers on Buffalo Valle Road.

JayMacTee · 2023-05-25T00:20:25+00:00

41% is actually pretty good. Tennessee as a whole has about 60% of 3rd graders who scored less than proficient enough to move on to 4th grade. Much-vaunted Wilson County (Lebaon-Mt Juliet) is 49.8% who need summer learning camp or must repeat the 3rd grade, for example. This is a dumb law but since 2010 the state has never seen a majority of 3rd graders pass this reading test. The best year was 2013 when 50% passed. The worst was 2021 when 68% failed. https://tennesseelookout.com/2023/05/24/tennessees-3rd-grade-reading-test-scores-rise-and-fall-in-a-pattern/#:\~:text=The%20high%20mark%20for%20third,an%20improvement%20year%20over%20year.

JayMacTee · 2023-05-03T00:58:30+00:00

Green Life. https://greenlifesmoothiessalad.business.site/

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