Well, this is awkward. Remember just a few weeks ago when I could hardly contain myself while I sang the praises of IKEA's quality office gear? I stand by everything I said about IKEA's superb balance of affordability and quality, but I was reminded on my most recent trip to the Scandinavian superstore that this balance has plenty of nuance.
This time around, I was on a mission to see which reasonably priced chairs at IKEA could stand their own among the best office chairs. However, after about an hour of tasteful loitering and plenty of sitting, I could only find the confidence to recommend three chairs out of the dozens that were on display on the second floor. Why is that?
