This time around, I was on a mission to see which reasonably priced chairs at IKEA could stand their own among the best ...

When engineer-turned-DIYer Nicole Pankopp (@simplyalignedhome) was converting her home’s super-small spare bedroom into a home office, she turned to IKEA to make the room truly look the part.

Since I learned what the coveted IKEA experience is truly like ... so I wanted to move it to my office where there's room for it and find a taller, slimmer shelf for my bathroom.