Ikea - at last  

You mean the heavily...
You mean the heavily vintage-scandinavian inspired table?
I really think your better of buying vintage.

eh
i've seen it in person. Yeah, it looks cool. But only compared to rest of the schlop they sell next to it. It just looks like the random danish modern sets you've seen ? only the wood grain is printed paper and the "wood" is particleboard.
In person, it's not that great to the touch and to the eye upon closer inspection. While, if I were to buy from Ikea I would choose it, it's about the same price range as your typical nondesigner Danish pieces .... but the real ones are sooooo much better in terms of construction.

PS
Is the only IKEA stuff worth buying!

Know going in
IKEA is one of those places where you have to know what you're going to get going in. Sometimes you'll be pleasantly surprised (I like their fabric ranges) Other times you'll be ghastly shocked that someone would actually pay money for some of the crap.
If you understand materials and construction you can make some decent choices... including some of the Stockholm series, which, contrary to the above post, actually uses solid wood, and wood veneers (as opposed to printed foil laminates).
Where their design sense comes from is anyones guess. Some of the Stockholm pieces are clearly Scando inspired. Some are clearly...IKEA inspired. That is to say - a giant load of crap bolted together.
I think the real beauty of IKEA is that they are capable of doing some amazing things. If they want a red plastic lamp for $4.99, by God they will find a designer who can make them a red plastic lamp for $4.99. The unfortunate conclusion is that people often assume that $4 lamp is going to be the same as a $375 Luxo, or a $400 Tolomeo... and cannot see the reasons why it is not.

Consider virtually everything from IKEA disposable
Amen to LucSum.
I love IKEA. But I typically only buy IKEA products that are short term fashion items, or that don't require a lot of material or structural integrity. That stainless steel tableware you have your eye on is a particular grade of stainless that's, well... not so stainless. Just know that if a magnet sticks to it, it's going to rust. All of that self-assembled particle board furniture tends to bloat and turn to oatmeal at the slightest contact with water.
Wrapping paper, yes. Chef's knife, no. Wool rugs, yes. Kitchen faucet, no. Dorm room furniture, yes. Home furniture, no (unless you just need it until the dog is house broken).

ikea bed
I was going to buy my toddler his first bed from ikea - a white MALM model. I had hoped it would last him a while but maybe not judging from these posts.

Consider it disposable....
And ask yourself if you really want to contribute that much waste to the world.

Nail
Woody hit the nail on the head. Boston has 50+ colleges, so every Spring when the kids all leave town there are litteral mountains of junked Ikea furniture on the sidewalks. It's disgusting since it's all landfill with virtually zero recyclability.