Sitting at the same table all day, everyday for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything else quickly gets stale. Enter: Ikea trays.
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When I moved in with my boyfriend this June, I knew we would be spending a lot of time not just together, but together at home. Our one-bedroom apartment suddenly became an office, a yoga studio, and a coffee shop. It’s also where we eat pretty much all of our meals. But sitting at the same table all day, everyday for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything else quickly gets stale. Enter: Ikea trays.
An impulse buy after trying every couch on the floor, the four trays we picked up at Ikea last fall have become crucial vessels for our life during the pandemic. When we eat dinner while watching, we’ll each grab a tray. Now that our apartment is also an office, we use them to eat lunch in the bedroom if one of us has a call; there are few to no crumbs as a result.
There are many places that sell serving trays, sometimes in heavy decorative versions made of wood, glass, or marble. But Ikea’s trays are cheaper and less precious than the ones you’ll find in more upscale home goods stores. My favorite isversion that’s just $5.99. It’s a shiny melamine plastic with a slight lip, and it’s the perfect size for a big plate, a cup, and some utensils. It doubles as our office essentials tray, currently holding a Mrs.
Ikea’s trays are also durable. They’re made out of plastic that doesn’t break and can be easily wiped clean when they get messy, and some of the trays are designed to keep spills from happening altogether:If the past few months have taught me anything, it’s the value of finding joy in the smallest moments, and these trays carry some of that weight. I particularly like this
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