58 - Friday, January 22. 1999 - North Shore News NEW furnizure intro- duced by IKEA fate last year was designed te blow consumers away. Beaming unique technolo gy IREA has put air to work and now provides consumers with ar-tiled sofas, chairs and foot stools that are conve: Newt, ecologically sound, fashionably, affordable and packaged in compact, trans: portatie tar boxes. HKEA redeveloped rhe popular °70s trend of intlar- able furniture and reduced the ton) amount oof energy required to produce and transport the finished prod- uch “Finding innovative and covt effective solutions is eur advantage,” says Laurence Martocg, IREA spokesper- son, “By packaging air furni- tore in fat boxes, TREA has dramatically reduced shipping costs which have traditionally been one of the most costly elements of furndure produc: tion.” The furniture is made of ong of the purest: plastics avilable: a soft, durable and 100% reeyelable polyoletin plastic. And cach piece of the cot- Photo IKEA IKEA’s z.i.r. furniture uses a resource that is inex- haustible and free: the air from a hair dryer or vac- uum cleaner. The company guarantees the furniture for 10 years. lection consists simost entire- Iv ofa resource which ty ines- haustible, 100% cco-friendly and absolutely tree -- air. In addition, where comeational furniture requires lengthy dis- mantiing and sorting for reey- cling, EREA air furniture need only be deflated and dA with other plastics. nach pieces in the IREA air collection consists of a at number of individual, filled cells which are pl inside a slipeover. Quick and easy to assemble, the cells are intlated ca the preterced firm: ness using the air from an ordinary hair dryer or dis- charged by a vacuum cleaner. In tess than half an hour, a sofa can be ready for use with no need to refill rhe celis for ar least three years. The entire collection meets the demand- ing Swedish Mobeltakta stan- dards for durability, an assur- ance of top qualiry and long wearing firmiture, UREA gives a 10-year guar- antee for air cells and will replace a damaged cell no mater how che damage occurred. The collection inchides a wide variety of textured and colourtul fabric tipeovers. — froma soothing royal bluc to Funky Dalmatian-spots, Each year a new selection of IKEA ait products will be intro- duced Pieces tram the collection may be ordered nationwide by calling: 1-800-661-9807, Prizes range from S49 to $269. Visit. for additional information. Wanied: condo opinions GOT an opinion about the provincial govern- ment’s financing pack- age available for leaky condo owners? Now's speak up. BCeoudv.com, a popular web-vine for prespective and current condoniniuar owners in B.C, has announced a questionnaire asking leaky conde owners their opinion on the financing package, and on how it can be improved. The deadline far submis- sions is Monday, Feb. 8) and once thes are collected, the results will be forwarded to the new Homeowner Protection Office and the media. Find the questionnaire on the Web ar