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Wednesday Dec 12 2007

Northern Ireland house prices are at an all-time high but Ikea can kit out your home for less than £3,000.

Furnishing a home from top to bottom need not break the bank. With an entire kitchen priced from £1,200 and fitted wardrobes with sliding doors costing around £350, it is affordable luxury.

1. Beyond the pale: Solar White Kitchen (right) with Faktum frame, £1,275 - the total price includes cabinets, worktops, interior shelving and hinges. Your choice of sinks, taps, knobs/handles. Appliances and lighting not included. Incredible value for a quality kitchen made to order.

2. Dressing room: Pax Stordal wardrobe with sliding doors, £350. Stylish, space-saving fitted wardrobes.

3. Retro cool: Torsby dining table with a tempered glass top and steel legs, £125. Linus rattan and steel chairs, £29.90 each. Sideboard, £175. A trendy and minimalist style which is great for modern open plan apartments and townhouses.

4. Wooden it be nice: Edefors solid oak extendable dining table, £250. Egon chairs also made from solid oak with padded seat, £55 each. Country cool for period-style properties.

5. City slicker: Ektorp three-seat sofa with removable cover in range of colours and patterns, £350. Versatile style for family homes or bachelor/bachelorette pads alike.

6. Bedded bliss: Hemnes bedroom range in solid pine in black/brown. Super king size bed frame, £185, double, £169. Mattresses sold separately. Design-led beds which are quite masculine - essential kit for a lad's pad.

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