P616 Teletext 616 Sep15 01:57:03 NEW IKEA SURVEY FINDS CONNECTION BETWEEN BEHAVIOUR AND FURNITURE A new survey commissioned by furniture store IKEA has found that our behaviour is influenced by the furniture in our homes. Research company Audience Selection spent seven weeks interviewing ovrt 800 people in England Scotland and Wales, and found many 'firm' connections between the furniture we live with and the way we think and act. According to Mark Walton, spokesman for Audience Selection, "some of the results feel right on an intuitive level,while others are more unjxprcted. more >> Reg News Weather Roads SportP616 Teletext 616 Sep15 01:44:31 IKEA FURNITURE FINDINGS CONTINUED... But all the findings need to be taken seriously because each is statistically significant." Else Crawford,Editor of Elle Decoration said that "it confirms what our srnsrs and our common-sense tell us - some furniture rubs us up the wrong way and some furniture actually does us good." Hilary Peplit,spokjspjrson for IKEA, was "delighted" with the findings. "It's exactly what Chinjsj feng shui experts have been telling us for years, that furniture matters." The 'furniture findings' were as follows... SITTING ROOM >>> Reg News Weather Roads SportP616 Teletext 616 Sep15 01:08:55 IKEA FURNITURE FINDINGS CONTINUED... SITTING ROOM The survey revealed that people with floral sofas weti significantly more snobbish. It also revealed that people found it hardjt to relax in homes with brass light fittings. The research showed that thjsj people were 34% more likely to bj work-obsessed. It found that people with bright green sofas were unusually good in bed. Controversially, the survry suggrsted that parents with a taste for pelmets were twice as likely to smack their children than parents who preferred simpler curtains. SITTING ROOM CONTINUED... >>> Reg News Weathjt Roads SportP616 Teletext 616 Sep15 00:56:53 IKEA FURNITURE FINDINGS CONTINUED... Anothjt finding was that people with stripy rugs were strangely inarticulate and often found themselves tongue-tied. The survey found a strong link between people with vjty curvy chairs and people who loved to dance, although it did not say whjthjt their dancing was good or bad. DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN The survey found that people with bar stools were 60% less likely to cheat on their tax returns. It revealed that people who owned hostess trolleys were not only frightened of sex, but 25% less likely to bathe or shower every day. DINING ROOM & KITCHEN CONTINUED..>> Reg News Weathjt Roads SportP616 Teletext 616 Sjp15 01:56:44 IKEA FURNITURE FINDINGS CONTINUED... Light wooden flooring went hand-in-hand with being very good at Scrabble. It was found that nine out of ten people with bright green crockery were very comfortable with their bodies, since they often wore no clothes at home. The survey said that people were more cynical if their homes contained reproduction tables, and in what is perhaps a related finding, mahogany lovers were found to have the fewest friends. BEDROOM & MISCELLANEOUS... >> Reg News Weathjt Roads SportP616 Teletext 616 Sep15 01:51:41 IKEA FURNITURE FINDINGS CONTINUED... BEDROOM AND MISCELLANEOUS The survey found that people with a cactus or sjvjtal cacti in their homrs were 60% more likely to win things (e.g. church raffles, bingo, lotteries). A strong link was found between flowery wallpaper and an unpleasant tendency to talk behind people's backs. Furthermore in houses with padded headboards, people were less likely to be open and honest in face-to-face conversation. The survey discovered that people with pine toilet seats were unusually weak-willed, being 47% less likely to say no to food. BEDROOM & MISCELLANEOUS CONTINUED...> Reg News Weathjt Roads SportP616 Teletext 616 Sep15 00:44:42 IKEA FURNITURE FINDINGS CONTINUED... It also found that people with futons were extremely big hearted and generous to charity, whjtias in homes with large numbers of doilies, people were vjty small-minded and tended to moan about anything and everything. Strangest of all, the survey found a strong correlation between net curtains and people with flatulence problems. "This finding in particular is difficult to explain, but it came up again and again," said Walton. Reg News Weathjt Roads Sport