Already from the start, Johanna and her colleagues thought about using textiles. “We wanted to move away from the most common types of storage, like hard boxes, and create something that’s easy to bring between different rooms. You can take off the mesh fabric and wash it, and it feels soft and nice.” The round holes on the sides make it easy to reach your favourite toys. And if you put TIGERFINK in a corner, with the covered sides facing the room, you can hardly see what’s inside. “I think many parents can agree it’s nice to not have to see all the toys all the time.”
TIGERFINK Storage with compartments, turquoise
Price £ 15
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Toys and soft toy animals everywhere? Here is some spacious storage that swallows up quite a lot and makes it easy for your child to tidy away their things after playtime – and quickly find them again.
Article Number805.124.69
Product details
A smart and simple storage that swallows up the children's toys and soft toy animals – and makes it easy to tidy up in a flash, especially if you do it together.
The top of the frame make the storage simple to carry and move to another room. After all, children want to be where you are.
If you want to create a calm impression, you can place the storage in a corner with the covered sides facing outwards.
The round holes in two of the sides make it easy to tuck away and quickly reach the favourite things, while the mesh fabric prevents them from falling out.
It is easy to see the contents through the mesh fabric.
The pocket on the outer side is perfect for small treasures or drawings
Sturdy and safe storage with rounded corners, and without sharp edges.
The fabric is made of polyester, of which at least 90% is recycled – a durable material which is tested, approved and free from harmful substances and additives.
The mesh fabric can be removed and washed.
Created in collaboration with children in playful sessions where they express their thoughts and ideas. Their opinions influence our decisions and make our products better. After all, they’re the experts.
Designer
Johanna Jelinek
Good to know
We recommend that you avoid storing things with sharp edges since they can damage the mesh fabric.
IKEA of Sweden AB SE-343 81 Älmhult, IKEA.com
Materials and care
Material
- Fabric:
- 100% polyester (min. 90% recycled)
- Insert:
- Polypropylene plastic
- Frame:
- Steel
Care
Shrinkage maximum 4%.
Machine wash, max 40°C, normal process.
Do not bleach.
Do not tumble dry.
Do not iron.
Do not dryclean.
Safety and compliance
Recommended for ages from 3 years.
Assembly and documents
Assembly instructions
TIGERFINK Storage with compartments805.124.69Weight & measurements
- Height: 82 cm
- Length: 52 cm
- Width: 52 cm
Package details
This product comes as 2 packages.
TIGERFINK
Article Number805.124.69This product has multiple packages.
- Width: 9 cm
- Height: 3 cm
- Length: 71 cm
- Weight: 1.69 kg
- Package(s): 1
- Width: 22 cm
- Height: 4 cm
- Length: 42 cm
- Weight: 0.79 kg
- Package(s): 1
Reviews
Bit tricky to put together but looks fantasticAnonymous reviewerGood sturdy bedroom organiser for the bo crew to be housed. B-HQ are now less dusty and have a lovely housing area.
Took a bit of head scratching for construction more than the average Ikea item but we got there in the end. Lovely colour and construction is sturdy.
It’s okayAnonymous reviewerFor its use for toys good be better if bigger
Is this a test?Anonymous reviewerHonestly found this frustrating to build. The instructions were not hard to follow but holy moly, this felt like a test of my patience and determination!! It was fiddly to get the cross brackets screwed in and I had one screw that refused to cooperate. I spent way too long building it but it's done and houses all the teddies. I don't think I'll be getting a second...
Great kitten tower!Anonymous reviewerI bought this tower as a climbing frame for my kitten! She loves being on all levels and jumping in and out of the holes on the sides. It has lived up to an awful lot of jumping, chewing and clawing for a few weeks now and still looks smart. I know that this is not its intended use but you should always look around IKEA with an open mind!
Holds an impressive amountAnonymous reviewerI was getting sick of toys all over the living room, and the dimensions of this fit into a corner perfectly. Not the best colour with our decor (a neutral or even black would have been better) but it tidies everything away nicely and best of all you can see what's inside so my son can rummage for what he wants without tipping boxes all over the floor.
Assembly was really easy, unless they have updated the instructions based on feedback, I don't see the confusion. It was very clear, all slotted together nicely and held together with 8 screws. I managed it on my own with a toddler running around and a baby on my lap!
Tempted to get a second one for his bedroom because it holds so much stuff, keeps it nicely contained and is easy for children to access.
Only concern is the metal feet on our wooden floor - I can see it being dragged and potentialy scratching it, so I would recommend popping some little felt pads on the bottom if you have hard flooring.
Double cat bedsAnonymous reviewerFiddly to assemble but both my cats love it
Hardest thing I’ve ever had to assemble Anonymous reviewerVery frustrating to assemble - it’s fiddly and the instructions aren’t that clear but after finally getting the hang of it I managed to put it together and it’s sturdy and fits lots of toys in which is exactly what we wanted! Worth it in the end but there must be an easier way !
PerfectAnonymous reviewerLittle bit fiddly to put together but is perfect, good size, exactly what you’d expect it to be
Perfect cat bed! Anonymous reviewerI got this for a cat tent and am v happy. Would be great if the bottom layer had a compartment for reinforcement, but the cat has been lying on the bars regardless haha, cushion to follow :)
Terrible to assemble Anonymous reviewerIt's made and I'm happy with it, but it was a pain to assemble. I was surprised to get 2 packages when I collected it, as I kinda thought it was more a pre-assembled piece (yea, I know it's IKEA, but still 🤷). I didn't read the reviews until I tried to put it up and realised it was more faffy than I would have thought. I bought a Billy bookcase at the same time and ended up building it first as I realised I was going to need some peace and quiet to sort this Tigerfink out!! Maybe an assembly video would be handy so at least people know what they are getting themselves in for!
Spacious enough to manage the army of soft toys!Anonymous reviewerI was a little apprehensive of buying this after reading the reviews but thought for £15 it was worth a try. I found it pretty straight forward to put together, I went wrong once (I'd lined the holes up to face outside rather than in, but it was easy enough to rectify by just taking the poles out and repositioning.) Took about 10-15 minutes maybe, and it was well worth it as it fits loads of toys in and makes it really easy for the kids to tidy up themselves!
Not worth itAnonymous reviewerWas hard to assemble and very fiddly instructions unclear I gave up and threw away
Perfect toy storageAnonymous reviewerWas a right faff getting it together and you definitely need two sets of hands but once up it’s sturdy and really handy for stuffing toys in. We’re using it for our dog who chews boxes and baskets and so far she has left it alone but loves stuffing her head in the holes for the toys
The best unintentional cat productAnonymous reviewerI wish i could upload pictures to show you how much fun two cats can have playing with each other in this, it has all the makings of something cats would enjoy - mesh, two entries and is polyester so it allows them to slide around. Assembly is like pitching a tent, annoying but you will get there. The cat orientated furniture from IKEA is too expensive for what it is, and cats are fickle which means you end up with a useless item you can’t do much else with. This is a low investment piece that may become their favourite spot to hang out.
Cats love it (using as a play tower) but assembly SO HARDAnonymous reviewerAs soon as I saw this I knew it would be the perfect play tower for my cats, and it is. They absolutely love it. But MY GOSH absolutely awful to assemble, especially alone. The hardest IKEA piece I have ever built. I nearly gave up with frustration. The holes for the screws are fiddly to line up and if you don't get the right curved pieces on the right side the legs don't line up at all and there's no indication of which should go on which side. Genuinely terrible assembly but now it's up it's great. I beg you, IKEA, make this easier please!!
Great toy storage Anonymous reviewerFinally somewhere that can neatly hold all my daughter’s stuffed toys that also looks nice and fun! She calls it her “teddy rocket!”
Poor quality Anonymous reviewerThe assembly was awful, need two people to angle the holes on metal, looks like a very easy pop up storage but it is not, not sure how long will last
Absurdly difficult to assemble for a simple, lightweight, storage unit that regular IKEA shoppers would expect to be a one person, maximum 15 minute taskAnonymous reviewerAgree with all the comments about fiddly screws, the poles and frustration of putting what should be such a simple thing together. I've assembled plenty of IKEA items over the years and this has proved the most challenging. It should be capable of being assembled without the need for two people (one to hold the poles/fabric in position) whilst the other does battle trying to assemble the frame using tiny screws that need to be applied at awkward angles. There should be a clear warning that it will take much, much longer if one person is putting it together since no-one would expect this of a lightweight, simple storage unit of this type. Even the reviewer who said it was assembled in 15 minutes had help (as the review acknowledges). Sorry to say that as most customers will buy this without prior sight of the instructions, the rating for 'Ease of Assembly' should leave IKEA in no doubt that this product needs to be re-designed.
Looks good, but nearly impossible to makeAnonymous reviewerThis isn't hard to make, it's virtually impossible! You read the reviews and instructions and think it's a few pieces and 8 screws, how hard can it be, but it is so fiddly, you can't get the cross poles through let alone get the screws in.
Still, I persevered and when built it's a lovely bit of storage for kids, it looks fun and hold a lot of soft toys.
You may lose the will to live, but it's worth a try!
Difficult to put together butAnonymous reviewerDifficult to put together but worth it.
Customer reviews
3.4Average rating
29Reviews
Story
More playful storage
With TIGERFINK, we wanted to create smart and simple storage that can swallow the children’s stuffed animals and toys. So they can find their favourite things fast and easy – and stow everything away when it’s time to call it a night and go to bed. But, TIGERFINK became more than that.
Storage. A small word that means a lot in most homes – and for us at Children’s IKEA. “We have many good storage solutions in the range,” says designer Johanna Jelinek. “But, we saw a need to add something lighter and more flexible.”
Storage that moves with the play
A bed for soft friends
When TIGERFINK had passed the safety tests, the team invited a group of children to Kid’s Lab to make sure it worked the way they had imagined. “Children are amazing; they immediately put in and picked out toys from TIGERFINK and began playing on the flat surface on the top. Just like we had hoped.” But new ideas came up as well, things that Johanna and her colleagues hadn’t thought of. ”One boy used the three different storage levels as a bunk bed for the soft toys. And that’s of course also a way to use TIGERFINK.”
Function solution
More playful storage
TIGERFINK is smart and simple storage that can swallow the children’s stuffed animals and toys and is easy to move around. So they can find their favourite things fast and easy – and stow everything away when it’s time to call it a night and go to bed. But TIGERFINK actually became more than that. When we invited children to test the storage, they made it a part of the fun and games – and turned it into a bunk bed for the soft toys.
Form design process
Created together with children
Children are the most important people in the world and we’re curious to hear what they have to say since we create products for them! Therefore, we invite children to creative and playful sessions where they get to participate in our product development. Here they can express themselves freely and draw, show or tell us what is important to them. Their opinions matter and make our products better. After all, they’re the experts!
Designer thoughts
Designer thoughts
“The idea was to create smart and simple storage that swallows the children’s stuffed animals and toys and is easy to move around. So they can find their favourite toys fast and easy – and stow everything away when it’s time to go to bed. But TIGERFINK actually became more than that. When we invited the children to test the storage, it also became a part of the play – as a bunk bed for the soft toys."