the counter piece of the kitchen furniture that i bought forever ago is finally assembled. it was quite a job. actually, the only part that really sucked was attaching the top. it's solid birch and the thing is like 26" x 58" - so it's freaking heavy for one thing. there's eight screws that attach it to the base. there aren't any pre-drilled holes for these screws, though, like there seems to be with everything else from ikea. what's the story on that? that so sucks. and it gets even worse - you have to use a little tiny screwdriver on them because the wood that holds the drawers in place prohibits you from using a normal one. i was cruising along with the power screwdriver up until that point. i was working on it a couple of days ago and rubbed a blister on my palm, so i took yesterday off to give my hand a break. i finished today and my palm is all hurting again. i tried wearing these work gloves that my mom has, but they didn't prevent me from getting a blister. the two cabinets are assembled as much as they can be for now. really all that's left is attaching the doors, and you're supposed to do that after they're attached to the wall. on the first page of the instructions, it has some assembly tips. translated to english, one of them reads "it is advisory to be two people during assembly." huh?! the ikea translators need to lay off the crack.
i sometimes wish i could live in an ikea store. i know that some people think it's crap, but bollocks to you, i say! ok, i can sympathize with the chair problem. i also bought a chair from ikea that was crap. actually, i think he and i must have bought the same chair, because mine did that whole knock you downwards thing, too. rob and i called it the ejector seat. i have bought tons of other stuff from ikea, though, that hasn't been crap. some of my stuff that got flooded is still in good shape. i tossed my two chest of drawer units because the particle board soaked up a lot of the flood water so they were just ugly and nasty. my cd storage thing is fine, though. you can tell it got wet if you look at the back, but the front is fine and it's just as sturdy as it ever was. the back of the thing is always against a wall, anyway, so there you have it. problem solved. maybe i just have better ikea luck than andrew.
of course you can buy better furniture, but most likely not without spending a lot more money. ikea stuff is almost always in my price range. so until i win the lottery or something and can afford to buy furniture from herman miller, knoll, blu dot, minotti, mitchell gold, b&b italia, modernica, ligne roset, etc., i'll stick with ikea. more realistically, i like some of the things at both storehouse and crate & barrel, but they're still too pricey for me right now.
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remember that old (shampoo?) commercial where the girl told two friends about it, and then they told two friends, and so on, and so on, and so on? well, you should take that idea and apply it to this quiz.
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*Take The Gap Toothed Celebrity Test!*
(of course i'm david letterman. who else would i be?!)
I'm the badass burgundy patent Doc Marten...
I'm cool as hell, I'm deep,
and maybe a little dark
Which Doc Marten are you?
(by *coffeebean*)
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