ikea happens
day 4 and i'm still putting this cabinet together. this is really tiring stuff. it's so tiring, i'll leave the rest to pics and a chat log.
ikea QA:
after 10 yrs of catholic school, i get to do this:
4:06:28 PM blasphemous liz: so like, i feel closer to jesus now
4:06:32 PM blasphemous liz: cuz i know how he felt
4:06:44 PM blasphemous liz: lowly carpenter
4:06:53 PM friend alex: hahahaha
4:07:15 PM blasphemous liz: i can see it now, ikea crosses. flat boxed. called "kruseffixen"
just when i thought a racheting screwdriver was the shit (and it is), i got my hands on a drill with screwdriver bits. i find this out three days in.
progress
day 1 - spent at the store. end result: waiting for furniture delivery for the heaviest parts.
day 2 - received frames and doors via home delivery service. total delivery weight = 696 lbs. make a mess of the hallway. end result: four cabinet frames built and bolted together, 1 shelf, 1 small clothes rack, 2 of 4 drawers installed.
day 3 - doormaking commences. end result: 2 birch doors hung and handles installed. 2 of 4 drawers partially uninstalled. most of frame for sliding door mounted.
day 4 - procrastinating making sliding doors. end result: blogging about it.
Comments
You should check out Flat Pack, where a designer built crossbows, rifles and a deer head out of Ikea goods, and then printed up Ikea-style instructions for each of them. Surprisingly, his request to sell them in the stores was turned down.