Another Friday night at Ikea. We must be getting pretty good at it now as we don't fight any more. Partly due to knowing all the short cuts around the store, but also learning the tricks - such as eating first, parking near the lifts where you exit from rather than near the entrance and making a list.
On this trip we bought the two metal cabinets mentioned in an earlier post, and two plastic trays. Not bad. The cabinets in their massive flat pack boxes only just made it into the Volvo (had to remove the back seat headrests though), but were remarkably easy to assemble.
I ordered a 37" flatscreen Toshiba Regza from Amazon including all the cables, a temporary indoor antenna and related bits for under £500 (there goes the holiday fund) which arrived the next day. The upside of having a second TV is that Rob can watch sport and the kids can watch Spongebob... and I can read the newspaper supplements in peace.
The room is starting to feel really useful, instead of cold and bland. We'll get a third cabinet actually, since this will be our storage for the next couple of years. Looking forward to getting all our artwork up on the walls this side of Christmas.
Now to find a plumber who actually shows up as we need that boiler replaced, and soon.
Click the photo below to see a supersize panorama taken at the weekend...
2 comments:
I like the cabinets - it's a shame you can't get your bespoke one just yet, but the PS is great stopgap. We have one in the kitchen for the kids toys and I'm really pleased with it. Love the mini Panton chairs!
The cabinets look great but am disappointed to hear that you don't manage the obligatory Ikea argument - I thought it was compulsory!
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