Friday, September 28, 2012

how to put together stuff from ikea when you're pregnant

Step 1: Don't.

Step 2: If you must do it because you're impatient, step 1 is: take everything out of the box. Everything. There are 1000 moving parts when you're building something from ikea even if the thing only has 3 parts.

Step 3: and this is serious. That little drill from Ikea, appropriately named the "Fixa," aint half bad. It's the drill bits that suck. Do yourself a favor and get the drill... because it's only $24, but also invest in some manly serious drill bits.

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This was my setup:

  1. water for chuggin. NOTHING is worse than drymouth.
  2. Tylenol. You can't take advil when you're preg, and ikea cardboard smells like weird graham cracker food and was giving me a headache. 
  3. Directions
  4. Fixa/manly bits combo
  5. all pieces laid out in a place where you know you wont step on them. It's much easier than digging through that bag they come in

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we got two of these to flank the daybed:

and here they are built in the semi-disastrous mess of a nursery.. but you get the idea
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Parenting tip: this bookcase has all the appropriate essentials for child rearing:
antique cloth animals from india, chewbacca, jawas, and c3po, the gopher from caddy shack, a stieff lion, a lilly pulitzer monkey, and Alice from alice in wonderland. At least we know she'll be well rounded.
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4 comments:

  1. I LOVE the chandelier!! The whole room looks so cute!

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    1. thanks alex!! can't wait for you to see it in person

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  2. It looks so great!
    Where did you get the daybed! LOVE!

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    1. thanks love! The daybed is from Ballard: http://www.ballarddesigns.com/camden-daybed/furniture/beds-daybeds-daybeds/144407?defattrib=&defattribvalue=&listIndex=5

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