We are now the proud owners of a wardrobe that works <cheers all around>! You'll remember how excited we were to finally be rid of our last wardrobe, and taking it down gave us a very warm and fuzzy feeling all over. I was worried at first because delivery was a week late and then, on Saturday, it came nearly 4 hours late! We were very much ready to start building when it arrived. Despite Ikea not sending us a few pieces for Rob's shoe rack, and the drivers breaking two glass shelves we ordered for the kitchen, the wardrobe building was a tremendous success. It took us longer to put the doors on than all the other parts combined... or at least it felt that way. Working with the glass was scary and I chipped a tooth moving the doors into the bedroom! But overall, we were very surprised how little trouble we had and are super proud that we got it all together without any left over pieces! He's a quick picture timeline, just in case you want to follow!
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| The mess. |
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| The first bit done. |
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| Chest of drawer frames ... |
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| ... and drawers. Keeping the Rugby on for Rob was great motivation! |
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| Already forgot something... the mess we left while we went to the hardware store. |
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| Rob levelling out the two sides, now my clothes don't have to fraternize with his! |
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| Looking good, we'd felt like we'd hit a halfway point here, but really there was a lot more left; sliding doors are complicated. |
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| It took me ages to decide how I wanted this organized. To give you a bit of perspective, the railing on the left is a good foot taller than me, this is so tall I'm going to need a foot stool just to get to my bags! |
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| All done and no mess anymore. The 'After' photo! |
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| Showing off our lovely window. |
