Most of our lives we have been unable to afford good furniture. But now I have a good paying job, one I detest but it pays well, so lets gets some decent stuff. But no, wife buys more put together crap. I've built 1000 of these but this one was the biggest PITA ever. I wanted to throw it right out the window.

Ugh, I just wanted to go get some nice furniture but anyone who is married understands, she saw what she thought was a "cute" desk and filing cabinet so here we are...

Sorry to hear about the struggles! Maybe next time a small suggestion could be made that ‘she’ might be worth one that is already put together?

Been there done that.

Just make sure you have the window up first.

Towards the end of the month, the dumpster area for my apartment is full of discarded cheap DIY furniture. Easier to throw it out than move it to your new place.

Heirloom Ikea......

over time, it seems folks who like ikea are never the one who have to assemble said product.

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Originally posted by airbubba:
over time, it seems folks who like ikea are never the one who have to assemble said product.

We've never been in Ikea, thank God.

I've bought a couple things from IKEA. If you want sticker shock,
go check out Stickley furniture. WOW! Not for kids bedrooms.

Hex Head Allen Wrench drill bit set from Amazon. Instead of using an allen wrench (which I think we can all agree sucks), you can use your drill. It won't' work for some tight fitting areas, but it was a game changer for me.

Hex Head Allen Wrench Drill Set

The only stuff I've ever had any luck with was IKEA which seems to have been made dummy-proof with clear pictographs and not badly translated Chinese-to English like all the other crap out there.

I once got SO pissed off trying to assemble a cheap desk for my sister that 3/4 of the way through I picked it all up, dumped in her outside trashcan and went to IKEA and got her a desk from there.

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Originally posted by airbubba:
over time, it seems folks who like ikea are never the one who have to assemble said product.

Oh come on now

IKEA has got the whole flatpack, you-assemble thing down to a science. It's their entire business model! I've assembled an entire KITCHEN of IKEA cabinets and it was fine.

This one always gave me a chuckle...

We had a cool loft bed with a desk underneath from IKEA. Had the matching dressers as well, but my youngest outgrew it. It was still in great shape, so I took some pictures and sent them to friends to see if anyone wanted it for free. One couple with 4 young kids said they would love to have it, but their house wouldn’t be finished for another 6 months.

No problem, I took it partially apart, loaded it in my truck, and waited until the next morning to move it to our big garage to store it. Overnight, the dew soaked into the edges and really messed the desktop, the front of the loft bed, the dresser top and several other visible areas. What is it they say about no good deed?

It cost us about $1,000 and lasted 6 years. It looked nice and was completely functional, but it isn’t designed to be moved nor is it worth moving.