Hardest Ikea Assembly?

[kittykittymeowmixhead]

I just got paid to put this thing together, and I'm pretty proud of myself. It was really a 2 person job, especially since I had to move it from one room to another, and I'm under 5' tall. I enjoy putting ikea stuff together, but this was tough - I had to take stuff apart a couple times. The only way to tell which part was indicated on the diagram (don't you love how the instructions have no words, just pictures?) was to sit there comparing the patterns of the pre-drilled holes. Ikea stories?

[eastgrandforks]

I hate any IKEA product with a cabinet door on it. It's almost impossible to calibrate the door so that it closes flush with the frame.

[buffcoat]

I just got paid to put this thing together, and I'm pretty proud of myself. It was really a 2 person job, especially since I had to move it from one room to another, and I'm under 5' tall. I enjoy putting ikea stuff together, but this was tough - I had to take stuff apart a couple times. The only way to tell which part was indicated on the diagram (don't you love how the instructions have no words, just pictures?) was to sit there comparing the patterns of the pre-drilled holes. Ikea stories?

Not that it's any of my business, but are you really young or just on the short side?

[clipperships]

A few years ago, my then-girlfriend & I bought an L-shaped Ikea wardrobe combination (I think it was of the Pax variety) at the New Jersey Ikea (the one all NYC-ers take a bus to b/f a store opened in Red Hook.)  That thing had to be 7-8' tall and the definitive widow-maker of relationships.  Assembling it took metric tons of patience and muted anger.  And, as aforementioned, those doors never hung evenly and it bothered me every time I looked at it.  Upon moving out of that apartment, we just left it for the new tenants.

[kittykittymeowmixhead]

"Not that it's any of my business, but are you really young or just on the short side?"

Yeah I'm 9.  Why?

I usually spend my summer vacations assembling furniture for money. I'm something of an ikea prodigy. They used me in the ikea commercials in Germany. You know, 'if this kid can do it, anyone can' kinda thing.

[nec13]

But your profile says that you are 27. I'm confused.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

A few years ago, my then-girlfriend & I bought an L-shaped Ikea wardrobe combination (I think it was of the Pax variety) at the New Jersey Ikea (the one all NYC-ers take a bus to b/f a store opened in Red Hook.)  That thing had to be 7-8' tall and the definitive widow-maker of relationships.  Assembling it took metric tons of patience and muted anger.  And, as aforementioned, those doors never hung evenly and it bothered me every time I looked at it.  Upon moving out of that apartment, we just left it for the new tenants.

ive done the same thing with the two pieces of ikea furniture ive bought- free bookcase and dresser! 

not to mention, assembling furnitue in a relationship should be left to only one-half of said relationship (in our case thats how it worked anyway).  it didnt involve ikea, but the bookcase assembly project made it a rough nite for the both of us.  we made up by the end of the nite ("it's just a damn bookcase...") and the bookcase was left in the apartment as well.