The Dresser

Hey, see a problem with this picture?

Four hours in to building our new Ikea dresser, it came to our attention that the piece of wood comprising the front of drawer #4 had not been drilled. Which means we couldn't put it together (do we look like the kind of people that own a drill and could accurately drill 17 holes in a piece of wood? It takes both of us 45 minutes and two levels to hang a picture for Pete's sake). I'm hoping Ikea will pop a properly drilled piece of wood in the mail since we live three hours away from the nearest store.

Honestly, I'm kind of impressed that there was only one defective piece, considering that there were about 25 THOUSAND parts in the two boxes we brought home. I know Ikea is cheap and blah blah blah, but if time is money, as they say, our new dresser is worth about $4000. Even without the drawer.

Comments

[Gwen]

I firmly believe that every IKEA dresser should come with a medal for you to wear upon completion — and especially the 8-drawer Hemnes! It's a beast. (I just bought the 3-drawer Edland and it took me over a week to finish it all, partly because of a faulty knob.)

[Elysa]

aww I feel your pain. I hope IKEA does send you a non-defective drawer.

[Amanda]

Awe the exact same thing happened to us. We took the undrilled piece back and got a new one. No problems.

[Hope]

I like it when stuff like that happens because it's an excuse to break out the power tools. I'm weird like that.

[Allyson]

If Ikea does not send a non-defective drawer, I know a guy who is pretty handy and would happily drill 17 holes for you while you sipped wine with his wife.

[The Maiden Metalllurgist]

Girlfriend! You must put a cordless drill at the very top of your Christmas list. Every woman needs her own power tools.