My flat is currently 90% Ikea. Why shouldn't it be? I've always bought from them and they make the simplest of units. The other day however, I decided to do something different and get a bookcase from a shop that doesn't specialise in furniture. Skepticism aside I strode into the store and made the purchase; I guess the price tag was the attractive thing. Once back at home I opened the box to find ridiculously complicated instructions, the wood was good quality but the screws felt odd.
Now it stands against the wall with three of the nine screw tops sticking out about a quarter of an inch, impossible to push them further into the wood. The assembly was also disastrous, if you can imagine the frame: I had to screw the left side to the bottom, then put the right side on and end with the top. What is meant to support the creation until completion?
Utterly bizarre but at least it works!
