Furniture Shopping

Having recently moved into our new house, we knew we would need a handful of new furniture pieces. We were certain that IKEA would provide us with what we needed for most of it at a reasonable price. BUT I had reservations about getting so many purchases from there because of previous experiences of missing and damaged pieces after bringing the boxes home. Of course you get to find this out in the middle of putting the item together. Which always results in frustration, annoyance and a trip back to the world of IKEA.

Well, we made the jump and got 9 different things from IKEA (bed, dresser, 2 bookshelves, filing cabinet, 3 piece desk set, and desk drawers). Each piece got put together as we waited on pins and needles to find bad news. It didn't happen until piece number 9. Where we finally met with a large damaged side piece to our dresser. The problem was resolved easy enough. The end result was well worth the risk of purchasing from IKEA.

The interesting part of this story is that we also purchased a china cabinet from a much more expensive furniture store. Kenny's parents were blessing him/us with a belated college graduation gift. We found just what we wanted at a furniture store called Dania. As it was purchased we discovered that it as well came in boxes and needed to be put together. Who knew that you could pay that much for a piece of furniture and STILL have to put it together yourself. Well, well, well....the directions were terrible, it was extremely hard to put together and there was a very important piece missing! Which had to be ordered and shipped to the store. Kenny probably spent 8 hours working on it. The end result is beautiful and it's my favorite item in the house right now.

BUT the lesson learned is IKEA isn't so bad after all.