Maybe you can, but IKEA'nt...
Take this down, please.
I, the wandering woman previously known as Erin, do hereby swear on all the morcilla in Salamanca, that I will never NEVER again buy a piece of furniture that I have to put together myself.
Ever.
If I have to take another corporate job to be able to afford furniture that's already built, as all furniture should be, in my humble opinion...so be it.
I am serious.
OK, almost.
Tour tickets are now available at the Salamanca Office of Tourism for a guided viewing of the Salamanca bookcase that bears a striking resemblance to a certain tower in Pisa. And yet manages to still hold books. Stunning.
And now a special treat: your Spanish phrase of the day. Ready?
Here it is: Nunca jamás
Translation: Never, ever, ever again.
Nunca jamás.
I, the wandering woman previously known as Erin, do hereby swear on all the morcilla in Salamanca, that I will never NEVER again buy a piece of furniture that I have to put together myself.
Ever.
If I have to take another corporate job to be able to afford furniture that's already built, as all furniture should be, in my humble opinion...so be it.
I am serious.
OK, almost.
Tour tickets are now available at the Salamanca Office of Tourism for a guided viewing of the Salamanca bookcase that bears a striking resemblance to a certain tower in Pisa. And yet manages to still hold books. Stunning.
And now a special treat: your Spanish phrase of the day. Ready?
Here it is: Nunca jamás
Translation: Never, ever, ever again.
Nunca jamás.
Labels: on living in Spain
posted by Erin at
9:44 PM
9 Comments:
Grr Ikea--I've been there.
I love the premise of your blog!
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K, at 10:01 PM
This is why men were invented. Well, that, and that other thing. ;)
Still, I think you can pay extra to have them deliver and put together furniture. I might be wrong, but I thought so. Do you have Neoset in Spain? They definitely put together all the furniture. They will custom create stuff for you too, at reasonable prices.
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melusina, at 10:41 PM
When do we see the photo? You can straighten it in Photoshop.
All that some (dis)assembly required stuff is a pain.
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Anonymous, at 10:46 PM
This is why enterprising students here have set up "screwdriver" businesses offering to assemble flat-pack furniture for those whose efforts more often resemble leaning towers, and that only after puzzling for hours over which is the flange A to be inserted into slot B, which type of screw is for which hole, putting bits on upside down, etc. But as it is an official sight in Salamanca, I think you should upload a photo for our edification.
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qaminante, at 11:08 PM
Put some interesting lighting on it and call it 'Art'.
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hobbes, at 12:56 AM
Hmm, a picture. We'll see. The photo would have to catch how, because the closure in the back didn't fit just right into its preassigned grooves (E, F and 35 on the diagram, if I am not mistaken) we now have several nails of the finest dull grey protuding, proudly, in plain view from the front of said Art. Not to mention the chipped away wood-chip...pressed board, whatever.
And don't even ask about the desk chair, also build it yourself, that falls over, ever so gracefully, when at least one of the pop-in wheels falls off. But only after I've worked in it long enough to be sure that this time I've got it.
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Erin, at 12:03 PM
Ok, but you finally did it after all. I would prefer a picture of the end, where it´s you watching a piece you haven´t seen before.
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Nomadita, at 6:36 PM
I am opposite in this regard... I love to put things together. But I hate it when the directions have been sloppily translated into English. When I moved into my apartment, I was putting together a shelf for my bathroom, and my boyfriend came over and wanted to help. Of course, I'm bull-headed and insisted on doing it myself. That, and a combination of the bad English directions, meant that once it was halfway assembled I realized I needed to take it apart and start again.
Nunca jamas will I trust the crappy directions! But I would love to see your amazing bookcase as well. :)
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Angie, at 11:42 PM
Yeh, well, if you pass through Salmanca, Angie, I'll stock up on all the flat pack furniture I could ever need and you can have a party. Directions in perfect castellano. It's the diagrams that throw me. Turned them sideways, upside down, threw them on the floor and hung my head upside down. Nothing.
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Erin, at 10:31 PM
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