You may recall that the last time we talked about our new flat screen TV, we had the video equipment sitting on a folding table as a temporary solution to what to do with that equipment. We were also glad that the TV is actually fastened securely to the wall since sitting on that folding table just may not be the steadiest base for the TV.
Well, Carolyn and I spent our date night (Friday evening) walking through IKEA and looking for a solution that would be practical, work well with the other furniture in our bedroom, and be reasonably priced. We also went to IKEA because their cafeteria serves good food at reasonable prices. It took the whole evening but we came home with two large, heavy boxes. The employees at IKEA were all anxious to help us lift the boxes onto the carts and from the carts into our van.
As with our other experiences with items from IKEA, everything had to be put together and everything went together well. At first I wanted to do the whole job by myself because I really like putting together kits that are well designed.
But then I realized that Carolyn probably wanted to enjoy some of that fun as well. Besides, I don't move up and down as well as I used to so it was helpful to have another set of legs, arms, eyes, and fingers. It would have taken me much more than twice as much time to complete the project.
Here, Carolyn is putting the final touches on the drawers, little plastic pads to soften the noise of the drawers firmly settling into their IN position.
We're still not sure how the TIVO, VCR, and cable box are going to sit on the top of the chest of drawers but in any case they look a lot more stable than sitting on the folding table.
While at IKEA we bought some drawer organizers for CD's on the right and DVD's on the left. We don't have much of a collection of DVD's but at least now we have a place for them.
You may recall that the last time we talked about our new flat screen TV, we had the video equipment sitting on a folding table as a temporary solution to what to do with that equipment. We were also glad that the TV is actually fastened securely to the wall since sitting on that folding table just may not be the steadiest base for the TV.
Well, Carolyn and I spent our date night (Friday evening) walking through IKEA and looking for a solution that would be practical, work well with the other furniture in our bedroom, and be reasonably priced. We also went to IKEA because their cafeteria serves good food at reasonable prices. It took the whole evening but we came home with two large, heavy boxes. The employees at IKEA were all anxious to help us lift the boxes onto the carts and from the carts into our van.
As with our other experiences with items from IKEA, everything had to be put together and everything went together well. At first I wanted to do the whole job by myself because I really like putting together kits that are well designed.
But then I realized that Carolyn probably wanted to enjoy some of that fun as well. Besides, I don't move up and down as well as I used to so it was helpful to have another set of legs, arms, eyes, and fingers. It would have taken me much more than twice as much time to complete the project.
Here, Carolyn is putting the final touches on the drawers, little plastic pads to soften the noise of the drawers firmly settling into their IN position.
We're still not sure how the TIVO, VCR, and cable box are going to sit on the top of the chest of drawers but in any case they look a lot more stable than sitting on the folding table.
While at IKEA we bought some drawer organizers for CD's on the right and DVD's on the left. We don't have much of a collection of DVD's but at least now we have a place for them.
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