Potential local boom industry?
Found this link today and it got me thinking.
Local Furniture Assemblers are likely to become very rich with the coming of West Chester's IKEA and the number of people who are incapable or unwilling to 'DIY' it. I find the instructions pretty clear myself, but I know many find them frustrating so these guys are sure otmake a mint.
My husband hates putting stuff together, and by contrast I like the girl-power rush of it so I end up doing all our assembling.
So far, from IKEA alone, I've assembled three Ottenby dressers, two bedside drawer tables, an Ottenby end table, a Lamborn coffee table, a 2-step stool, bookcases, a Jerker computer desk, and a large entertainment center. All of them single handed mind you, with exception of the last one in the final stages.
My husband did install the floating Lack wall shelves, which isn't the easiest thing to do with the myriad of holes and trying to find a stud, but there's really not much assembly to it.
So, the point of this was, are you a DIY'er or a grumbler? Would you pay someone to do it for you?
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Total girl power!
And the other boom will be plumbers. Especially plumbers with experience dealing with IKEA’s persnickety faucets. Eventually, I’ll have a photo montage of the faucet horror show in my new IKEA bathroom up on my DDFic Flickr page.
Tina
Oh yeah, I hear you on the plumbing. If you’ve found a better way to do it than what I’ve found so far, please let me know! I have one IKEA faucet and 3 other European faucets with the same set up - anyone in the “know” who can lend some tips could end up being my hero! Please post what you know!
Well, one week later, I’m up to 9 calls to IKEA and three shipments of replacement parts, and the faucet still doesn’t work! AUGH! So how did YOU do it? Drop me a line.
Helps to leave my e - lawsontl at ix dot netcom dot com!