Lego, Adult-Sized

Many homeowners when putting together the furnishings for their new apartments will routinely check out Ikea. We’ve had pretty varied experiences with Ikea furniture at our Rivervale home. Basically ‘good’ for their baby changing table and baby chairs, ‘so-so’ for lighting fixtures and sofas, and just ‘godawful’ for their book shelving (they started sagging after 6 months). The fact that their self-assembled furniture though are priced so low has meant we still check their two large stores out to find items that we can get that won’t be too painful even if they don’t work as well as expected.

Our purchases for our Minton home this time round have included quite a large number of items on top of the previously blogged lighting and 1.5 seater sofa, and they are:

Bathroom clothing hooks

Bathroom towel rods

Bedroom full-length mirror

Children bedroom shelves and clothing hooks

Living room photo frames

Bathroom full-height open shelf

Foyer shoe bench

Outdoor furniture: rocking armchairs and sidetable

The last three items were packed flat and unassembled – one of the well-known characteristics of Ikea’s offerings. We had the option of having the store deliver and assemble it for us, but like many Singapore families, we brought the furniture back in our trusty family sedan and assembled it at home. I was able to assemble the whole bunch of items pretty easily without hitches except for the Molger shelf. Pretty sure I followed the instructions closely, but the joining screws wouldn’t go in all the way, resulting in noticeable gaps between the supporting struts and beams. Oh well.