We bought a couple of Billy Bookcases on that trip. She could enjoy herself because I wasn’t acting like a petulant ass.Īnd the more joy she felt, the more joy and more contentment I felt. I saw the joy that Handan was experiencing. I didn’t immediately begin muttering and cursing and bah-ing!Īnd when it came time for us to drive to New Haven and enter the belly of the beast, I could find no negativity polluting my thoughts.Īnd as we strolled the aisles and miles – my wonderful wife and I – I found myself enjoying the experience.īut it was more than that. When it came time for Barish’s teen bedroom makeover, Handan floated the idea of a few new pieces of furniture from IKEA, and a weird thing happened. It mustn’t have happened all at once, or I’d have realized it sooner. Scrooge himself could not have been more derisive. “ Bah! IKEA! BAH, I say!” I doddered around mumbling and cursing the Swedish King anytime the name IKEA was mentioned. I held on to that bitter sentiment for years like a miser clutching a fistful of worn and tarnished pennies. All material possessions (paper, files, pens, etc.) had to be shunned while at the desk, lest they spoil the clean, sterile form… The absence of drawers or storage forced the user to adopt an ascetic work style. It was a perfect study in efficient minimalism. Bend your ear to the east you’ll hear the kronor piling up around a delighted Swedish family and hear their laughter as they haul that money to the bank.ĭuring one of these slogs through swamps of oak and frosted glass, we picked out a desk for me: a flat, black monolith, devoid of charm, beauty, and drawers. It is like traveling down the hallways of Hades, each step taking the hapless consumer farther from the world of the living and closer to some eternal damnation, where souls are forfeit for flat-faced furniture with unfathomable names. Once entered, forever trapped! Shoppers are forced to wend through inescapable and endless warrens of gleaming, happy-colored crap. I detest the way they turn customers into maze-rats. On the other hand, I have been at odds with the Scandinavian behemoth since my first visit to the Emeryville, CA store in 2004. Handan had been a big fan of the store, since they could be found in many countries and provided an easy solution to furnish apartments as an expat. When we moved into this house two years ago, before we learned how to craft and woodwork, before we figured out how to do-it-ourselves and find-it-for-cheap, we went on several IKEA sprees. As long as you’re hitting the centre of your 2x4s with your bolts you are fine.Nearly 3 1/2 years ago in one of the very first posts written for a young and uncertain Navage Patch, I penned the following words to sum up my feelings for the Swedish King of home decor: I’m also sure the screws holding the plate to the Kallax would give way as screws don’t handle shearing forces well.Īll walls are hollow, they are generally built with 2x4s every 16” with drywall on the surface. If somehow the particle board didn’t give way its highly unlikely the supports holding the Kallax on the wall will hold it in place. Your Kallax is being held in place by two small plates at the back (if that). Then you’re going to hang a heavy electronic on top of this plate. What you’re proposing is using screws to attach a heavy metal plate to particle board. When wall mounts go into the wall you’re putting bolts into solid 2x4s which are also secured into top and bottom rails secured to the rest of the house (hopefully). Whenever you’re mounting something or hanging something there’s always the weakest point to consider.
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