Quick IKEA Visit

I mentioned before that my parents moved out of my house early last year. They still have some items here in the house, but they moved a lot of stuff. For over a year I have procrastinated on reorganizing the house, but for some reason, I felt motivated this morning. I checked the IKEA website and some shelves that were perpetually out-of-stock were in-stock at the Costa Mesa store. I called my sister for help and she came by to pick me up in her SUV.

The KALLAX cube storage shelf. This must be one of IKEA’s most popular items. I already have one, and so do my parents. I also see this exact item in several friends’ houses. I purchased two black 4×2 shelves (as shown) for $100 each. I also bought another office desk. I used to have three tables of different sizes in my home office that were also from IKEA, but my parents took two of them to their new house. I want to set up one of the empty bedrooms into a media room, so I need a desk, some shelves, and maybe a few chairs.

This BEKANT desk was $400, so it is not cheap. My previous office tables from IKEA were purchased in 2003 and they look great after 20 years. Hopefully, this desk is also well constructed. I may need to purchase a corner desk from the same series later.

All these items are sitting in my garage. I just need the energy to cart them upstairs and assemble them, hopefully sooner than another year.