Greg and Kat's blog

As some of you know, we have a large Ikea Pax wardrobe in our bedroom. The astute will also know that it is too big to be tilted or removed from the room (because of our low ceilings). It had to be assembled standing up, and would have to be disassembled to be moved.

I decided to tackle that tonight, figuring I would just follow the instructions backwards. The nailed-on back popped off no problem. When it let go, I quickly realized things were about to turn.

The back was the only thing keeping it square: if I let go of it at that point, it would shear and tear itself apart. I managed to get it against a wall, so it didn’t have to be held every second.

I decided the best course of action would be to pop off one side: I unscrewed the little worm screw things and figured it would pop off. The top popped off. Then, I had to hold both the top and side to keep it together. The bottom had to come off, but despite being unscrewed, it wouldn’t budge.

This is the point at which I thought “Didn’t Kat have to help me get this thing together because I couldn’t hold everything myself?”

I didn’t really have any choice but to give the bottom of the free side a kick and hope. The screws pulled out the wrong way, tearing the particle-board. I manged to pick up the screwdriver with my foot and unscrew the other side of the top and get it off.

So, I’m going to try and patch the one side up somehow. I suspect I may need a new wardrobe frame, though.

Otherwise, I think I’m making reasonable progress packing.