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this all started out when the wife wanted me to make a chest of drawers for under the desk she uses for her laptop. i suggested we make a day of it, and look around some. we went to target, walmart, even costco, but we couldn't find something quite right. that was when i made my mistake, i suggested we go to ikea and see what they have. we looked all over, not seeing much (no surprise there), then she saw what has become the bane of my existance, IVAR! needless to say, she fell in love with it and had to buy it. she was so happy when she bought it , probably because she knew that i was the one stuck putting it together. one word of warning, ikea uses the smallest amount of packaging possible, and i almost hurt myself finding that out. small boxes that usually weigh a ton. well, we finally got this monstrosity home, and unloaded from the car. my beloved better half set it down on her own foot, and that was the end of her finishing IVAR (if you didn't know, ikea gives all their furniture stupid swedish names). IVAR is a monstrosity made up of a set of 3 drawers below, and a set of shelves with doors above. after unpacking the evil parts of the set of drawers, i started applying the shellac. this wood was so dry, it sucked up the first 3 coats, same with the shelving unit. it took 8 coats to finally get this thing looking at least presentable. if you've ever assembled anything from ikea, i'll spare you the gory details, but i will say that the instruction manual (don't know if i can say it here, but think golf balls through a garden hose, and you get my point). now that both parts are assembled, it only needs to be attached to the framework, and tipped up on it's feet (think final assembly of darth vader), and shove it into place. i have sworn a holy oath, never to buy anything other than those little glass tealight holders and candles, from ikea, ever. they're worse than the spinny vortex, even if they do have swedish meatballs....