Today is the day that Ikea Dublin opens.
Some are expecting chaos on the roads of Dublin (and given the closure of College Street on the same day, its guaranteed), and some are expecting chaos in the homes of Ikea purchasers.
At least I think that’s why companies like Simple Assembly Me Hole have started up. Part of the expectation is that a whole bunch of people who have never bought self assembly furniture before will descend on the new Ikea and bring flat pack boxes home.
And not know what to do with them. Or how to put them together.
Part of this is that the little Allen key that comes with every piece of Ikea furniture is bloody difficult to use (it is, I end up using the multi-tool for my bikes. Size is everything when it comes to torque), and that the international, word free instructions aren’t that easy to follow (depends on the furniture).
That and they’ll also assemble and install your kitchen for you.
I’ve asked, since the assembled team seems to consist of qualified carpenters they can do most of the standard (and by nature, non-standard) Ikea hacks too? However they seem to only be in the greater Dublin area, for the moment anyway.
Part of the fun of Ikea is putting it together, I know that I would need to hack together a complete office for myself (hack, customisation is something I know I’m going to do. That and build things not exactly as intended). For example, building an office from a mix of kitchen, bedroom and living room parts.
But that might just be me.
At the moment, I might have to look in to building a wheelchair accessible kitchen from scratch. Trust me I’m interested in the installation process and if things can be hacked for access purposes.
If I’m let.
take care,
Will Knott