I've been on a bit of an Ikea kick lately and have bought furniture there for the first time in many years. After scouting Marketplace unsuccessfully for weeks for white bedroom furniture, I just built an 8 drawer Hemnes dresser for my daughter. It took me FOREVER. It would DEFINITELY have been worth paying someone to assemble it. It looks good; we'll see if it holds up. Also, I built it in our large great room and I took up tons of floor space over several days spreading out the boxes and pieces.
So I was thinking of getting the Mydal bunk for our tiny cottage but am having second thoughts b/c if the build process is similar it's going to be a nightmare.
Anyone built one?? How bad is it??? How long did it take? I would hope/think it would be simpler than the dresser?? IF you have the bunk, is it...fine? Any issues?
ETA: I would happily pay someone to assemble it but I highly doubt this is an option at our cabin in a very small town several hours from any Ikea store.
Edit 2: "Mydal" is like the most basic, regular Ikea wooden bunk.
We did a more complicated bunk bed and it was a lot harder and multiple pieces. We also had no problem building the Hermes and did it quickly probably because of my H to be honest. So anyway my guess with simple bunk beds is that it would be a little bit harder than the Hermes. Can you get someone to help you? It goes much faster when it is me and him.
It’s not even the actual building of the Hemnes thatwas hard. It’s that the instructions are so bad! There were several steps that took us a long time because we were questioning whether or not we had the right pieces, and which way they were supposed to go, since they don’t shade the unfinished sides. I feel like IKEA could make it easier.
It’s not even the actual building of the Hemnes thatwas hard. It’s that the instructions are so bad! There were several steps that took us a long time because we were questioning whether or not we had the right pieces, and which way they were supposed to go, since they don’t shade the unfinished sides. I feel like IKEA could make it easier.
IKEA directions are the literal worst. My H has better spatial orientation than I do so he picks it up quicker. I just sit there and stare at it for a while lol.