Ikea Mydal Bunk

[nicolewi]

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. 

[waverly]

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.

[macmars45]

We got the Hemnes 8 drawer dresser for my DS 8.5 years ago. It's lasted through two moves and regular kid roughness no problem.

[nicolewi]

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.

[waverly]

Jun 23, 2024 15:58:44 GMT -5 nicolewi said:

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.