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My task for this evening is to put together a huge flat pack wooden toy kitchen.
Me, screwdrivers and flat pack are not friends.
Normally I would have a couple of alcoholic beverages to ease the pain but as I'm not drinking it will be diet Pepsi...
So, if after about 7.30 you hear nothing from me I'm buried under a pile of wood and would appreciate it if someone could come dig me out!!!
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over a year ago
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"My task for this evening is to put together a huge flat pack wooden toy kitchen.
Me, screwdrivers and flat pack are not friends.
Normally I would have a couple of alcoholic beverages to ease the pain but as I'm not drinking it will be diet Pepsi...
So, if after about 7.30 you hear nothing from me I'm buried under a pile of wood and would appreciate it if someone could come dig me out!!!
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I am a dab hand with a screwdriver and have a free night, shame I am the wrong end of the country  |
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over a year ago
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ah i thought it was a crimbo pressie!
good luck with building it, last attempt at building flat pack furniture it was my due date for having my daughter and id just got the keys to my flat 
i had to roll over and drag myself up by holding onto a raidiator, with blisters on my hands from all the screwing. |
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"I am the flatpack queen! My last assembly job was a sideboard unit thingy that was missing the instructions "
I'm useless! The instructions say 45 mins to an hour but someone else I know had the same one and she said it took her father in law nearly 4 hours!! |
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"ah i thought it was a crimbo pressie!
good luck with building it, last attempt at building flat pack furniture it was my due date for having my daughter and id just got the keys to my flat
i had to roll over and drag myself up by holding onto a raidiator, with blisters on my hands from all the screwing."
It is. But I've got a big empty cupboard in my hallway that I can hide it in. I just want to get it assembled so I know the bits are all there. Lol x |
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"I am the flatpack queen! My last assembly job was a sideboard unit thingy that was missing the instructions
I'm useless! The instructions say 45 mins to an hour but someone else I know had the same one and she said it took her father in law nearly 4 hours!! "
In my experience women are quicker with flat pack because they READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!  |
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"ah i thought it was a crimbo pressie!
good luck with building it, last attempt at building flat pack furniture it was my due date for having my daughter and id just got the keys to my flat
i had to roll over and drag myself up by holding onto a raidiator, with blisters on my hands from all the screwing.
It is. But I've got a big empty cupboard in my hallway that I can hide it in. I just want to get it assembled so I know the bits are all there. Lol x"
I envy you for having a storage space big enough to house a pretend kitchen.. my box flat is full to the brim with stuff.. my xmas toy stash is at my grandmothers or in the boot of my car |
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"ah i thought it was a crimbo pressie!
good luck with building it, last attempt at building flat pack furniture it was my due date for having my daughter and id just got the keys to my flat
i had to roll over and drag myself up by holding onto a raidiator, with blisters on my hands from all the screwing.
It is. But I've got a big empty cupboard in my hallway that I can hide it in. I just want to get it assembled so I know the bits are all there. Lol x
I envy you for having a storage space big enough to house a pretend kitchen.. my box flat is full to the brim with stuff.. my xmas toy stash is at my grandmothers or in the boot of my car "
Well it depends on your definition of space. I have 2 cupboards in my hall. I have taken everything out of one this morning and put it in the other, Xmas tree, decorations, ironing board etc. that's now all piled high with everything else and is now impossible to open the door without everything falling out. Lol.
The other one will be full of kitchen. So both those cupboards are now out of action till after Xmas.. lol. I'm lucky tho, my flat is pretty big. X |
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"I envy you for having a storage space big enough to house a pretend kitchen.. my box flat is full to the brim with stuff.. my xmas toy stash is at my grandmothers or in the boot of my car
Well it depends on your definition of space. I have 2 cupboards in my hall. I have taken everything out of one this morning and put it in the other, Xmas tree, decorations, ironing board etc. that's now all piled high with everything else and is now impossible to open the door without everything falling out. Lol.
The other one will be full of kitchen. So both those cupboards are now out of action till after Xmas.. lol. I'm lucky tho, my flat is pretty big. X "
I have a draw in the kitchen im afraid to open in case i can not close it again.. haha
My ironing board, xmas tree etc are stuffed in my bedroom along with a bookcase that doesnt fit in the front room. My bedroom is no longer the boudoir it should be, but the dumping ground for 'stuff'
But going back to your original post, its reminded me that i should perhaps treat myself to an electric screw driver.
i long for mexican pine or oak furniture, but until a lotto win.. flat pack from 'argoose' will do me |
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So, if after about 7.30 you hear nothing from me
Bit like any other day ain't it?
You're never here after 7:30 
That's coz I'm busy 
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I used the to make it seem exciting, in reality by busy I mean showering, eating, tidying, washing up and sleeping!!! lol x |
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Just opened the big box to find.. A slightly smaller box!
Maybe I ordered the wrong thing and it'll be like those Russian dolls with the boxes getting smaller and smaller until I get to a tiny kitchen for a dolls house! |
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"I am the flatpack queen! My last assembly job was a sideboard unit thingy that was missing the instructions
I'm useless! The instructions say 45 mins to an hour but someone else I know had the same one and she said it took her father in law nearly 4 hours!!
In my experience women are quicker with flat pack because they READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! "
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So, if after about 7.30 you hear nothing from me
Bit like any other day ain't it?
You're never here after 7:30
That's coz I'm busy
I used the to make it seem exciting, in reality by busy I mean showering, eating, tidying, washing up and sleeping!!! lol x "
I will be thinking of you putting that flat pack together you could have organised a get together for a flatpack put together then we could have brought our power tools and put it together in no time atall  |
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"Hello!! Pretty sure I've sworn more in the last 2.5 hours than in my whole life but I survived, treated myself to a digestive biscuit!!
Yay! Well done "
break open a bottle, celebrate in style |
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As someone who may or may not know what a screwdriver is for, I would have been happy to offer you some advice on wielding it were it not for the fact that that I cannot post anypersonal experiences. So good job you managed it.
Dont post how you did it. |
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