Building the war room of my dreams

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Reality hits home

June 15, 2024

Things get ordered

The swedish store made ordering the Kallax bits easy. They even had a pre-picked selection that came with a few of the storage options (drawers) included.

The wood for the tabletop was equally easy. The local DIY shop did offer pre-cut wood from their website with edges to specifications. However because it wouldn’t let me pick the things I wanted I had to do a bit of extra googling. And as luck would have it I found a webshop that would do anything I wanted with an interface that was super easy to use.

Ordered :

2x Ikea Kallax 2×4
2x tabletop :
18mm MDF, pre-primed, 150 cm x 105 cm, rounded edges on all sides except one

For those interested : https://www.opmaatzagen.nl/
It is a Dutch webshop specializing in wood cut to specifications.

Delivery & challenges

All items ordered arrived safe and sound. The additional wood I was able to haul from the local DIY shop.

The packages from the Swedish store were big, but unpacking them and then moving bits up stairs was easy. Assembly was not a big deal either (tip : drilling holes for the screws makes the job easy).

So far … so good, except for one thing.
I had not considered the size of the tabletops as well as the weight.
The things were heavy.
Initial attempt at carrying one of the tabletops meant that a few steps up I let one slip … and with a mighty crash it landed on the floor. I probably scared the neighbours too 😀

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