Making a bed
Lias Bluestone over on Live Journal took about 3 hours to make a bed. I have just taken 13 hours!
Now this was no ordinary bed, it was a Vision Single Cabin Bed with Comfort Mattress from Argos.
It didn’t go well, even though the majority of it went together smoothly.
- There is one screw that completely missed the hole it was supposed to go in, though luckily it is fairly hidden.
- 2 screws that didn’t screw in all the way - I had to drill holes in the attaching piece to hide the heads, and allow the thing to fit together.
- Another screw that was visible and didn’t go all the way in, though a hammer does sometimes come in handy and the screw got knocked in.
- The wardrobe doors were too big and didn’t slide as they were supposed to. I tried sanding them and it didn’t work. But after several attempts and the use of 2 metal washers and a small strip of wood we managed to skew the bad enough to get them to work.
Then of course the problem that the bed is so heavy it takes 3 of us just to move it a few inches, not that it is a problem as I don’t envisage it moving again any time in the near future.
Plus of course all the aches and pains that are now following - neck, shoulders, arms, hands, legs and toes of all things!
Self assembly furniture is all very well, but it really is about time the need for screws is removed from the equation. Maybe I should stick to metal furniture in future.
