Hello Labor Day Weekend! Hubbalicious has a FOUR day weekend (they really do know how to do this right, over here!) and we are going to devote it to: well….labor! The painter showed up, coffee in hand, and proceeded to start with the bedroom. We know we are going to need to buy closets, and we figured that the sooner the room is painted, the sooner we can set them up and get our clothing put away (which constitutes a fair amount of boxes in here!).
So, with the painter established, we left him at work and headed to the hardware store and to Ikea. Our goal: to finally pull the trigger on the closet purchase, and to seek and find some light fixtures for the ceilings. It also occurred to us last night, as we tucked in for our first night in the new place, that we are living in a fishbowl. These great big beautiful windows are like tv screens for our neighbors! We had to undress in the bathroom – and I couldn’t read in bed. So, some sort of quick and easy drapery is at the top of our list as well!
It was a long day, and I have a lot of gratitude and respect for my friend who decided to tag along. Having just settled into her place a month or two before us, she knew what she was in for, and trooped along with us!! She was also an invaluable resource for how to navigate the usage of our VAT form at Ikea.
We also made a discovery about closet purchasing which shed a little light on my failed shopping experience earlier this week. It turns out, the reason that the Ikea clerk wouldn’t sell me the closet part that wasn’t in stock, may not have been attributable to her staunch values and sense of what is fair. Buying closets at Ikea means taking a flat bed cart to a warehouse and picking up each component pieces to stack on your cart (save one or two…although not the one or two BIGGEST parts…). You then wheel your cart to the cash register, pay for the items, and THEN wheel them to the “Transportation”
So, closets have been purchased as have some white sheers for the windows and some temporary lights (SIDEBAR: What are temporary lights, you may ask? Let’s pretend you did. Here’s the answer: Each room in our house has these wires hanging from the ceiling. They are waiting for a light. I haven’t ever bought ceiling lights before, and while there are many wild and crazy options – it’s taking me some time to figure out what would be appropriate for each room. For me, the lamps are fine – so the ceiling light is gravy. Hubbz, however, has a different perspective. To HIM – the wires on the ceiling are truly bothersome. Additionally, he is accustomed to ceiling lights (it turns out he’s had them in just about every house he’s lived in…I can’t say the same). AND it’s truly frustrating to him to not be able to hit a light switch and navigate through a room – apparently his spidey sense for finding a lamp in a dark room is not finely tuned. SO his request was that we buy some very cheap ($3) ceiling lights which he will hang whilst we decide on the permanent light for each room. How could I possibly argue?)
BUT- here’s the thing about the temporary lights….they don’t come with a temporary ladder…
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