Pimp my IKEA

 

I bought an IKEA Fira mini chest today.  I have a bit of an organizational bug, a hazard this time of year.   This is going to help whip my closet into shape.

This is what it is supposed to look like:

 

You see the sad state of things in the above picture.  It comes in about 852 pieces.  I'm always amazed and a little impressed at how flat IKEA gets all of their products.  Now THAT is some engineering.  Someone with really excellent space planning skills figures out how a 7-foot couch with down cushions can fit into a package that will fit in the trunk of your car.

My plans for this little chest is to get a matching one (I needed to see how much skill and perseverance was needed to assemble one, before committing to additional ones) and put them on the shelf in my closet.  I plan on taking the assorted baskets and old shoe boxes full of nail polishes, 80's costume jewelry (it could come back in style) and first aid supplies and house them in these nice organized little chests.

But first the assembly.  And do you see what I see in the lower right hand corner of the first picture?  A humongous distraction, that's what.

 

My dear friend Karen gave me a subscription to Marie Claire Idees for Christmas.  She is bucking for sainthood (and I think she may have succeeded).  However it arrived just as I pulled up to the house with my project.

I was determined to assemble the thing before even cracking open the cover. 

 

Yay me!  It even has its first coat of white paint (not pictured because it is outside by the trash cans.  Not really photo worthy).  I was really going to pimp it out by putting little glass knobs on it.  I thought I would be able to turn the drawers around but it turns out both ends have the finger pull.  Oh well.  If you want to see some really tricked out Fira mini chests do a google or flickr search.  Some very clever people out there.

Now I'm off to read my magazine.  And learn French.

 

Oooooo (la la)

 

Edited to add:

Bonus picture!  My botanical prints framed.  I'll do a post on this room when the headboard is back from the painters.   I wish I had straightened out that lampshade….