Home is where the IKEA is

From 9:14am - 1:52pm yesterday, J and I trolled IKEA ISO the perfect furniture for our new apartment. After much debate, we settled on a bed, desk, console table, and various other small apartment accoutrements.

From 4:02pm - 12:53am, J and I put together our IKEA purchases. Holy hand blister. I think their screws are made of titanium. We ruined 2.5 Phillips-head screwdrivers, and still ended up not being able to screw everything in. While we were in IKEA, J suggested purchasing a drill, to which I replied, "Psh. You can put together any of this stuff by hand." While that may be true (barely), my thumbs and forefingers are numb this morning, and we both literally have blisters in the middle of our hand from so much screwing. And not the good kind.

The glory is, now we have a fabulous new bed, stainless steel desk, and a rather industrial "console table" that looks like it belongs in a garage with windshield wiper fluid and dog food stored on its shelves. Guess who said this: "Hey, it saved us 60 bucks." It will do...

Our IKEA goodies...

 

Our bed slats, which serve in place of the boxspring. Of course we saved the most difficult piece for last, and literally could not go to sleep until these were done.

 

Our put together goodies: Drawers, storage boxes, our lovely console table, our desk, and our bed... isn't she a beaut?

 
 

 Then I made some drunk dinner... it was delicious and easy. A "frittata" of sorts, with potatoes, spinach, onions, eggs... all topped with parmesan cheese. I was most impressed that the eggs didn't stick to our new stainless steel pan! Woohoo!!!

Annnnd, last but not least. One of the things I love about Denver so far is our proximity to fresh, local, organic produce. Every Sunday, there is a farmers' market two blocks from our apartment, and I get to load up. This is also from our local Sprouts, a "healthy, natural, and organic grocery store."

Now the challenge is to figure out the best way to use all of this!