This month we’ve been slowly moving our design studio from Frenchs Forest to North Sydney.

Moving has been one hell of an adventure. If you’ve ever moved house before, you’ll know what I mean. There’s just so much to do. For us, the main problem hasn’t been getting moving our huge yearbook library:

… like thousands of these bundles

or getting them up 2 flights of stairs..

… gah my feet hurt…

The problem has been this beast!….

We made several trips to IKEA to get new tables, chairs and bookshelves. Hmmmm where do I start…

• Of the four tables, 1 only had 3 legs, 1 had a huge scratch, 1 had a leg which wouldn’t screw the right way, and 1 was actually ok!
• Of the chairs, 1 was already dirty, and another had screw holes which didn’t align to the frame!
• The bookshelves are the same model, but one is taller than the other!… WTF?!!!?!!1

Of course we could take it back to refund, but of course, refund = more sales. The store is so huge and so tempting, that every time you refund, you end up buying even more stuff!

Yes it is our fault for being tempted, but IKEA does make pretty cool stuff. If only they weren’t so dodgy and pretty, so you wouldn’t be tempted to buy even more when you refunded the dodgy ones!

The studio is however coming along nicely. Here’s the planned work area…

We’ll probably get some beanbags and a couch to make it more comfortable.

Let’s hope this is finished soon so Nathan can have his dinner in peace!