What could you do on Valentine's day?

Have a dinner in a nice restaurant?
Go to a Spa?
Take a cooking class together?
Prepare a candlelight dinner?
Write a poem?
Go for a romantic picnic?
(you know all the classics)

This year we did none of the above. We assembled our new wardrobe.

It all started by an obvious fact: we need more hanging space. I had 2 wardrobes, Wolfram 1, so there was no way all of our things that needed to hang would fit in only one. We did try but after 1 month there was no way to deny the fact that we needed more hanging space.

So there we go, it's Saturday and together with half of Belgium, we went to Ikea. Note we could have waited Sunday, because this year Ikea is opened on Valentine's day. Apparently on top of all of the obvious things to do for Valentine's, a trip to Ikea is also an option.
Direction the wardrobe area with a stop by the desk area. Wolfram was looking for one and we spent some quality time exploring the possibilities. With one lead option for the desk in our pocket, the next step turned out a bit more complex. We had dimensions, we had a need, we needed a solution. Pax was the obvious because that's the series where you can design your own wardrobe, according to your needs and wishes. More drawers, more hanging space, more shelves, sliding doors or traditional ones... you name it. There is even an online tool for you to try different options.
Our design on paper we went to the desk so a very nice lady could put everything in the computer and make sure we haven't forgotten anything (like the hinges for the doors...). She kindly printed out the list so we could pick up everything in the warehouse. And it was quite some boxes actually. So many, so heavy, so long that Wolfram's car looked very small all of a sudden.

We had to leave the trunk door open as the boxes were not fitting in the car (between you an me, a Mercedes coupe is a very nice car but not the most flexible one when it comes to transport Ikea boxes... but you could argue that when you buy such a car, you have a different agenda :)).

First things first (well after unloading the car which was quite some effort given some of the boxes weigh more than 40kg), we assembled the desk. Pretty simple and quickly done. A nice "starter"

The big piece was still waiting for us. But before we could get our hands on it, we had to empty the current wardrobe (piling up everything on the bed) and disassemble it.
This done, we started by the frames, then the doors, then the shelves and drawers.
We did realize that we could re-use the shelf boards from my former wardrobe (standardization is sometimes good) which means we can bring back the new ones and save (a bit of) money.




Each time I have to build Ikea furniture I'm always grateful to my uncle who got me an electrical screw driver. This way I can screw (or unscrew) anything without an effort. Clearly this is one of these inventions really making a difference in one's life.
After may hours of work, here comes our new wardrobe.

Guess what. Once we've put all the clothes in, we realize one thing: we still need more hanging space... this time for the coats :) but that's gonna be another episode.

PS: I did get to wake up and find beautiful flowers and I baked an heart-shape chocolate cake for my Valentine ;)