Tag: IKEA
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Almost But Not Quite
Almost three years old, Kolly has a strong sense of autonomy. She observes older kids and adults doing things that catch her fancy, and she becomes bound and determined to do the same. Her mom got her a pair of sunglasses. Just like Mom’s. No amount of explaining or trying to turn them around for…
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What’s It Worth To You?
Ikea is known worldwide for its modern furniture, low prices, an inviting shopping experience, and impossible instructions for putting said furniture together. Swedish words are used for all the products sold there. For monolingual me, the words are unpronounceable and don’t really mean anything to me. This also is logical that instructions are in pictograph…
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Ignore Instructions At Your Own Risk
68 steps. I’m not talking about a couch potato response to exercise. It was the number of steps to put together an IKEA desk. It looked so simple. Who were we kidding? John had tried to put it together once before, thinking it would be a quick project. I’d needed a desk for some time–…
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What Does The Manual Say?
I sat watching my daughter, Tiffany, sew a dress. To say I was impressed would be an understatement. She sews out of enjoyment. I grew up with a mom who sewed out of necessity. And you could tell it wasn’t enjoyable to her–the clothes she made were plain, simple, the same. Nothing I ever enjoyed…
Tip of My Iceberg 