Basement Reno Update
>> Thursday, June 24, 2010
So we are almost done with our basement reno. The list of what is left to be done is very short (touch up painting, installing backordered lights & mirrors and installing an additional pot light above the tub). Now I have to start decorating it & figuring out what furniture to put down there.
Here's the problem....I'm an engineer. I'm not really all that creative & I don't have a "decorator" bone in my body. Thankfully I can do some of it without messing anything up too bad. Tonight I headed to Ikea to get some necessities for Evan's playroom.
I started out with an Expedit bookcase in white to store all his toys.
Then I added some nice purple plastic bins to hold his little toys....or at least I thought they were purple...the website says they are "transparent"....boring!
Then I bought a blue kid's table for Evan with 4 little green stools. Not sure if Dewey will let us keep it though b/c I'm not sure if we'll have room for it after Evan get's his train table (that we're getting as a hand me down from his friend Carson).
Add in two sets of curtains, a lamp and a play tent & you've got a huge shopping trip.
Oh....and did I mention that Evan and I went by ourselves? Yep....it was....stellar (can you hear the sarcasm?) I found every thing pretty easily but that bookshelf comes in 3 boxes, weighs about 230 lbs and is about 6 feet long. So at one point I was pushing Evan in one cart & pulling a 300+ pound cart behind me. Tons of Ikea workers walked right past me without asking if they could help or even acknowledging my presence. I finally point blank asked someone to help. She pushed the big cart up to the till but then left. I got everything paid for & then reloaded everything (they piled it all at the end of the register) while 3 workers stood their and chatted right next to me. Not one of them tried to help.
I asked them to call someone to help load my car. It took no time for him to get there but he barely even grunted in my direction. I can't complain too much b/c he lifted everything into my car but still...
Really....how hard is it to be civil to your customers? Does it really make your day go by so much faster when you are rude?????
Okay...rant over. I will post pictures of the basement soon! Read more...
