Coffee’s up. Pull up a chair and join me. If we were having coffee I would tell you that since moving to our new home in the desert during a pandemic, my husband and I have had to learn how to assemble some of the furnishings we needed. We have assembled outdoor lounge chairs and indoor side chairs. It has been ‘interesting’ reading the directions for each project. My husband worked very hard on the lounge chairs but eventually got them built.
The latest project was a sleeper sofa from Ikea. I looked for quite a while to find the right sofa for our small second bedroom. I learned some things in the process, like I need to keep in mind the width of the doorway into the room. I studied all the specs carefully to determine if the sofa would fit through the door. It turned out with Ikea the sofa comes in several boxes to be assembled by its new owners. Ikea recommends a service called ‘Task Rabbit’ to hire people to come out and assemble your purchase. Unfortunately, there was no ‘Task Rabbit’ available in our area. So we were it.
We were both apprehensive at the start. We put off opening the boxes for a couple of weeks. Finally, my husband asked if I wanted to get started. I reluctantly said OK. We studied the illustrations provided by Ikea and had a few debates about what the instructions meant. Little by little we put the parts together. I am proud to announce that my husband and I put together our new sofa sleeper by ourselves. I think it looks pretty nice. Now our kids can come to visit and sleep over.
Some of the nuts and bolts 
Beginning to come together 
Our new sleeper sofa
Roadrunner runs across green 
Roadrunner taking shelter
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Notes Tied On The Sagebrush 
Well done! Have a wonderful summer and enjoy your new home and visitors! 🙂 xo
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Thanks, Bette. I feel pretty accomplished right now. I hope you have a wonderful summer as our country emerges from these hard times. ❤
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I’m impressed. You guys read the instructions. I’m one of those who loves to get in and do what seems to make sense and have to force myself to fuss with the instructions. You did it right. My default method has lead to some really disappointing results, and left over parts, and some fried moods and wine. It increased my dependence on wine. . .
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Ha, ha. I think you like an extra challenge. The Ikea instructions were mainly illustrations but we managed to find our way. Things got tense a few times. One thing I liked about their product is the drill holes we really clean and lined up easily. Our lounge chairs were another thing altogether. I think this pandemic with its assorted frustrations has increased my dependence on wine. Thanks for stopping by, Gary.
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Hats off to both of you for completing the DIY furnishing. It’s often perplexing and difficult to do.
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Thank you. There were a few bumps along the way but we both feel pretty happy with ourselves and the outcome.
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I love the ongoing saga of the roadrunner. Good looking sofa sleeper. I’m impressed that you put it together yourselves.
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I still get really excited seeing the roadrunners around here. We are proud of ourselves for putting together our new sofa. Thanks for stopping by, Cynthia.
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Well done! I’m always very impressed when my husband puts together something that has me looking at the directions and weeping a little! The sofa looks great.
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Yes we assembled it together. Thank you, Leanne
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Great assembly job! The sofa looks very nice. Now your kids will want to sleep over often. Thank you for linking with #weekendcoffeeshare.
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Looking forward to hosting them. Thanks for dropping by, Natalie.
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I love Ikea! My husband does not.
That will be so nice to have visitors~
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I think Ikea is of reliable quality. It’s just that you have to be prepared to put the stuff together. I am happy that I have the bed now for guests. Thanks for stopping by, Kirstin.
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Putting together a sleeper sofa does seem a bit intimidating. It looks like it turned out.
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