Too many boxes

[redbird]

Our stuff is now off the truck and in the new apartment. There are too many boxes, to the point where we won't be able to pursue the original plan of culling and alphabetizing books as we unpack. Some of the "too many boxes" is that the packers used a lot of paper around some of the stuff, but I suspect the book boxes are entirely full of books.

My desk didn't survive the move (we thought it might not—it was 20 years old and made of particleboard), and the armoire was damaged. That should be repairable iff Ikea still makes that model and the part is available, but in the meantime it is lying on its side, making the bedroom seem more crowded, rather than being a place I can unpack clothes into. However, my dresser (which has sentimental value as well as being useful) and the nested Pyrex bowls (ditto) survived, and those would have been a lot harder to replace.

We are also going to have to throw away a variety of stuff that we either didn't get the chance to sort through, or that the packers put in boxes or on the truck before we could say "no, leave that." (The annoyance there is a broken table that I did explicitly tell them not to pack.) There are other bits of furniture we may conclude we don't need (or don't have room for), but couldn't know that until we got here and started arranging things.

Comments

[kistaro]

The local IKEA (in Renton) only sells individual spare parts if they happen to have them on-hand in the "As Is" section, otherwise they're just going to tell you to buy a new kit...

[redbird]

That's worth knowing before we head out there (especially as we are considering going elsewhere for other furniture, and getting things we don't have to assemble ourselves). However, it may not be our problem. I think there's a deal where the moving company deals with a repair company, which not only gets the part but does the repair. If so, it might be their responsibility to get the new kit, and maybe remove the piece they can't repair for lack of parts. At least, that's what the movers said when they reported having damaged the furniture because it caught an elevator door. I don't know if they were correct, or how much hassle it will be to get this done. (Alternatively, Cattitude thinks the thing might be fixable with Elmer's glue, a clamp, and a few day's patience.)

[kistaro]

The moving companies I've used are unwilling to insure particle board furniture- I was warned it would only be best effort. Best to check the contact. Most of my particle board furniture made it okay, but one of my desks never made it back together quite right.

[hobbitbabe]

My movers broke an IKEA desk too, and then abandoned it with me where I had no way to dispose of it properly, not knowing how that stuff works for me yet.

[ellarien]

I know that "too many boxes" feeling. I think my last three moves involved shovelling books onto shelves more or less at random to get rid of the boxes, and sorting them out later. The living-room books (basically everything that isn't sff, reference, or science) are still a bit random well over two years after the last move, and I was very glad I was able to get the new IKEA shelves for the office delivered and put together before about twenty boxes of books were piled up in that small room.

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I haven't seen you yet! What day next week (this one is already full) can I come & sweep you off to lunch? Also, don't know if my email address for you is current. Can you send to marykay.kare@gmail.com.

MKK