Ever since I saw this moby, I knew that one day I wanted two large wall shelves from Ikea on either side of the door. My room door. I loved the Expedit model shelf, and I loved that you can get boxes and baskets to fit into the openings all neat and tidy like. I just have been waiting and waiting… for what, I’m not sure, but it was finally time.

Even though I was fighting a bad bad toothache, I loaded up on some painkillers and decided that I would keep my date with Ikea and off I went Sunday noon to go and get the beast. I had the cash, I had saved it up. The drive kept me occupied so I would worry over my stupid mouth. (It’s better now, thanks…) And I didn’t spend a whole lot of time there… it was super busy anyway, and I looked, I got, I paid and I left. And when I got home I took a bunch of Tylenol PM and slept for like 7 hours and woke feeling a lot better.

Besides, I had already made a date with Tim to come out and assemble the beast and help me move the freezer from the living room to the dining room area and some other minor things around the homestead. So I got all my stuff all over the place, much to poor Jessy’s dismay as she tried to work around it all…. and Tim got to unpacking all the boxes and such and we got out the instructions. I got to be the instruction reader, though in the end, it was really very easy. I love Ikea… they are awesome about stuff like that.

Took up most of the living room but that’s because it’s pretty big.

To be honest, it didn’t take too long at all! He had it all nice and tidy within an hour. And then a little more to attach it to the wall in the back, so it won’t tip or anything.

Dressed up, the thing holds a TON…. everything I thought would probably fill it up, only took about half of the space. It’s going to be awesome. I would like to get a couple of the wicker baskets that go in the little sections to really store odds and ends and a couple more CD boxes, that sort of thing. But all in the right time… The other wall one, I’ll just save up for that one next… and since our sewing machine cabinet is over there now instead of the freezer, I’d like to put our crafts ands scrapbooking stuff, etc over there. That would be cool.

Right now, I just like the way it looks… I’ve been waiting to get that thing for almost 2 years! Well, 1 3/4 years! Pretty cool. I like waiting on things and taking my time. Obviously, it’s good to not by on credit or over extend yourself. And it feels cool to save up the cash and then finally go and get something neat and useful. I love how it anchors that end of the moby with something big and solid. Nice… I love it!