My FIND!

My cousin, Alyson, called me on Friday asking me to accompany her to IKEA. Done! I'm always up for a trip there. Saryn's potty trained, so she went into Smallville (the play place there) and it was just me and my cousin and our babies. So much more relaxing! Anyway, I ran into my friend, Ben, who recommended that I check out the "as is" section to see if one of the shelving units that I like are there.

I picked up Saryn from Smallville and headed over to "AS IS" and I begin to scour the boxes and I find a couple things that look like shelves, but were apparently wardrobes. I began to give up - then I saw it.... it was a double wide shelving unit. 6 shelves of goodness. It said it was damaged on the box, but it was regular price $145 and marked down to $80. So I began to weigh the price with the risk, yadda yadda yadda.... I had decided it might not be worth it....but then I saw the sign. It was BEAUTIFUL!! It said, "All boxed AS IS units - additional 60% off". SOLD!! $32 for a unit that was regularly $145 - I couldn't believe it. I had no idea what colour it was or how damaged it was or anything, but it was worth a $32 risk to me. My kids DESPERATELY needed a new shelf in their room and even if a shelf was broken in two, I could work around it.

I got it home and Ally and I went right to work to assemble it and put it together. It was perfect. I still have no idea why it was labeled "damaged". It's in perfect condition, it's a great colour and it fits in my kids room like it was custom made. I'm DELIGHTED!! It doesn't feel cheap, like a lot of IKEA stuff does....it seems like a lasting piece. Even Jarett showed some excitment with the find. It works. So, here it is... my FIND!!