36 hours later: I finally have a grown-up dining room

[Recursion]

Last edited Fri Jun 14, 2019, 08:22 AM - Edit history (1)

So, after 36 hours of screwing around with IKEA manuals, holy shit I have a grown-up dining room!



That's the whole thing.



That's the sort of "breakfast nook" behind the table. (Yes, I know I need to season the cast iron. 2 hands and 24 hours in a day, people.)



You can see at least part of my dog as he snuffles around the new furniture



And there's the table from a different angle.

EDIT: one more: the table and the French windows, or as they call them here "windows":

[FM123]

1. Wow, that table is so pretty!

[Recursion]

4. SKOGSTA from IKEA

Surprisingly affordable. They also have a 4-seater version.

[Perseus]

16. I was going to same the same thing, I love the table

One of my hobbies is carpentry, so anything wood I love...that is a great looking table. I guess it opens, widens?

[woodsprite]

2. Awesome! Love the breakfast nook addition!

I've never bought anything from Ikea but have been thinking of getting some book shelves. I saw a way to trim them out where they look like built-ins. Not sure when that idea will get off the ground. Like you said, only 24 hrs in a day and 2 hands

Congrats on your new, beautiful dining room!

[Recursion]

8. Thank you!

Now to the rest of the apartment.

[Tikki]

3. WOW..Your Dining room is amazing.

Congratulations...

Love the design...the contrast and the detail.

Those doors are to die for.

Tikki

[Recursion]

6. Thank you!

And yeah we absolutely love those doors

[Ohiogal]

5. Very nice!

I love the table! and the black accents with the chairs and the breakfast nook.

After 33 years of marriage I am still using hand-me-down dining room furniture from my husband's aunt.

[Recursion]

7. Thanks!

We couldn't move our furniture here so we had to do the IKEA thing. Somehow our marriage survived the trip.

[Scarsdale]

9. Very nice.

Well worth all the frustration of putting it all together. Your pup is just investigating to see if he approves. Job well done!

[bobbieinok]

10. Could you give us a full pic of the chandelier? The bit in the 1st shot is intriguing

[Recursion]

30. Here you go

[bobbieinok]

41. Thank you. It all goes well together!

[rownesheck]

11. Awesome!

Looks great! I love it! Great work!

[FakeNoose]

12. Nice stuff, but why so many frying pans?

Are these cast-iron pans for decoration, or do you plan to actually use them? I love the breakfast table with the handy shelves underneath!

[Recursion]

13. We mostly cook on cast iron

I'm a southerner and my wife is Indian-American (dot, not feather) so we both grew up with cast iron as what you cook with.

[irisblue]

17. 🤣🤣🤣

''dot, not feather"...🤣🤣

Looks really nice. When are you having us over?

[Recursion]

19. PM me if you're in Paris! (nt)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Really cool! I had same question...the breakfast table is like

Extra kitchen stuff ? Like there is a kitchen right? Where are you anyway in Europe? It's like everyone else seems to know
Lol

[Recursion]

20. There is a (tiny tiny tiny) kitchen

Not only is it tiny, it also has our washing machine in it. We're in Paris. This is apparently normal.

We did a huge purge of kitchen items before we moved, so right now that is our entire pot and pan set. The tiny tiny tiny kitchen also has no pantry, so if we want to keep shelf foods we have to keep them in the cabinets. Which means the cookware needs to be out here.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. Oh wow. Yes, seen enough House Hunters international

to know about those kitchens! Wonder why. Big on going to market and buying all fresh each day? So no need for much storage
?

Laundry. Remember being in Italy with a bunch of dirty clothes and not a single laundromat. People hang clothes outside...which you almost never see here...wish we'd get back to that!! We finally had our hotel send our clothes out and they didn't come back in time. We we're literally walking toward the cab to leave and the porter cane running up with a bunch of wet clothes.

All that said...how lucky are you to be in Paris!!! Are u from US?

[ehrnst]

14. "IKEA" is Swedish for "Good luck finding those 12 screws, sucker." (nt)

[Recursion]

15. Ha! The joke's on them

I have enough parts let over from the 6 chairs that I can make a 7th chair for free!

[flor-de-jasmim]

23. As well as a lifetime supply of hex wrenches (the angled tool)!!

[mwb970]

21. Way to go!

I still haven't gotten this far, and I'm 69!

[samnsara]

22. i love that table.. we are looking to replace the gathering table we have. Im tired of my legs...

...dangling.

[Recursion]

26. It's SKOGSTA from IKEA

Only took 6 hours of constant cursing to assemble

[CaptainTruth]

24. Beautiful! The table is like the IKEA counter tops I've installed for customers.

[GoneOffShore]

25. That is excellent - Gorgeous flat!

How many square meters? And what floor?
Have you made the leap permanently or are you planning on going back?
We moved to France this past September. Love it.
And we're in Aix-en-Provence.
Check out Democrats Abroad - I think the Paris chapter is very active.

[Recursion]

27. I'm actually doing some data work for DA

Kind of why I'm shutting up about the primaries for a bit.

We're on the 4th (European) floor. They had to deliver our bed with a cherry picker through the windows.

[GoneOffShore]

37. Great to hear that.

Are you a now permanent in France?

We're rdc, and we only had a few things delivered so it's simple.

That dining table looks amazing.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. DA as in district atty?

[Recursion]

39. Democrats Abroad

We have our own primary system

[Laura PourMeADrink]

42. Oh, duh. Thought you meant you were working on

Some secret piece that Mueller farmed out

[elleng]

47. BON!!!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

28. I love it! Love the view outside your windows too.

[lillypaddle]

29. Wow, great job

I love everything about it.

Go to youtube and search for "how to care for or cook in cast iron. Many helpful videos.

[elleng]

32. C'est SI BON!!!

Will think of this/you as a typical Parisian apartment!!!

[snacker]

33. WOW!

I'm impressed. It looks great!

[onetexan]

34. une belle table

just need a twig or two of some flowers, and voila! it's dinner party time

Great job!

[democratisphere]

35. You mean the table hasn't collapsed yet shattering both of your knee caps.

Great job. Looks good!

[Recursion]

40. Ha! There's always tomorrow

Fingers (and legs) crossed

[Karadeniz]

43. True story! A homeowner heard very disturbing sounds coming from his neighbor's usually

quiet home one night. Screaming. Cursing. The thuds of objects being thrown. Unrelenting pandemonium. When it seemed the fracas would never end, the homeowner finally called the police to intervene. The police could hear the disturbing activity upon arrival. When questioned as to what was going on that could cause such neighborhood concern, the culprit explained that he was just trying to assemble a piece of furniture from ikea!

[Laffy Kat]

45. That is absolutely lovely!

Great job. There is no way I could do that.

[Worried senior]

46. It's beautiful

and the apartment looks amazing.

[smirkymonkey]

48. Nice! Beautiful apartment!

I love the woodwork and the detail! And the windows! So lovely!

[applegrove]

49. You'll have grand old times in that room.

[femmocrat]

50. That's beautiful!

You did a terrific job!

[TEB]

52. Congratulations