CB2 Slim Chair Review

Since I have a table to eat at now, I figured, I might need some chairs. When it came to choosing the type of seating I wanted, I had quite the little internal battle.

In the end though, I settled on the Slim Chair from CB2. I ordered 2. Each chair came in its own gigantic, incredibly lightweight box. The shipping was so fast. 2 days after I placed my order, with regular shipping, my chairs were at my door.

Each chair comes in 2 pieces. One of my chairs was missing one of the little white stoppers, but it didn’t matter. Both chairs are stable, sturdy, and easy to wipe down after a messy super hero’s meal. There was a ton of bubble wrap.

I deflated it all, smashed it down, and added it to my pile of stuff to recycle. It seemed a bit like overkill because the chairs fit so well into the boxes…but what can you do.

All in all, it is a sexy little chair. I recommend. At some point, maybe I’ll get 2 more, but I haven’t decided on my chair situation as of yet.

That’s all folks!

Its a Desk!

As I said in a previous post, I need a desk. For a while, I considered building one myself since I was feeling a bit confident after I finished the toy box, but I am a perfectionist. And that seemed like it would be a tremendous task…one that I just wasn’t ready to take on. So, I ordered the Oxford Executive desk from Home Decorators. It was reasonably priced, the right size, and black. Plus it was pretty, and I really like pretty.

But Oh my goodness! This thing had so many pieces…

and 13 pages of instructions, all in English by the way.

On the bright side, everything was labeled well, and there were extras of some of the smaller pieces in case anything got lost.

It didn’t require a ton of tools to assemble,

all you really need is a screw driver, and

a superman. Also a little bit of painters tape may be of some use if you don’t have a set of extra hands.

The directions were pretty clear, and assembly didn’t take more than an hour. For me though, a lot of that time was spent sorting through all of the pieces and looking for the one that I needed. And I was pretty organized.

One piece of advice if you are looking to purchase this desk, or if you already have, is just be careful not to over screw.

The desk and all of its pieces are, overall, pretty solid and sturdy, but it is easy to knick and the coating scratches off easily. For the price however, I’m pleased with it.

The file drawer can fit both legal and letter sized paper, my desktop tower fits nicely inside of the side cabinet, the drawers slide smoothly, and best of all, it’s pretty.

Also, ignore all of the random extra wood in some of the pictures. It doesn’t come with the desk. I decided to build something else. But I’ll tell you about that later.

Talk to you in the next one!

The Coolest Workbench Ever!

Today, my Skil 3115 X-Bench Workbench arrived. I ordered it from Lowes. The box was totally ripped up and battered, but all of the pieces were there,

so I wasn’t too annoyed. But then, it just got worse from there. Assembly was a pain…and that’s putting it lightly. The directions were pretty clear, no words, but the pictures were

straightforward. So, why such a pain you wonder? Well, not everything fit together properly without a bit of extra work. And by that, I mean, a few holes were misaligned and needed to be re-drilled. And even at this point, I still wasn’t too annoyed, because power tools are fun. So I stuck with it, and eventually, I got it assembled.

The biggest problem for me was the fact that the left side was completely bent and twisted and took about half an hour of twisting and prying and pulling to get the opening wide enough to attach the legs to the base.

Its still bent, but its secure. I could have returned it, or exchanged it, but I really hate going through the process of taking things back. I’d much rather figure out a way to make things work. Besides, the box was pretty much destroyed, and I wasn’t about to haul all of this stull with a 3 year old to big blue and back.

Now, I have to say, I really do like it. It’s small, lightweight, but sturdy and the clamps are very handy. They’re so strong, and the main reason why I wanted this particular workbench. I use it with a pair of sawhorses, and for me, it really is thee best work bench EVER! HA!

Now I have to go find some cool things to make…

Until next time, you enjoy the rest of your day!