A good read, Alejandro! The Hong Kongers are just as crazy on IKEA as the Europeans! Recently, San Francisco, where I live, has a huge flagship store, which I am looking forward to visiting and tasting the meat balls!! Anyhow, I enjoy how you link the Swiss upselling with their design of environments. How true! By the way, your plant looks very hardy - so be sure to feel the soil before watering it :-)
Great stuff as always Alejandro. You had me chuckling to myself multiple times.
I can relate to this so much. My wife and I have gone to ikea multiple times (unfortunately) with one or two things in mind and end up leaving with a cart full of crap.
Also, with my furniture building skills, im surprised shes still my wife.
I cant help but walk around ikea or any big box store without repeating this line in my head the whole time, "there are so many things...that i do not want". Yet they get me every time!
I’m on the same boat. Today I was assembling a nightstand and I realised working with a hammer and nails is not my forte. Luckily I made it in the end.
Great post Alejandro and congrats on your move. It certainly is a rewarding experience finishing an IKEA flat pack construction!
I became a plant dad myself a few months ago and the plant has gone from looking rather frail to blooming back to life in recent weeks. It’s certainly a rollercoaster!
A good read, Alejandro! The Hong Kongers are just as crazy on IKEA as the Europeans! Recently, San Francisco, where I live, has a huge flagship store, which I am looking forward to visiting and tasting the meat balls!! Anyhow, I enjoy how you link the Swiss upselling with their design of environments. How true! By the way, your plant looks very hardy - so be sure to feel the soil before watering it :-)
Thank you Marianne!
I’ve read parlour palms can go 2 weeks without water. I watered it one week ago and the soil is still wet, so I’ll wait one more week.
Great stuff as always Alejandro. You had me chuckling to myself multiple times.
I can relate to this so much. My wife and I have gone to ikea multiple times (unfortunately) with one or two things in mind and end up leaving with a cart full of crap.
Also, with my furniture building skills, im surprised shes still my wife.
I cant help but walk around ikea or any big box store without repeating this line in my head the whole time, "there are so many things...that i do not want". Yet they get me every time!
I’m on the same boat. Today I was assembling a nightstand and I realised working with a hammer and nails is not my forte. Luckily I made it in the end.
Great post Alejandro and congrats on your move. It certainly is a rewarding experience finishing an IKEA flat pack construction!
I became a plant dad myself a few months ago and the plant has gone from looking rather frail to blooming back to life in recent weeks. It’s certainly a rollercoaster!
Thank you Dylan.
Those are some serious plant care skills, congrats! I’d like to buy a big palm tree, but before that I’ll make sure I can take care of the small ones.