cupboard crisis

Last night when we were at the apartment, Justin and I realised that one of the Pax cupboards we ordered from Ikea to use as a broom cupboard next to the toilet will not fit! The space is fine, however, the light switch on the wall would be covered over by the side of the cupboard. Too late now to change the light switch to the opposite side of the doorway. The wardrobes, shelves etc are all getting delivered today from Ikea, so what to do? I called Ikea late last night (lucky they are open til 10pm every night!) and the lady said I can just tell the delivery guys not to open it and assemble it, and then I can organise a refund. Of course, Justin and I are both at work during the day, so we cannot talk to the delivery guys directly. So at 10:30pm last night, we rode our bikes back to the apartment and left a sign instructing the Ikea guys on what items to cancel. I even Googled "cancel" in Chinese and wrote that on the sign, just incase! (I hope it's the right characters!).

This morning I was able to talk to our contractor and also one of the Ikea guys on the phone and explain, so I'm fairly sure that situation is under control, although of course now we have to figure out the alternative! We could get our contractor to build in a broom cupboard, or I could by an alterative, slimmer cupboard from Ikea.

The saga now continues... I just received a call from our contractor to say that the wardrobe for our computer/bike room does not fit! What?! There is a support beam running along one wall in the room, which means the 236cm high wardrobe is too tall for this one corner of the room. Damn! So looks like that wardrobe will have to be returned, and hopefully the 201cm version fits there instead, but this also means another delivery from Ikea and a delay in the whole process.

This is what renovating is about, right?