Flüten Fløggen Furniture

So what do two reasonably intelligent expectant parents do when they really should be saving money for their soon-to-arrive money sucker? GO TO IKEA of course!

Allow me to justify:
1) My bottom two dresser drawers haven't worked (one doesn't open, one doesn't close) in many months now. The doors at the top are falling off, and you can shift the whole thing from side to side if you dare. So, we purchased:


2) Our coffee table has been on loan from a friend of Danny's for a couple years. He has been dropping hints that he would like it back, to which we quickly find new and interesting ways to change the subject. Finally we ran out of ideas, so we purchased:


3) Our bookcase is more like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The other day I took a photo album out of it and it shifted a good inch and half to the left. I truly believe the actual books are what is maintaining its structural integrity. So we found this:

4) And finally, Danny has been using as a side table by the couch a gross, splintery, weird table he found on the side of the road. Initially, we decided it was only fit to take camping and use to hold our beers and citronella candles. I am not sure how it happened, but eventually, with Danny's sneaky help, it found its way into our actual household furniture. It was time. Our last purchase:


I know once we have the kid I will be too stingy to be spending money on anything for us, for the first little while at least. So we figured it was now or never. I guess when you turn 35, you figure maybe it's time for a dresser without stickers and spilled nail polish all over it. But you are still too young for a real furniture store. Ikea is a nice place to bridge that gap!