As part of the whole 'moving to the other side the world' saga that commenced nearly 6 years ago I faced a recent conundrum. Mum and Dad no longer want to store my stuff. Granted, this is faced by pretty much every adult, but my sitution was slightly more complicated as I couldn't just drive over to mum and dad's to pick it up.
...that fit perfectly!
My template is below (in case I need to do this again).
Gemma had an idea...
So the first lot of items came over through international shipping, and these were my books. I have a lot of books. I like my books. I wanted somewhere to keep my books. So Gemma and I purchased the old IKEA favourite Kallax unit. While we love this unit and own muiltiple versions of it, its shelf space is a little big for my novels, and there would not have been enough space, even with the 20 shelves of Kallax we bought.
I had a design...
Enter the amazing world of cardboard design. It was Gemmas idea and I spent 30 mins knocking up a template. The best part - the cardboard boxes the Kallax unit came in were the perfect size!
We had a solution...
...that fit perfectly!
My template is below (in case I need to do this again).
