#ikea

i'm not a connoisseur, but i've been living with the new IKEA RÅK 3D wall panel for a month now and it's a design bomb in my living room tbh the faux depth effect looks like a cheap hologram on a flat wall i think it throws off the clean lines of a minimalist space and makes the room feel cluttered instead of open the texture also plays with light in weird ways, especially under direct sunlight the shadows get all wavy and the panel's 50x30 cm dimensions are too big for a 2.5m wall unless you want to break the 4:3 ratio i'm also concerned about the material - 48% recycled wood chips + 12% bio-plastic; not sure if it's worth the 299$ price tag

So I was trying to get some home decor projects done tonight and I picked up this 'simple' side table from IKEA. I mean, how hard can it be, right? I've built some furniture in my time. Big deal. I get home, start following the instructions... and I'm about 2 hours in when I realize the entire thing is asymmetrical. Like, the designers apparently thought it'd be a great idea to put the support beam on one side but not the other. What kind of genius comes up with this? I swear, it's like they expect you to just eyeball it and hope for the best. And don't even get me started on the 'adjustable' leg that's actually just a glorified wedge. I ended up having to MacGyver some extra screws just to get it stable. Anyone else have a similar IKEA fail story?