So my sister and I tried to put together the IKEA PS Organizer (pictured), a portable closet on wheels that, according to Hepcat, looks like an oversized shoe bag.

It was a gift of sorts; my sister bought two at Ikea in Red Hook. One in white for OSFO’s room and one in black for Teen Spirit’s They need more places to put their clothing and needless to say there’s not much room in their rooms.

The IKEA PS organizer comes in a long canvas bag that looks like something a foldable beach chair would come in except a lot bigger. I was hoping it would be as easy to put together as one of those chairs.

It wasn’t.

First thing we noticed: No instructions. NONE. Can you believe? I googled IKEA PS organizer and found IKEA instructions online (in PDF form). There were some funny pictures and some hard to follow directions. Friends tell me on YouTube you can find videos of people putting together IKEA furniture. I had my usual reaction to DIY furniture projects.

Panic. Anxiety. More panic. Putting together furniture puts me way outside of my comfort zone.

Diaper Diva was a bit more patient. But just as clueless.

Finally after some deep breathing I was able to wrap my head around the instructions. We assembled the frame and put on the wheels but couldn’t for the life of us figure out how to put on the canvas covering or the canvas shelves. So we just left it until Hepcat got home. He’s a whiz when it comes to putting things together.

“What’s that?” he said. I showed him the directions, which I’d printed out. He chose to ignore the project for the rest of the night.

This morning Hepcat was game. And a little insulting, too. He said we’d put it together in the wrong order. He used some unpleasant words, too. With much sighing and groaning he did put it together fairly quickly. I may forgive him the insulting words.

OSFO has a portable closet/shelf unit in her room. On wheels. Woo hoo. Now on to the second one. Oy.