palm, i'd like you to meet my forehead

so after a trip to my mom's house and seeing how much caleb loved and could use a chair stool like hers - the one i grew up on and remember as far back as forever - i looked to see if i could still get one. i could!

amazon had it in three colors, i chose white for optimal reupholstering potential.

when it arrived today i could tell from the size of the box that some assembly would be required. but when i opened it i saw that all i had to do was secure the chair back to the frame with two screws and nuts. easy peasy.

let me tell you. i argued and wrestled and nearly (ok actually) cursed at this thing for a good 45 minutes, which i know because i killed an episode of 24 on netflix to pass the time. there was no way to get the screw holes to line up to get the screws in and still have enough room to put the nut on the end of the screw. physically impossible. the underside of the seat was in my way.

i thought for a split second about sending it back and saying it was defective, but decided to suck it up and just take the seat off, put the back on, and replace the seat. five minutes later i was done.

once i got the chair where i decided to tuck it for now i started picking up all the packing materials and was headed to the recycle bin with the instructions. it was a simple one page sheet with three whole steps in the instructions.

1) remove the stool seat

2)attach seat back with screws and nuts provided

3) replace seat

sometimes it actually does help to look at the instructions. despite whatever my dad may say!