23 People Who Were Beaten by Ikea in the Battle of Furniture Building

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Instructions with eternally optimistic little characters and no words, questionable screws and pegs, and unidentifiable slats of wood that seem to go nowhere. That's what we're looking at when we brave Ikea and return home loaded with fragmented furniture waiting for our not-so-expert hands to form it into something grand. But alas, that is not always what happens. In fact, the end of many relationships and multiple mental breakdowns have been brought on by the assembly process Ikea furniture puts us through. Here are some of the biggest fails we could find, but certainly not the only ones out there. Trust us — we know from personal experience. Source: Netflix; Front Page

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Cushions may help?

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So avant-garde — love it.

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What giving up looks like.

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Pretty sure they needed those.

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So close, yet really so very far away.

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So many struggles.

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Go home, Ikea — you're drunk.

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Spoiler: it's not going to fit.

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The opposite of doing it right.

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Taking "Hammertime" a little too literally.

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Super sturdy . . . -ish.

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Don't think it's supposed to get wider at the top . . .

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It's OK — we've all been there.

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The dog scoffs at his owners' feeble attempts.

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Looks like the monitor stuck the landing at least.

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It came with the wrong colors . . . yet they still made it.

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This might be something even a Sharpie can't fix.

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Literal face palm.

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