On Friday morning we were jolted awake by a CRASH, followed by what I would describe as the sound of a giant rock being thrown through a plate glass window. But it wasn’t a rock, and our window was untouched. Our full case of Walt Disney Classics Collection it’s a small world figures collapsed in on itself. 25 figures, SMASHED.
So how did this happen? A slight miscalculation when putting together an Ikea DETOLF shelf. One rail was installed backwards and we didn’t catch it. Three of these shelves are in our house, all put together correctly except this one. We think we were within the weight limit, which is 13lbs. per shelf. The problem was that the shelving is able to slip when not installed correctly, and when we placed our newest piece in the cabinet it was enough weight to cause slippage…