Our new filing console.

So, a few weeks ago I posted THIS, sharing with you which filing console we ordered, along with the desk we picked out.

Well, the filing console arrived a few days after posting those photos, in two VERY large boxes.  (Too bad I can't say the same thing for the desk!  It did finally arrive, but two weeks late!)  Anyhoo...

As you can tell from the bottom, right of the above photo, the boxes were pretty badly damaged, but no fear.  Each and every item in the boxes were encased in about 2inch thick pieces of Styrofoam.  These boxes could have fallen off the truck, gotten ran over a few times, and I'm pretty sure the contents would still be in tip top shape.

After about 5 hours, (NO, I am NOT kidding... not a single part was assembled, not even the drawer handles), I finally had that sucker together.  Believe it or not, the hardest, most time consuming part was getting the darn drawers in!  Oh. My. Word.  I actually plan on writing a pretty detailed review of this item on their website, to help out future buyers, because after about an hour I finally figured out a trick to get them to go in.

Talk about a labor of love.

Look at these bums... I should have been down on the floor with them after all that!

Oh, and I have a secret...  that I guess I'm going to go ahead and tell you.. ha!   Those walls in the above photo don't look a thing like that anymore.  We've been busy the past few days! 

I'll probably post about that in a day or two. 

Oh, and here's another baby on the boxes photo, just because he is so darn cute.  :)

-Courtney