My HDTV has always set on a wooden box that is really where I stash all my sweaters with a bunch of cedar planks. I don’t wear sweaters that often because I’m usually dressed like a schlub so it wasn’t that much of a problem, but as soon as I saw a Costco ad for a super rocking 80’s TV stand, I started thinking about my newest piece of furniture. I was getting my interior decorating consultant involved (my sister) and she suggested going to Ikea.

I’ve only set up one piece of Ikea furniture, which was really easy, but that was for my last girlfriend and we haven’t been going out since 2001. Back then you had to make a pilgrimage up to the Seattle-Tacoma area to get Ikea furniture. Nowadays you just have to drive to a shopping area near the Portland airport. The only time I’ve been to Ikea was for the meatballs, and I had to ask someone how to get the hell out of the building. They told me to go through an unmarked door and “just keep walking”. I wonder if the employees would have tackled me if they knew I wasn’t going through their windy maze.

In any case, I wandered through the maze and got my loot and I’m glad I saw the TV stands in person. I almost got this aluminum and glass monstrosity that would have taken up way too much space. Here’s what I did get:

So now I have a huge TV set up on a stand in my small office. I kind of wish there was a comfortable sofa and someone to sit beside, or a cat to have on my lap, but I just have my plastic Herman Miller office chair that kind of hurts my bony ass. And a giant TV. And a DVR with TV I like. It’s not ideal, but it’s good enough for who it’s for.