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x1 - Ikea HUTTEN 9-Bottle Wine Rack: US$ 9.99 (CA$ 19.99)
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Overview of Ikea HUTTEN Wine Rack
Assembly
Putting the Ikea HUTTEN wine rack together wasn't the most challenging venture that I had ever entered into. The instructions were provided on something like a single sheet or two, there weren't that many steps. On top of that, it was such a small item that the parts weren't that heavy and they didn't take up much floor space when laid out.
However, I did not have a perfectly smooth time assembling the HUTTEN rack. The problem was that the parts did not appear to be precisely cut and drilled. There was a bit of difficulty getting parts to line up and fit together. Some of the pre-drilled holes also appeared to be not perfectly centered. And unless I screwed something up, one of the four legs seemed to be shorter than the rest by a few millimeters which resulted in a rocking rack. This was easily fixed with some folded paper. I'm fairly sure that I didn't install anything backwards.
Ikea HUTTEN Wine Rack Package |
See crooked leg issue above. Otherwise, I didn't have any issues with the rack in terms of tipping over or falling apart.
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Ikea HUTTEN Wine Rack parts laid out |
My original plan was to use the Ikea HUTTEN wine rack as a shelf on top of an Ikea IVAR shelf. I did my best to secure it in place, but the idea of having a rack on the top of an already tall shelf was a bit too dangerous for my liking. So, the HUTTEN shelf got moved to a lower shelf on a different IVAR. There were no plans to ever use it as a wine rack. As a shelf within a shelf, I liked how it subdivided a single shelf and allowed a larger number of small items to be stacked.
What didn't impress me about the Ikea HUTTEN shelf was its finishing and the trouble I had putting it together. Again, maybe I messed it up, but the parts did not align as well as I would have liked. And unless I screwed up, my shelf had a crooked leg. At least one surface on the shelf also looked like it could have used some extra sanding. For CA$ 19.99, I expected more, but this shelf was only US$ 9.99 on the American website. For $9.99, this would have been okay. However, I bought four BEKVAM spice rack shelves previously and those appeared to be pretty high quality at under CA$ 10.
Finished Ikea HUTTEN Wine Rack |
The Ikea HUTTEN wine rack shelf that I purchased was acceptable and functional. However, it didn't impress me too much due to its quality relative to the price I paid in Canada. For the price in American currency, I would have been more understanding, but this wasn't the most impressive piece of furniture from Ikea that I had bought.
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