AIBU - flat pack furniture

[BeagleBurger]

We had some flat pack storage furniture delivered from the blue and yellow place four weeks ago. I have two small children who are into EVERYTHING. I can't even piddle by myself (hard life I know). I emptied all the contents of the defunct storage that the new stuff was replacing (books and filing mainly) onto the sitting room floor in readiness for dh and I to put if together. Still waiting. Nothing happening. He keeps telling me I haven't told him what I want (I have, several times) and therefore he can't. Yet another weekend is passing and we are no further down the road with it. It cost nearly £1000 in total and it's a bloody big waste of money for it just to be sitting there and piles of shit sitting everywhere. Additionally ds has shelving and storage sitting waiting to be put together and that's been there 6 months.

I just want to pay a handyman to crack on and I'll pass the bill to dh who clearly has no time/inclination to do it. Crikey, he wouldn't even have the dc if I cracked on and did it (mainly because in his opinion I wouldn't be doing it properly and he can't be arsed).

AIBU to either pay someone or send the whole lot back and have a spa day with the money?

Try it yourself. I built a huge expidit unit as dh works away.

Build it yourself. It's not that hard, I'm sure there's instructions?

Oh more than capable of building it myself...done several, erm, erections. Just got an 18 month old and 5 y.o. who will make it tricky!!! Don't need a man to rescue me but time is tight and some help would be good!!!

time is tight

You said some have been sitting there for 6 months!

Send him to soft play tomorrow morning with the DC and do it yourself? I'd love to help you, I really like building furniture.

Ooh I’ll do it! I love flat pack furniture! My husband thinks I’m odd 😂

I just build it myself. DH never has the time and is always with excuses at the ready to delay the start.

Crack on with it OP. Get the kids out of the way and diy.

I had a second hand kallax in bits in my living room for months. Got fed up waiting for my then dp to figure it out so I bodged it together one day when he was at work and my small people were occupied think either napping, distracted by CBeebies in the bedroom, or both. It's still standing so I must have done something right. You can do it!

Get him to take the kids out and build it yourself and enjoy the peace and quiet. I built all our kitchen units, although I needed a hand to raise the tall larder cupboard.

Failing that, wait until the children are in bed and do it then. If you happen to get in his way when he's trying to watch TV, all the better!

I'd give him an ultimatum.

1. Build it now, or
2. Look after the children now (so you can build it)

Well your only option is to build it yourself so

-ban the kids from the living room while you build and leave them playing in the hallway/some other room in the house
-build it while the toddler sleeps and the 5yo watches telly
-when your DH happens to be in the front garden, chuck both kids out with him and lock all doors from the inside while you build

All will be helped with a bottle of wine and a friend to help you, could even turn it into a girls night to piss your DH off

Also, why the fuck doesn't he just take HIS kids out while you do the DIY or am I missing something here

He can look after DC so you can do it.

If he expects you to do EVERYTHING then you have bigger problems that flat pak unfortunately.