Some Assembly Required Hats

Flat-pack furniture is one of the most widely memed household chores there is, especially anything from IKEA: the Allen wrench (US) or Allen key, the small cam locks and dowels that go missing, and the one leftover screw that always turns up after the thing is already standing. "Meatballs" is the brand-specific punchline that needs no further explanation to anyone who has ever pushed a cart through a showroom on the way to the warehouse. The near-universal self-deprecating outcome word for a finished build is "wobble," and this collection leans into it rather than pretending the furniture is perfect. These designs cover the whole range of the experience: the basic SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED badge, the proud-but-honest builder who skipped the instructions and got a wobble for it, the collector who has acquired an unreasonable number of Allen wrenches, and the one who goes to IKEA for the meatballs and treats the furniture as a side effect. This is a smaller, more personal task than Home Renovation, which covers contractors and budgets, not a Saturday afternoon with a hex key. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Build something today, wobble included.