Flat Pack Furniture

[Spinney]

Latest encounter was with a planter and trellis - four sides and a bottom to be screwed together (proper screws, none of those Ikea fancy fittings). But no holes drilled at all. I'd have been stuffed if I was the kind of person who didn't have a drill and selection of bits.

My sister bought one too - I had to go round with my drill etc to sort her out - she doesn't do DIY...

But it was relatively cheap...

 

[Arch]

NT and I have 4 little chests of drawers we're going to put in the bedroom now it's done, they went together fine. NT says, people assume that a furniture maker will scoff at IKEA, but in fact it's a perfectly good way to get good value furniture - he couldn't get the materials for one chest of drawers for the £20 we pay for it. Of course he makes sure they are together properly, all checked for squareness and so on.

I like the basic wood stuff, plenty of scope for painting or staining to suit a decor, or just adding fancy handles or knobs for an easy change.

I even like going there, so does NT, as long as it's not raving busy. It helps to have a list, and make for the bits you need, and not get too sidetracked.

Also, any excuse for a meatball lunch!

 

[marknotgeorge]

My wardrobe's one of the original MFI ones, from when you had to paint it. Do you think it's an antique?

 

[totallyfixed]

I am quite useless at following instructions, being a man I don't do instructions because I don't need them or so I tell myself. When we got our king size bed from Ikea I said to dr_pink, easy peasy, just leave me to it...............after sleeping on the floor for several days I had to concede that maybe it would be better if dr_pink made sense of the instructions and I did the screwing assembling. We are available for hire .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

All assembled now, no problems, went together easy, nice sturdy bit of kit, computer stuff installed, took the opertunity to open the case and give it a good dust, the only thing thats not very good is there's a panel right across the back and it stops the base unit being slid right back, apart from that its a major improvement on my old computer trolley. The worst part of this is too come, dealing with the clutter on the old trolley.

 

[Trembler49]

I am useless at all forms of DIY, but am an expert in Ikeaology! Available for hire.

 

[Dangermouse]

Wont it get a bit warm, in front of the fire thingy, box on wall..........low picture frame..............ok what is that dado square doing so low down

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Wont it get a bit warm, in front of the fire thingy, box on wall..........low picture frame..............ok what is that dado square doing so low down

Hiding the hole in the wall where a previous owner ripped the fireplace out.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I am useless at all forms of DIY, but am an expert in Ikeaology! Available for hire.

I know very little about ikeaology, I cut my teeth on MFI cheap rubish.

 

[Salad Dodger]

We recently moved house, and took it as an opportunity to also replace a lot of our old, and rather tired furniture.

So in the past few weeks I have had to:
put up a lot of Ikea wooden shelving in the garage
re-assemble a chest of drawers and wall cabinet in one bedroom
build from 3 monster flat packs a bed with 4 drawers (all solid wood) in the main bedroom
build 2 x 3 drawer storage units in the main bedroom
build 2 x 2 drawer bedside units in the main bedroom
and by far the worst of all
build from 4 monster flat packs a double wardrobe with 2 sliding doors in the main bedroom.

We started work on the wardrobe about 9am, and by 1.30pm had only just about got the carcass of it built. By which time I was so stressed that my wife took me out to lunch, and we returned later in the afternoon to hang the ridiculously heavy doors.

I think that, after all that lot, I am just about getting to grips with flat pack furniture!

 

[ufkacbln]

I once bought furniture from a local company, (3 wardrobes, couple of chests of darwers, dining table and chairs, and a dresser)

When it arrived it was flat packed!

I pointed out that at no point had we been told this, there was nothing on the display, literature or the invoice that said "flat packed".

Their reply was "Well you should expect flat packed these days - we shouldn't need to tell you!"

Goods not as described and returned!

 

[Pale Rider]

the only thing thats not very good is there's a panel right across the back and it stops the base unit being slid right back,

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To deepen your new-found interest in furniture, the panel is known as a 'vanity panel'.

If the desk is placed in an open-plan or reception environment, the panel stops someone approaching the desk from looking between the legs of the person sitting behind it.

Particularly relevant, of course, if that person is a lady in a skirt.

 

[asterix]

Yes, my first job was in an office where the desk opposite had no such panel and was occupied by a colleague who wore exceedingly short skirts. Female, fortunately.

 

[Pale Rider]

Yes, my first job was in an office where the desk opposite had no such panel and was occupied by a colleague who wore exceedingly short skirts. Female, fortunately.

Years ago there was a vanity panel-less desk in the front window of an estate agent in Greenwich in London.

It was occasionally occupied by a young lass in a short skirt, and to add to the excitement the premises were up a couple of steps from the pavement.

This meant spectators could get a good eyeful without having to crouch.

I wasn't the only one.

I'm sure the estate agent set it up on purpose to draw male viewers to his window.

 

[Arch]

To deepen your new-found interest in furniture, the panel is known as a 'vanity panel'.

If the desk is placed in an open-plan or reception environment, the panel stops someone approaching the desk from looking between the legs of the person sitting behind it.

Particularly relevant, of course, if that person is a lady in a skirt.

It ought to be a 'modesty panel' really, not vanity. Vain people might want to show off!