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How to put flat pack furniture together in Derby

Flat pack furniture can be the stuff of nightmares, striking fear into the heart of even the most experience home DIYer. The instructions alone can appear to be written by sea octopus or space mathematicians. However it doesn’t always have to this way. By following our using guide you can select quality flat pack furniture and construct them swiftly and safely. Furniture designed for home assembly is considered so difficult that their are specialist services who will visit your home to construct flat pack furniture!

The History of Flat-Pack Furniture

Furniture, which is also referred to as ready-to-assemble or knock down furniture, is quickly growing in popularity. It began in Sweden in the 1980’s when a man struggled to get a table home in his car and decided to take it apart and reconstruct it. Then copying the idea to allow other people to simply transport tables.

Starting With Flat-Pack Furniture

With self assembly furniture all of the parts are cut to size with the inclusion of predrilled holes where necessary. When jumping in at the deep end of flat pack furniture construction it can be similar to solving a jigsaw puzzles with all the wrong pieces.

To prevent this one of the first steps is to fully understand the finished furniture item. You should also fully understand how the item of furniture is held together.

Manufacturers of flat packed furniture have gone to great lengths to develop the furniture pieces so they can constructed much easier than ever before, providing gone to the effort of marking the pieces wherever possible to make construction even easier. Providing the latest in fixtures and fastenings. Now, when you buy and construct flat pack furniture you get a solid piece of professional looking furniture.

Ikea is of course the world leader in flat pack furniture. Their most popular items include furniture for the whole house, such a wardrobe, chest of drawers, bed, sofa, dressing table, bookcase, sofa bed, bedside cabinet etc.

You will also find some unusual product names, such as Pax, Malm, Stuva, Ektorp, Hemnes and Brimnes.

Of course you can also find great furniture from other retailers, such as Wayfair, Argos and Next. We can build those products for you too.


To do this is it essential you fully understand what you are constructing and fully read the instuctions before you begin. The most effective method of constructing self assembly furniture is to clear plenty of space – maybe more space than you will ever need. You should also separate your flat pack furniture out into the relevant parts into segments. For examples with drawer units put these separate for when you come to finish your piece of furniture. You should also construct the piece of furniture close to where the finished item will be used.

With these steps and by following the instruction in an orderly step-by-step process you should find your piece of furniture quickly coming together before your very own eyes!

If you would like somebody to build your flat pack furniture in Derby for you, we would love to help.

Ikea is of course the world leader in flat pack furniture. Their most popular items include furniture for the whole house, such a wardrobe, chest of drawers, bed, sofa, dressing table, bookcase, sofa bed, bedside cabinet etc.

You will also find some unusual product names, such as Pax, Malm, Stuva, Ektorp, Hemnes and Brimnes.

Of course you can also find great furniture from other retailers, such as Wayfair, Argos and Next. We can build those products for you too.

For more information you can call us 01332 806886 or you can also visit our website at https://www.flatpackproderby.co.uk/.