How Did Flat Pack Furniture Come About?

History of Flat Pack Furniture - Flat Pack Dan

Prior to the 1950s, furniture was bought or ordered from a shop or a carpenter, then delivered ready-made, sometimes after a considerable wait. Items were often very heavy, and almost always made from solid wood. Hand-made furniture featured elements such as dovetail joints, which took great skill to execute. Nowadays, we have become familiar with the … [Read more...]

Ikea Pax Wardrobe, Malm Desk & Chest Assembly, Crawley, West Sussex

Ikea Pax Installation Crawley by Flat Pack Dan

After battling the snowy driving conditions, slow moving traffic due to an accident and the A23 roadworks this morning, my colleague Karla and I finally arrived at our job in Crawley, West Sussex. This was a relatively simple assembly job, aside from the height restriction on the ceiling, which forced us to carry out an upright build on the Pax wardrobe, … [Read more...]

Ikea Hackers

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Ikea Pax Wardrobe Assembly, Hove, Sussex

ikea pax bergsbo installation hove sussex

Here are a couple of photos from an Ikea flat pack assembly job we completed for a customer in Hove this morning. The job consisted of 3 Ikea 100cm Pax frames with 6 Bergsbo doors, with several Komplement drawers, pull-out baskets and hanging rails. If you would like a similar Pax wardrobe assembled, we can help 7 days a week. Simply send us … [Read more...]

How long does ikea home delivery take?

Question by Julia W: How extended does ikea home delivery take? I am thinking of either hiring a van or acquiring property delivery from Ikea. I will be purchasing a bed, waredrobe, mattress and a chest of drawers. Do they do subsequent day delivery and at what expense? Its the Thurrock Lakeside Branch in the UK Best answer: Answer by elkins_debbienext day … [Read more...]

How To Assemble IKEA Flat Pack Furniture

IKEA is more than simply a home improvement store. The famous Swedish flat pack furniture company designs quality products and smart furniture solutions to help make your home a better place to be. IKEA's how-to videos are a useful resource in helping you to assemble popular IKEA products properly, and they're adding new content all the time. Check out … [Read more...]

IKEA Billy Bookcase Installation, Hastings, Sussex

IKEA Billy Bookcase assembly & installation, Hastings, Sussex

We were recently asked to assemble and install several IKEA Billy bookcases for a customer in Hastings. The installation consisted of 9 x IKEA Billy bookcase, 80cm x 202cm, 7 x Billy height extension unit, 80cm x 35cm, 2 x Billy bookcase, 40cm x 202cm and 2 x Billy height extension unit, 40cm x 35cm adjoined to form continuous a book shelving solution for … [Read more...]

IKEA furniture assembly, Eastbourne, Sussex

Ikea Micke desk, office chair, Billy bookcase

A few photos from a recent job we completed in Eastbourne. Items assembled include the Aspelund 3 door wardrobe, double bed frame, chest of 3 drawers and bedside table in the main bedroom. In the second bedroom we assembled a Micke desk, Rickard office chair and Billy bookcase. In the living room downstairs we assembled an Ektorp 2 seater sofa and … [Read more...]

IKEA Pax and Besta assembly, Shoreham-by-Sea

IKEA Pax Anstad and Besta wall unit installation

This was a recent IKEA Pax wardrobe and Besta wall unit installation we worked on in Shoreham-by-Sea. The Pax wardrobe with Ă…nstad high-gloss/white sliding doors was fitted with 5 internal Komplement shelves and 3 pull out wire baskets in one frame and a full length hanging rail in the other, with shoe storage compartment at the bottom. This was quite a … [Read more...]

IKEA Pax wardrobe, Malm sliding doors and Komplement drawer assembly. Hove, East Sussex.

Ikea Pax wardrobe assembled by Flat Pack Dan, Hove, Sussex

Today we headed to Hove to assemble an IKEA Pax wardrobe with Malm sliding doors. This was a 230cm high design made up of 3 frames joined together. The customer had chosen to have 6 small and 2 large Komplement drawers to fit inside, along with shelving and hanging rails. The sliding doors had to be built using seperate panels into a frame, one of which … [Read more...]