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Doug Thompson's avatar

Ohhhh Clint the wonderful world of flat pack furniture, tis a good job the Ivory Tower doesn't need anything new šŸ˜ Now in UK there was a flat pack empire called MFI (now closed) and luckily the carcass were of good wood, fronts, doors in good quality MDF and even the wood chip sides were solid rather than the IKEA wheat biscuit quality ones. I don't think many flat pack items will be starring on Antiques Roadshow programmes on the future šŸ˜Ž Flat pack was the start of the throw away trend and IKEA did bring affordable and stylish contemporary furniture to the masses. Post WW11 when materials were in short supply the government introduced a 'Utility' range of furniture for folks rebuilding and furnishing with this government approved and affordable furniture. All the 'utility' furniture was stamped/branded on the back with the utility sign. Fun fact the Utility symbol resembled the Pacman video character of today 😁 Cheers DougT šŸ‡«šŸ‡“ šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§

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Walt Craig's avatar

To borrow a line from the past ā€œbeen there, done thatā€. Have drawers full of those hex keys, extra screws, just in case. It took me a long time to figure out the clever turn and lock ā€œthingysā€ that IKEA loves. Sounds like you’re doing great. When you’ve mastered several IKEA items maybe you can earn extra dough peddling your expertise.

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