From chairs and chests all the way to large-scale storage systems, the range of flat-pack furniture is astounding. Also known as ready-to-assemble or knock-down furniture, it’s purchased off the shelf ...

For those of us who have ever moved home, it won't come as much of a surprise that many people admit to being left baffled after attempting to build even the most simple of flat-packed furniture.

London studio Special Projects has created a flat-pack survival guide to avoid the "screaming arguments" that come with assembling Ikea furniture. The three Missing Pages manuals are designed in the ...

A flat-pack furniture kit whose parts are fitted with cheap microprocessors that monitor what you are doing during assembly has been developed in Switzerland. The kit will warn you if you are doing ...

Online startup Floyd has designed a suite of flat-pack furniture to be easily taken apart and moved around, intended for young city dwellers and to offer a long-lasting alternative to IKEA products.

Nick Britten describes his experience on a short course in deciphering DIY instructions, and how he became the proud owner of a chipboard bookcase For a room full of Frank Spencers, we didn't do too ...