{"id":99286,"date":"2018-10-06T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-i-love-flatpack-furniture-bim-adewunmi\/"},"modified":"2018-10-06T12:03:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T05:03:43","slug":"why-i-love-flatpack-furniture-bim-adewunmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-i-love-flatpack-furniture-bim-adewunmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I love flatpack furniture | Bim Adewunmi"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI\u2019m one of those people who follows the instructions to the letter. It\u2019s like a form of meditationI built a desk. OK, fine \u2013 I assembled one from the carefully measured and cut pieces of cheap, painted MDF that arrived in a slim but sturdy cardboard box. But you simply cannot convince me I did not fell a mighty teak tree, before carving, lacquering and buffing it into a desk at which I can now sit and ruminate on the larger questions of life, all from a corner of my living room. You can\u2019t.Blame the countless hours I have poured into viewing home-improvement shows over the years (bless Changing Rooms, my first romance in the field), but there\u2019s nothing I love more than interior design. It is easily the thing I am most interested in without having a single thing to qualify me. For years, my sister and I assembled shelves, bookcases, shoe racks and entertainment centres as a necessary hobby (we couldn\u2019t afford one-off or even mildly expensive pre-assembled furniture) and that slowly evolved into flatpack love. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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