by Jeff Frank | Mar 20, 2021 | Furniture FAQs, Uncategorized
From your description it sounds as though a dowel broke off. To fix this, get an electric drill and simply drill a new hole (the same diameter as the original hole) right through the broken dowel. Then use a new dowel. Coat the new dowel with a thin layer of wood glue...
by Jeff Frank | Oct 9, 2020 | Furniture Brands, Furniture FAQs, Furniture Maintenance & Repairs, Furniture Manufacturers
From your description it sounds as though a dowel broke off. To fix this, get an electric drill and simply drill a new hole (the same diameter as the original hole) right through the broken dowel. Then use a new dowel. Coat the new dowel with a thin layer of wood glue...
by Jeff Frank | May 19, 2018 | Furniture Brands, Furniture Construction, Furniture Costs, Furniture FAQs, Furniture History, Furniture Manufacturers, Furniture Sales Tactics, Furniture Stores, RTA Furniture
Beginning in the 1950s, IKEA created a new lifestyle emphasizing low cost furniture and home furnishings. Although “cheap” furniture was nothing new, IKEA was the first to transform low cost individual products into a unified lifestyle concept that was...
by Jeff Frank | Nov 19, 2017 | Furniture Brands, Furniture Construction, Furniture Costs, Furniture FAQs, Furniture History, Furniture Manufacturers, Furniture Sales Tactics, Furniture Stores
IKEA’s furniture is so accepted today that most people do not remember the challenges faced by the company during its earliest days. I first encountered IKEA during the 1970s when it was just beginning to enter the American market. At that time I was a buyer for a...
