Ready-To-Assemble Furniture Kits: A Growing Trend Among Do-It-Yourself Consumers

(HIT) - You pump your own gas, plant your own garden, perhaps even paint your house yourself, rather than rely on an outsider. Whether it's the sense of accomplishment or the substantial savings you enjoy, you're a "do-it-yourselfer" and proud of it. Here's something, however, that you may not have considered—building your own furniture.

If you can use a screwdriver and are able to follow simple directions, ready-to-assemble furniture could be the answer to your do-it-yourself decorating dreams.

For you "sense of accomplishment" do-it-yourselfers, today's ready to assemble furnishings offer easy, quick and virtually trouble-free assembly. Manufacturers such as Sauder Woodworking, the nation's leading ready-to-assemble furniture producer, use precisely cut and drilled components, cleverly engineered designs and carefully written instructions to insure successful assembly. And, instead of waiting months for furniture to arrive, ready-to-assemble furniture makes it possible to have new furniture in as little as 45 minutes, or up to only four or five hours for the most complicated pieces.

"Ready-to-assemble furniture offers instant gratification," said Kevin Sauder, vice president of marketing for Sauder. "You simply buy it, take it home, put it together in an hour or an afternoon, and enjoy."

Priced anywhere from 25 to 50 percent below traditional wood furniture, ready-to-assemble furniture caters to the value-conscious do-it-yourselfer. But today’s ready to assemble furnishings also offer style, finishes and functional features that compete head-on with conventionally-crafted furniture.

Available in virtually every decorating style and offered in finishes ranging from washed pine to elegant cherry, even the trendiest of furniture styles can now be assembled easily and inexpensively at home. As a result, the ranks of do-it-yourself furniture builders have expanded significantly in recent years.

Technological advances in the manufacture of ready to assemble furniture and significant style upgrades in the last few years have fueled the growth and popularity of ready to assemble furniture. In fact, ready-to-assemble furniture now accounts for 16 percent of all wood furniture sales with growth expected to increase by at least 10 percent a year for the foreseeable future.

Considering all the benefits of building your own furniture, it is possible to make building your own furniture the next notch on your do-it-yourself belt. Ready to assemble furnishings are easily accessible through discount chains, department stores, home improvement stores, office superstores, hardware and electronics stores, catalogs, wholesale clubs and a growing number of traditional furniture stores.

For information about where to find ready-to-assemble furniture and furnishing products in your area, visit Sauder's website at www.sauder.com.

Courtesy: Home Improvement News and Information Center