Ready-to-assemble furniture is now gaining popularity in the furniture market. Coffee tables, bookshelves, kitchen shelves, and stools are among the furniture with ready-to-assemble furniture. This ready-to-assemble furniture or furniture is mainly sold at Walmarts and some discount stores. Big companies like IKEA have also scaled up their designs in RTA and are making it available to consumers globally.
So what does RTA furniture have? Why do some people buy it, and why do some people still go for off-the-shelf furniture?
RTA furniture designs are limited. Since their assembly is left to the consumer, manufacturers have ensured that their individual parts are shaped regularly enough for consumers to assemble. The intricate pieces and elaborate designs can be frustrating for the consumer to assemble or may require more complicated tools to assemble. Also, since furniture and RTAS are imported from major furniture manufacturers around the world, instructions and translations in a foreign language can pose another problem for the DIYer.
On the plus side, they are relatively less expensive compared to off-the-shelf furniture. An RTA cabinet owner will not think twice about repainting their RTAs to fit the color scheme of their new home or remodeling and modifying it according to their own taste if the old RTA look starts to get dull. However, the owner of old, expensive and ready-made furniture will definitely think more than twice before repainting or reupholstering his expensive furniture.
Since these are designed more for functionality than for their aesthetic purposes in your homes, these are ideal furniture for apartments, boarding rooms, and small family homes. And since they can be assembled by anyone, they can also be disassembled by anyone moving or moving to a new place. They are useful. They can be taken apart, flat-packed, and moved from one location to another without having to deal with taking up most of the space in the moving company’s van.
RTA furniture has its own disadvantages and advantages. Knowing this will definitely save the furniture buyer a lot of time and even a lot more money.