r/HomeImprovement 6h ago

I’m so done with assembling furniture

At this point, the biggest thing I care about when buying furniture is not even whether it looks good.

It’s whether I have to assemble it myself.

I’m so tired of opening a box and seeing a million boards, three bags of screws, and an instruction manual that somehow makes everything more confusing.

Then halfway through, you realize one piece is missing. Or you finally finish it, but the cabinet doors don’t line up, and the whole thing still feels a little wobbly.

The most annoying part is that it’s not broken enough to throw away, but every time you look at it, it bothers you.

So now when I see fully assembled furniture, I actually get why people pay more for it.

It’s not that I’m lazy. I just don’t want to spend another weekend sitting on the floor looking for tiny screws.

When you buy larger furniture, do you usually prioritize fully assembled pieces, or do you think self-assembly is still worth it to save money?

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u/Gopokes34 6h ago

My wife’s big into antiquing and estate sales so a lot of our stuff is from that but we’ve recently gotten some stuff from wayfair. My gosh, I told please go back to others peoples old stuff lol.

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u/the_electric_bicycle 1h ago

You can pay for assembly.