4 life hacks for assembling and installing furniture

How not to lose small details, make the bed stronger and hang a cabinet or shelf without holes in the wall.

On Reddit, users often share helpful tips - and lately (probably due to the fact that people were looking for something to do in quarantine) there appeared a lot of life hacks related to repair and all kinds home improvements. We made a selection of life hacks that will be useful if you decide to update your furniture.

1. Was there a special assembly tool with the furniture? Secure it from the inside so you don't have to search all over the house when you need to take it apart.

2. Are there many small parts included? Use foam wrapping to keep everything close at hand and not lose anything.

You can also use egg packaging for this purpose.

Or an ice cube tray.

3. Have you bought an inexpensive bed from IKEA, whose frame boards are not fixed in the grooves? When building, use plastic tiesto attach them to the metal base. So the boards will move less, and the structure will become more reliable and durable.

4. If you rent an apartment or house and the owners forbade drilling the walls, you can still fix light furniture. To do this, it is enough to use child locks - they are inexpensive and are sold in IKEA and other stores. In the comments to this tip, the user noted that a year ago he fixed the bookshelf and light cabinet in the bathroom in this way, and they are still hanging.