Flat Packs!

I started building flat-packed furniture when I was about 10 years old (yes, it was around that long ago ). Back then the quality was awful - the melamine/chipboard would split as soon as it saw a screwdriver and there were big chunks missing from the back......Don't even get me started on the drawers
As the years have passed, flat-packed furniture has evolved and for a while was really easy to construct - All the bits were labelled.
Who decided that it would be a good idea not to label all the parts? I've just spent 20 minutes trying to figure out the difference between the bottom of the cupboard I'm building and the shelves (two which are fixed, two which move). To make matters worse, the whole thing is made out of soft pine. It's ridiculous, once false move and you've got two extra bits!

I used to love building the furniture and making the house look nice..............Perhaps it's just my age

No its not your age I did the boys wardrobe and got bits the wrong way round only realising when it was done that the front bits were at the back!

Richard's job... nuff said!!!

We find flat pack furniture a night mare too. We bought some drawers from a well known catalogue chain. It took my husband three days to put four chests of drawers together earlier this year. The instructions were in ancient something or other, so it is good job he is handy and knows about these things,,,