| Ready-to-assemble furniture is now gaining | | | | compared to ready-to-use furniture. An owner of |
| popularity in the furniture market. Coffee tables, | | | | an RTA furniture will not think twice of repainting |
| bookshelves, kitchen shelves and stools are | | | | his RTAs so that it fits into the color scheme of |
| among the furniture with ready-to-assemble | | | | his new home or of restyling it and modifying it |
| furniture. These furniture or ready-to-assemble | | | | according to his own taste if the old RTA look |
| furniture are mostly sold in WalMarts and some | | | | starts to get boring. However, an owner of an |
| discount stores. Large companies such as IKEA | | | | expensive antique, ready-to-use furniture will |
| have also expanded their designs on RTA and are | | | | definitely think even more than twice of having |
| making it available globally for consumers. | | | | his expensive furniture repainted or |
| So what is it about RTA furniture? Why do some | | | | re-upholstered. |
| people buy it and why do some people still opt | | | | Since these are designed more for functionality |
| for ready-to-use furniture? | | | | rather than for its aesthetic purposes in your |
| RTA furniture designs are limited. Since its | | | | homes, these are therefore ideal furniture for |
| assembly is left to the consumer, manufacturers | | | | apartments, boarding school rooms and small-sized |
| have made sure that its individual parts are | | | | family homes. And since they can be assembled |
| regularly-shaped enough for consumers to put | | | | by anybody, it can also be dismantled by anybody |
| together. Intricate parts and elaborate designs | | | | who is relocating or moving to a new place. They |
| may prove frustrating to the consumer to | | | | are handy. They can be disassembled, packed in |
| assemble or may require more complicated tools | | | | flat packages and moved from place to place |
| to assemble. Also, since furniture and RTAS are | | | | without having to deal with the problem of it |
| imported from major furniture manufacturers | | | | taking up most space in the mover's van. |
| around the world, instructions and translations in | | | | RTA furniture have their own disadvantages and |
| foreign language may pose another problem for | | | | advantages. Knowing these will definitely save the |
| the do-it-yourselfer. | | | | furniture buyer a lot of time, and even a lot more |
| On the positive side, they are relatively less costly | | | | money. |