IKEA has just shared disassembly instructions that will make transporting your furniture effortless

Bring BILLY into your new home without any trouble at all

IKEA disassembly instructions, bedroom with IKEA furniture, wardrobe and clothing rail in IKEA bedroom
(Image credit: IKEA)
Megan Slack
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Just when you thought that IKEA couldn’t possibly be any more accommodating, the beloved Swedish powerhouse found another way to make our lives a whole lot easier. 

If you are moving home or are planning to reconstruct an old favorite in a new room, but you don’t know how to begin dissembling- you are not alone. 

Thankfully for us, the home decor giants have just revealed a selection of easy-to-follow guides that will make the process more painless - meaning you can have your books back on BILLY in no time. 

Among the six disassembly guides created by the stylish Scandinavian chain are instructions for their BRIMNES bedroom series and the POÄNG rocking chair. There are also manuals on the LYCKSELE sofa bed, MALM drawers, their famous PAX system, and BILLY bookcase. 

IKEA disassembly instructions, bedroom with IKEA furniture, BILLY bookcase in IKEA bedroom or living room

(Image credit: IKEA)

Following recent reports that retro IKEA furniture is now collectible, and is selling for thousands, we’re going to want to take extra care of our old furniture. 

Fortunately, now we can disassemble our pieces, we can better protect them throughout the moving or decorating process. You can thank us later, but downloading that manual might just make you a small fortune.  

IKEA disassembly instructions, dining room with IKEA furniture

(Image credit: IKEA)

The guides are IKEA’s latest initiative to continue making sustainability more accessible to their customers, as it continues to work towards becoming a ‘fully circular and climate positive business by 2030’. 

This concept is explored  by Hege Sæbjørnsen, Country Sustainability Manager at IKEA UK & Ireland, who explained: 

‘In the past three years we have put a great deal of effort into understanding and defining what a truly circular value chain means for IKEA, and as such, we want to take circular consumption mainstream and make it easier than ever for customers to acquire, care for and pass on products such as by repairing, reusing, reselling, and recycling them.’

IKEA disassembly instructions, BILLY bookcase in IKEA bedroom or living room

(Image credit: IKEA)

‘Alongside other initiatives like Buy Back, we hope the reverse manuals inspire people to re-think their consumption habits by extending the life cycle of our products and, together, we are taking small steps, to help reverse against climate change at this critical time,’ Sæbjørnsen added. 

Why not rebuild your IKEA furniture with a bold twist? Look to the couple who created a beautiful walk-in closet from a flatpack for inspiration. 

Megan Slack
Megan Slack

Megan is the Head of Celebrity Style News at Homes & Gardens. She first joined Future Plc as a News Writer across their interiors titles, including Livingetc and Real Homes, before becoming H&G's News Editor in April 2022. She now leads the Celebrity/ News team.

Before joining Future, Megan worked as a News Explainer at The Telegraph, following her MA in International Journalism at the University of Leeds. During her BA in English Literature and Creative Writing, she gained writing experience in the US whilst studying in New York. Megan also focused on travel writing during her time living in Paris, where she produced content for a French travel site.

Megan currently lives in London, where she relocated from her hometown in Yorkshire. In her home, she experiments with interior design trends and draws inspiration from the home decor ideas she observes in her everyday work life. Her favorite pieces include her antique typewriter and her expansive collection of houseplants. When she isn’t writing, she is browsing London’s coffee shops and bookstores to add to her ever-growing library, taking over the open shelving in her apartment. 

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