New York City Furniture Assembly Services Offers Discounted Delivery!!

EZ Furniture Assembly & Interior Innovations, LLC located in New York City has decided to provide their customers with an added benefit that will not only get their furniture delivered the same day, but for far less than what in store companies charge.

Whether you want to go to the Ikea in N.J. or Long Island, or Cotsco for a swing set, or Crate & Barrel for a household full of furnishings they only charge one flat fee of $139.99! Unlike other companies that charge per piece and can take weeks to deliver. Their service escorts you to the store of choice and waits while you get your furniture or articles and when you are done they will assist in loading and checking the order and deliver you and your purchases home. If you used their furniture assembly service they will have a technician(s) there upon your arrival to assemble and/or install you items.

While we offer many services our #1 service is Customer Service and we will continue to offer more services to make our customers life easier and provide quality workmanship to keep us New York City's #1 furniture assembly service.

IKEA Furniture Assembly Have You Nuts?

EZ Furniture Assembly
& Interior Innovations, LLC

I Hate Flat-Pack Furniture !

...well,
obviously I don't actually hate it once it's "up and running" - otherwise I
wouldn't buy it! I just hate the hassle of having to put it
together.

That's wht we wre
her to help. We have a trained staff of 10 certified technicians that are
licensed & insured so you eill have the furniture you biught on the showroom
or online, not a bunch of boxes with a bag of nuts and bolts witha piece a paper
they call directions. Well, I'm certain at leat the asprin companies are
rooting for them since sales must've sky rocketed when IKEA hit the
market.

Anyway, we are a
Professional company that has assembled thousand of pieces rnaging from,
furniture, exercise equipment, storage units, custom closets, Murphy beds, and
hundreds of Kitchen Cabinet installations. We are a Certified member of the
National Associatopn of Professional Assemblers, maintained a 5 Start Rating on
IKEA Fans, ans was presented with the "2007 Super
Service Award" by Angie's List.

We are the City's
leader in Professional assembly, so you don't have to worry about how long it
willl take you to build that entertainment center, or if you should buy a drill
or not. Don't waste your weekend and late nights trying to assemble something
when one simple call or email will do it all. No need to ask friends if they
know someone who does this kind of work or search on craigslist because God
only know who will show up at your door. We have been in business going on three
years and we have built on our name on Quality Customer
Service, Honesty, Guaranteed, Workmanship, and the ability to schedule all
appointments within 72 hours of contact. You can spend time with
your family, or relax and read your paper while our trained technicians
professionally assemble your furniture.

No matter
the size of the job,
whether commercial or residential our trained
staff can handle the job and do their best to exceed your expectations. We
encourage you to visit our website WWW.EZFURNITUREASSEMBLY.COM by
Clicking Here. Or call us at the number below to be
connected to one of our own managers. We look forward to hearing from you
soon!

Christopher Purnell, President
( 718) 541-9863

Lawrence Land,
General Manager (803) 553-4988

The High Name Furniture isn't The Same Since Recession

For years certain companies provided top quality products that were second to none. However, now these companies joined the majority of the industry of the smaller no to promising companies and went to China for their manufacturing which has resulted in lower prices, but very bad poor quality. One brand being Bush, we recently began to notice the change when we saw the price cuts in the Bush brands in the stores both locally & online. Pieces that normally sold for $1100.00 are going for $500.00. Which obviously hurts our industry and especially our company that charges 33.3 % which means the lower the retail price the lower our companies makes. The worst part is that since the cut backs the quality of the material has been terrible. Our technicians at EZ Furniture Assembly & Interior Innovations have reported missing or extra pieces, broken pieces, as well holes that did not line up which stops the drawers from closing correctly. This is just NOT the Bush many companies that were once top producers of fine furniture are now selling furniture that is being sold for half the price but not of the same quality because it is being made by companies in China. I can only assume that this is their way of dealing with the recession.

Why You Should Hire A Professional Company to Assemble Your IKEA & Other Knockdown Furniture

by Leon A. Frechette

My home office could use a little organization. Perhaps a bookshelf or two will pull the books off the floor so I can stop tripping over them. My stereo equipment would look better housed in a cabinet than balanced on a wobbly TV tray, and I could sure use a CD tower to store the blues I keep jamming in the background while I'm key-stroking in another how-to article.

I'm in no hurry to invest in expensive office furniture, so like many others, I went the least expensive route: knockdown (KD) furniture. You know what I'm talking about—those heavy cardboard boxes that contain a zillion pieces and so-called assembly instructions.

I made the decision to purchase KD products fully aware that I would dread this project from start to finish.

Why? Because I need to physically visit practically every store on the planet to find pieces that fit the office layout in matching wood finishes at an affordable price. Do you know how many different shapes, sizes, surface finishes, and wood colors are available? The quality levels and prices are all over the map.

Your average mega-store does not specialize in KD furniture, so the majority of the units are still in their boxes. Since the pieces are unassembled, I can't be sure what the units really look like or how big they are.

Quite often, the display models look like they are either ready to fall apart or they don't match the pictures on the boxes.

Many display models are set so high on the store shelves that you'd need a power lift to reach them. Perhaps if I used binoculars I could get a good look at them.

Once you find what you are looking for, the store is quite likely to NOT have the two units you need, or the two units they do have don't match.

Also, there's no one around to help get the units to the cash register and then to your vehicle. The boxes are heavy and awkwardly large so you need a forklift just to get them off the ground.

After wasting time going from store to store, I went to a company that specializes in KD products. Their displays looked great and they carried the Scandinavian designs with hardwood finishes that are not offered by US companies. However—or perhaps I should say, as expected—they didn't have anything in stock; it was "show and tell" time, and I had to order what I wanted. To their credit, once the products arrived, they had willing and eager helpers to lift the boxes into my vehicle.

Getting these bulky and heavy units off my car and into my home is another story. In my prime that wouldn't have been a problem, but lifting and carrying heavy items is getting harder as I get older. Luckily my oldest lives next door and he knows when the phone rings that the old man needs help—again.

With the boxes inside the home, the real fun begins. I know from experience that this is when disaster will strike: pieces and hardware will be missing, damaged, or defective and the instructions are not worth the paper they're printed on.

This time around was no exception. It amazed me to see just how many pieces were in the box and how well organized it was. Unfortunately, I discovered "Made in Denmark" stickers on just about every piece. As if it isn't bad enough, the manufacturer has created even more work: sticker removal.

Beginning with the simplest unit, the double CD tower, I laid out all the pieces and compared them to the instructions. The instructions had great illustrations, so I assumed it would be a breeze to put together—but there were no written directions. I know a picture is worth a thousand words, but this is not the time to skip the words.

With no other options, I plowed through the instructions, illustration by illustration. With the unit completed and upright, I began to install (what seemed like) a million shelving pins into what I soon discovered were undersized pre-drilled holes. Unfortunately, if I tried to re-drill the holes I might damage the unit or completely drill through a side panel. I have a drill stop, but I still didn't want to take the risk.

Wearing leather gloves, I rocked each pin back and forth until it was properly seated. After I installed a couple of shelves, I saw that the shelves weren't level because the pins were an inch out of alignment. I checked the instructions only to realize that there is a correct way to install the center support. I had to put on my glasses to see what this speck of ink showed and even then I had a hard time seeing the print. This was a pretty important item that really needed to be highlighted, so why didn't they? Nothing is more irritating than to disassemble a unit that already has its back nailed in place, especially when the nails have a ring shank.

Over the course of eight hours, I built two full-length (floor-to-ceiling) bookcases, one two-door cabinet, and one double full-length CD tower. There's no way this should have taken eight hours.

I had to pull apart the CD tower to correct an issue that should have more visible in the illustration. I had to pull apart the two-door unit several times because the drawings didn't match the pieces. I later learned from the retailer that that the company was phasing out some of the component pieces and the instructions hadn't been updated. Really?

A side panel for one bookcase was missing the pre-drilled holes for the cam pins and dowels. Naturally I discovered this flaw after the store closed for the day. I ended up drilling the holes just to stay on schedule. The second bookcase assembled smoothly except for a missing cam and one that snapped off as I tightened around the cam pin.

Since the instructions contain no phone number, I was at the mercy of the retailer to assist with the missing and broken parts. At least KD products made in the US include a customer hotline to call for missing or damaged items, and I know from experience that they are extremely fast at getting the parts to you.

While my home office has taken on a new look with its knockout Scandinavian design cherry hardwood finish, the assembly of the pieces was a real knockdown. I believe that manufacturers need to do a better job on quality control, and the best way for them to learn what is wrong is to assemble their own products following their own instructions. Only then will they discover what customers learn every time they put a KD unit together: they're just not user friendly.

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WWW.EZFURNITUREASSEMBLY.COM

Small New York City Furniture Assembly Company is Taking Business From The Industry Leaders like Impact Resources!

Small New York City Furniture Assembly Company is Taking Business From The Industry Leaders like Impact Resources!

EZ Furniture Assembly & Interior Innovations, LLC was founded a little over two years ago by Christopher Purnell, a New York City entrepreneur who had spent most of his working career in marketing and sales and needed a change. It didn’t take long for him to see the opportunity that was in the RTA (Ready To Assemble) furniture industry. He started by answering Craigslist postings for someone requiring furniture assembly and from there with little more than a few tools and a passion to succeed he opened EZ Furniture Assembly which mostly consisted of assembling and installing Ikea, Crate & Barrel, & Pottery Barn Furniture. Today His Company has added Interior Innovations because his company of over a dozen trained technicians provides more than just furniture assembly. Purnell Says, “Our Company has grown so much by taking the time to listen to our customers and by sticking to our word. Now we assemble everything from exercise machines, playground equipment in which we became certified to do, as well as do kitchen cabinet assembly and installations at half what our competitors charge.” We have found from Mr. Purnell and speaking to other people in the industry that the major player is a company called “Impact Resources” which services retailers nationally. However, Mr. Purnell began to show us some of his accounts that were once theirs because of what he calls “corporate greed”. From what we have learned from one unsatisfied Impact customer is “that Impact hires its employees over the phone, which can’t be good, and that the customers we spoke to say that they will flat out lie and say they will have someone there at this date and time and nobody will show up, and if they do most of their work is horrible and forget about having them come back out to correct it” Mr. Purnell also took us on a tour of a few retailers that Impact services and started to show us how poorly they assembled the store’s display models. We saw pieces missing, door on upside down, backs falling off, drawers that were falling apart. We honestly felt sorry for the retailer because it was clear that nobody would buy this furniture after seeing it in this condition. However, Mr. Purnell went on to say that this allows him to compete with these national companies like Impact. “They provide poor service to not only the retailers that provide them with the work, but the customers they serve which can be a month or more after they buy the furniture from the store. I walk into stores and point out all these issues to the manager, take pictures and most likely get the name of a district manager and explain our practices vs. theirs. We explain how we hire our technicians on a face to face basis rather than over the phone along with a background check and a 2 week training course with our Project Manager no matter their level of experience because we want them to things our way. We also guarantee them that we will schedule an appointment for their customers within 72 hours from the time of purchase, as well as fully guarantee all our workmanship.” Explains Purnell. It clear to see how this entrepreneur became successful after listening to just a few phone calls from possible customers and prior ones. He took as much time as it took to explain everything to them and even scheduled one appointment at night because the customer didn’t get out of work until six o’clock. He explained that he was grateful for his team who is willing to go that extra mile for the company. Nevertheless, they are paid quite well compared to companies like Impact, Actually almost 3 times as much! The one call with a previous client is what amazed me, it was an elderly man who had a desk assembled three months prior and it seemed one of the door hinges became loose over time. I expected Mr. Purnell to tell him that wasn’t his fault, or explain to him to get a screwdriver and tighten it himself, but he asked if he would be home around three that afternoon, the man said yes and Mr. Purnell said he would be over to fix the problem then. Purnell went on to say, “about 80% of our business is word of mouth and call backs, and being in this type of business is about doing the next right thing. Some weeks I eat steak and some I starve but I know that in time our company will outlive the national greed monsters because they are like one hit wonders because they will only screw a customer once where we do whatever we can for them and they continue to call us. I intent to expand into other cities and states, but it will be in franchises where I will decide who will represent our company best. I am still amazed at how far we have grown in such a short time with such a limited budget, but it is just doing business like it was done 40 years ago when you did what you said and took pride in your work” Well, there is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Purnell and his company along with the franchisees will be successful and an asset to whichever community they serve. I guess this is just another lesson that being the biggest doesn’t always mean being the best. For more information about Mr. Purnell and EZ Furniture Assembly & Interior Innovations you can visit them online at www.ezfurnitureassembly.com. There are also many horror stories online about “Impact Resources”, one is located on “Rip-Off Reports”.

Written by: Jessica Farmington

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All New Furniture is Mass Produced

1/20/2008

All New Furniture is Mass Produced

By: EZ Furniture Assembly and Interior Innovations, LLC
These days almost all furniture is mass produced. Even furniture pieces at the higher end of the market generally come off a production line. This mass-production has obvious benefits in terms of both cost and flexibility of course, but there’s something a little impersonal about knowing that thousands of other people have the same bed, three-piece suite or dining furniture as you. The alternative is to buy Handcrafted Furniture from a specialist furniture manufacturer. Although significantly more expensive than a mass-produced alternative, and generally more old-fashioned in appearance hand crafted furniture does offer unrivaled quality and exclusivity.

Once upon a time, all furniture was handmade. You have seen this furniture of old in the homes of your grandparents or in antique stores. Each piece was lovingly crafted according to the desires of the craftsman and client, resulting in furniture that was wholly unique. Designs were intricate and often used more than one type of wood.

When you find a handmade antique table, for example, you know that there is no other table in the world quite like it. Old-fashioned standards for making furniture were rigorous, and the furniture of our ancestors was built to last. That is why so much of it continues to be handed down through the generations.
Assembly line furniture however often lacks character and is certainly inferior in terms of build- quality and materials. Because it is created by machines and set patterns that are repeated over and over, it has no distinctive qualities, nothing that makes it stand out. In addition, Assembly line workers and machines function on tight schedules which means they can’t afford to take the time to make sure every screw is tight and every joint fitted perfectly. The speed at which such furniture must be made also means that cheap and often inferior materials are used in its construction, resulting in pieces that tend to fall apart in even a few short years. As with everything though there are exceptions. The original Egg Chair of the 1950s and other mass-produced retro items from the 1950s, 60s and 70s have stood the test of time, and are much sought after these days as the fashion of these past decades becomes current once again.
Further quality issues have also arisen as a result of the recent self-assembly furniture revolution. The idea behind self-assembly furniture is that costs are significantly reduced and transportation of large items is easy, and as a consequence this type of furniture has revolutionized the furniture industry. However, assembling furniture at home with no expert supervision, following a series of often complicated black and white instructions does not guarantee correct construction. Even our Expert Technicians can spend hours assembling a new design from the major RTA (Ready To Assemble) retailers. However, we consider that a school day and after that we can normally cut the time down to at least half. The sad truth for consumers is in a recent study it was proven that it takes the average person six to eight times longer to assemble a piece of furniture than a professional and 80% of the furniture assembled was assembly incorrectly.

The ultimate luxury in furniture is handcrafted bespoke designs. Specialist furniture manufacturers can be commissioned to produce bespoke designs that fit exactly with the customer’s décor. Bespoke furniture can be very costly but can be viewed as an investment as well as a perfect interior design solution. In most cases, if treated correctly, this type of furniture will increase in value over time

I hate to shoot myself in the foot but I know my article won't change peoples minds or have a dramatic effect on our business, but the best furniture which was handmade from the 20's-40's still can be found and bought for a reasonable price at the right auctions. New York City is absolutely out of the question because you will pay more than what the piece(s) are actually worth. For a bargain on high quality antique furniture I strongly suggest you look into auctions in NE Pennsylvania in which are only a 2 hour ride from the city and can yield great buys for your buck. However, if you rather the modern chic furniture but aren't up for the assembly part you can contact us and we will be happy to assemble whatever you decide to purchase. We will also be happy to give our expert opinion on certain companies and certain products or models from our experience working with them. All you have to do is post your question here and one of our expert technicians or experts from various outlets will answer your question.

Once again, thank you for reading today's post and we wish everyone a happy holiday.

Christopher Purnell
Founder and President
EZ Furniture Assembly and Interior Innovations,LLC
www.ezfurnitureassembly.com

RTA Furniture

RTA furniture

Ready-To-Assemble (RTA) furniture was created to solve a fundamental problem in shipping furniture: the relatively high cost of shipping the products compared to the low cost of actually producing them. All the pieces of the product are shipped in a very compact box with detailed instructions on how to assemble the unit. The intent is for the product to be assembled at home by the buyer. Costs are saved by the assembly not being performed in the factory and by greatly reduced volumes for shipping and storage by the distributor and retailer. Self-assembly furniture is very common in Britain, Europe, and Canada.

According to IKEA, flat-pack furniture was invented by Swedish draughtsperson Gillis Lundgren who, in order to fit a table in the boot of his car broke off the legs then reassembled it at home. He took his idea to his employers IKEA, who later built their business around it.

Do It Yourself (DIY) oriented people can find it enjoyable to assemble RTA units. The ease of assembly required also varies. IKEA furniture for example, is marketed on its completeness including Allen keys in the package if they are needed. However, the assembly of some brands require the customer to have access to a much larger selection of hand or even power tools. Ironically, a common complaint is that some RTA packages do not include necessary screws, fixings or even parts required to complete assembly.

The most common types of RTA furniture are living room and office furniture, including bookcases, tables, beds and lounge-ware. Outdoor furniture e.g. swingsets and patio settings is another common example of RTA furniture.

Self-assembly kitchens are available from some retailers. These are made to uniform sizes. They benefit from a wide number of options and the ability to easily update them through the addition of for example, new cupboard doors.

Consider a CD/DVD storage rack. In the design of this furniture the cost of transporting and storing this product is kept in mind by retailing it as a flat pack. A flatter product can be easily stored and the cost of transport is lower overall as more items can be moved in the same space occupied by the assembled product. The cost of labour can also be reduced as there is no need for workers to assemble the product before it is sold. Other cost-cutting techniques can be employed by using particle board laminated with vinyl instead of using solid timber for example.

EZ Furniture Assembly is NYC's experts in RTA furniture for your home or office. We also offer kitchen cabinet assembly and installation, and furniture repair. Click here to visit us now.

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