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Self-made: Indonesians are furnishing their homes with DIY furniture
More people are furnishing their homes with DIY furniture for the satisfaction of creating or assembling it.
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Ready to assemble: Famous for their funny reviews on celebrity houses, Biasalah Anak Muda also shares DIY tricks. (Courtesy of Biasalah Anak Muda) (Personal collection/Courtesy of Biasalah Anak Muda)
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em>As people spend more time in their homes, more are furnishing their homes with DIY furniture for the satisfaction of creating or assembling it.
DIY furniture can mean two things. The first meaning is that the furniture is built from scratch from a set of raw materials. The second meaning is that the furniture is prepackaged but sold disassembled, meaning the buyer must assemble it before they can use it.
Regardless of which type of DIY furniture it is, anyone who has experience making or assembling furniture is likely to admit that it can be a bit of a head-scratcher. Fortunately, a healthy number of DIY content creators are at their disposal.
Among them would be Tommy and Dewi, who prefer only to share their nicknames. They are the couple behind the Instagram account @biasalahanakmuda, where they share various things about home — from celebrities' houses reviews to DIY tips. The account has successfully attracted 145,000 followers at the time of writing.
"We were ecstatic to finally have a new home back in 2020, and it was empty. [...] so we started to [buy the furniture one by one], and we thought the process was so fun [that we shared it on social media]," said Tommy. "[My wife and I] majored in architecture, and [...] we like to discuss interior design in general."
The account has an interesting tagline on its profile: "Rumah Tanpa IKEA" (A home without Ikea). Ikea is known for its popular furniture and home decor products that come with a catch: Customers might need to assemble them on their own if they do not wish to pay assembly fees.
