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Paneled furniture: can it be done better?

It’s every furniture buyer’s dream that when the courier delivers the new furniture you’ve been waiting for, you just unpack the cardboard box and in a few moments the table, bookshelf or wardrobe is there its entirety.

This is how the concept of paneled furniture was invented, but today it has mutated into a monster made up of thousands of screws, nails, little things, unrecognisable gadgets and a whole host of other strange tools and implements. Let’s go back to basics.

Panel furniture: what is it and what are its advantages?

The concept is for the seller to be able to sell complete furniture in a way that is easy to pack and transport. In return, the buyer can have the furniture delivered to their home, without having to spend time, energy and money to get the furniture into the home. The trade-off: everyone works a bit harder because the seller has to figure out how to assemble the furniture at home quickly and easily, and the buyer has to will do the job. Everybody wins a little and loses a little. If only capitalism were that fair in all areas. It is, by the way, a much greener option to buy furniture that can be ordered online on a tile than to drive or take public transport to three or four places, spending long hours of our free time and energy and spending it on other things. At SYRA, we offer an even simpler assembly process, and the furniture will arrive at your door almost in one piece.

What we don't like about the average piece of furniture

Panel furniture was invented to make our lives easier. Initially, it did not require a carpenter/joiner’s qualification, nor even that someone had a better than average grade in a technical skill, or that they had a “skilled friend” who could put the furniture together “at a good price”.

In principle, all that was needed was all the prefabricated and drilled furniture parts, a few easily recognisable fastening parts, a clear assembly guide and, of course, a screwdriver.

If anything is more complicated than that, we don’t think it’s cardboard furniture, but a domestic nuisance that attacks family peace, erodes men’s

self-esteem, turns leisure time into work time and generally has a bad effect on mental health. And anything simpler than that is even better.

We worked out a solution

We like something simple and likeable. Furniture should bring joy from the moment it arrives until the last day it makes a home. We have ordered furniture from many places, many times.

There were some shelves that we managed to build in two or three hours, after only three partial dismantling operations, but there were also some where we saw the quality and quantity of the parts supplied and called the “clever connoisseur who knows a good price”.

Even the biggest multinationals, which are nominally committed to simplicity and simplicity, often just ignore the fact that their furniture will be ordinary people. People who, if they could, would choose a different pastime from assembling furniture.

At SYRA, we try to keep this in mind as much as possible.

Our solution is simple: if we can put it together, so can you. Our benchmark:

  • we did not like the technology class,
  • we can still recognise the screwdriver, but we’re having trouble with the collector,
  • if you can’t identify a part from a drawing, it doesn’t , if you don’t have all the steps drawn, you’re lost.

Our furniture follows the same philosophy from design in the workshop to assembly in the home: simple, homely, people-centred.

Our furniture is different - and not just because it's easier put

We want to help you find warmth, peace and calm in every moment spent at home (or at least not at our hands if we ‘t), because we know that there is not much time at home.

It’s important that everything around in the home is for us, and that it gives us satisfaction rather than annoyance.

Prefabricated furniture gives you the freedom to order and deliver any furniture want, and then get a full-value piece of home furniture for a reasonable amount of energy spent at home.

We at SYRA are also working to develop this idea further. 

Frequently asked questions about prefabricated furniture

How durable is laminated furniture?

Flatness has no effect on durability. A piece of flat-pack furniture can last for generations just as as a custom-made piece of furniture, provided of course that it is used for what it was made for.

What should we do to preserve our laminated furniture?

It should be treated in exactly the same way as any other piece of furniture, taking care to use the right cleaning products for the surfaces. Note that different cleaning products are recommended for wood and tiles.

How much do you charge for assembling flat-pack furniture?

Our experience has been that the price of a meal for four in a restaurant does not move anyone. And if you need not just one, but several pieces of furniture to assemble, it can be a multiple of this. We want to save everyone that. 

to assemble, it can be a multiple of this. We want to save everyone that. Why is it worth buying laminated furniture?

Because it’s easy to transport, it’s cheaper than custom-designed assembled furniture due to mass production, and it’s cheaper to ship because it can be packed to any courier company’s standard dimensions. As the service of the delivery companies has evolved, it is now possible to deliver larger pieces of furniture in one shipment, so we can do most of the assembly in the workshop.

Elevate your home with our designer furniture!

Every piece is crafted with care and love to bring joy and elegance to your everyday life.

Style, interior design

The clean lines of our furniture, characterful motifs and vibrant, warm colours make it rich in detail. The beauty, tranquillity and joyful coexistence of the landscapes of the cities surrounding the Mediterranean are combined in the look of our furniture in wood and Mediterranean-style tiles.

Emese Kosztin & Balázs Zsedényi

are the founders of the SYRA  brand

Our Furniture

Our furniture is made with care and love to bring joy and harmony to your everyday life.

Spice up your home with our design furniture! All our pieces are made with care and love to bring joy and elegance to your everyday life.

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Limited pieces

All our products are available in limited quantities, so your home is guaranteed to be unique and unrepeatable!

European products

Our furniture manufacturing partner is Liviel Kft., a Hungarian-based wood industry company with 30 years of experience, who mainly manufacture furniture for the Western European and Middle Eastern markets.

Sustainability

Every piece in our collection is made from recycled wood, in many cases 80-100-year-old wood.

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