Five numbers worth writing down: wall-to-wall length, depth, the lowest ceiling, and the clear width and height of every door on the path. Includes a worked example in feet and inches.
Catalog · Updated October 28, 2026
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Planning
Plan the path for a large piece
Packed size versus assembled size, door casings, stair landings, and elevator cabs. Example clearances are marked as examples, not as a fit for your building.
Assembly
A sequence for flat-pack furniture
Open the carton, count the parts, sort the hardware, and square the case before the back goes on. When a hole misses, the useful move is to undo the last step.
Assembly
Wall anchoring, in plain language
What a tip-over restraint is for, which products the U.S. clothing-storage rule is aimed at, and why a kit designed for a wood stud is not a universal drill pattern.
How blankets, sliders, and hardboard runners behave on hardwood, vinyl, tile, and carpet, and why tape is a poor substitute for padding.
Placement
Level the piece and read the gaps
Adjustable feet, shims, and three different reasons a gap appears: the floor, the wall, or the assembly. What is worth rechecking in the first weeks.
Planning
Furniture placement in a rental
Lease language, building move rules, elevator reservations, and anchor holes in a home you do not own. Not legal advice. The written lease still controls.
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Illustrations show rooms and pieces. They are not records of a completed installation.
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How the catalog is arranged
The three topics are Planning, Assembly, and Placement. Planning covers the room, the path, and the rental questions you can ask before a carton arrives. Assembly is the flat-pack sequence. Placement covers anchors, floors, and leveling after the piece is in the room. A job usually crosses all three. The filter only hides rows. It does not change the order you should read.
Start with measuring if you do not yet have the piece. Start with the path if the piece is already bought and the question is whether it enters the building. Start with assembly only when the carton is in the room where it will be built. Anchoring comes after the case is in its final spot. If you are in a rental, read the rental page before you drill, even if you reached this catalog for a different reason.
Dates on each row are the publication date and, where shown, the last update. They are there so you can see that the pages were revised at different times. They are not a freshness promise about products in stores. Product instructions change. When they conflict with a sentence here, follow the instructions in the carton and send the conflict to [email protected].