# QR codes for furniture brands

> Furniture QR codes earn their keep on assembly — a video beats a 40-page pictogram booklet — and on spare parts. Put the reorder code on the part itself, under the seat or inside the drawer, because the fixings bag and instructions are in the bin long before anything breaks.

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## Assembly is the killer use

Flat-pack assembly is the single strongest case for a video behind a code: a wordless
pictogram booklet is exactly the format video replaces best. A code on page one of the
instructions — and repeated on the largest panel, for when the booklet is already under
the sofa — opens the assembly video chaptered by step. Follow the
[product-manual pattern](/docs/ecommerce/qr-code-for-product-manuals): host it on a
stable URL, keep the [PDF version](/pdf-qr-code) one tap away for people who prefer
diagrams, and keep the page light for a phone propped on the floor of a half-built room.

## The reorder code goes on the part

The unique logic of furniture: when something breaks, it breaks **years** after the
booklet and fixings bag went in the bin. The only object guaranteed to still be present
is the furniture itself. So the spare-parts code lives on the product — a
[durable label](/qr-codes-on/labels) under the seat rail, inside the drawer box, on the
underside of the table top — encoding the model and part-list URL. For wooden pieces,
[engraving outlasts any label](/docs/print/qr-codes-etched-vs-printed); a laser-marked
code on the underside (see [QR codes on wood](/qr-codes-on/laser-cut-wood)) survives a
decade of cleaning sprays that would lift an adhesive label.

Numbers: an under-part label is read awkwardly at **20–30 cm** → **2–3 cm** code, matt
label stock, payload kept to a short model URL.

## The showroom sells what the floor cannot hold

A showroom shows one fabric on one sofa. An
[endless-aisle code](/docs/ecommerce/qr-code-for-endless-aisle) on the display tag opens
every colourway, fabric grade and configuration, with the display model's identity
already in the URL. This is the honest division of labour: the floor provides the sit
test, the code provides the range.

## What goes wrong

- The assembly code printed only in the booklet — which is missing exactly when the
  video is needed most.
- Spare-part codes on the packaging instead of the product; recycling day deletes them.
- An endless-aisle code dumping shoppers on the homepage instead of the display item's
  own configuration page.
- Adhesive labels on waxed or oiled wood, which shed labels within months — etch or
  choose the label adhesive for the finish.

## FAQ

### Where should a QR code go on flat-pack furniture?

Twice: on the instructions for the assembly video, and permanently on the product — under
a rail or inside a drawer — for spare parts and care. The second placement matters more,
because the paperwork is discarded and the furniture is what remains when a part fails.

### Do assembly videos really work better than printed instructions?

For flat-pack, yes — pictogram booklets exist because printing text in twenty languages
is expensive, not because wordless diagrams are clearer. A chaptered video shows
orientation and motion, the two things static pictograms communicate worst.

### How do spare-parts QR codes work?

Each model carries a code linking to its exploded parts diagram and reorder page, with
the model identity in the URL. Printed on a durable label or etched into the piece, it
still works when the original paperwork is long gone.

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