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Turn ideas into real furniture

With Knuslabs, take a picture of your space, describe the piece you wish existed, and make it fully yours. Size, shape, storage, materials, finish, and details are all open, with software and human review bringing custom furniture closer to IKEA-level pricing.

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Full customisation · IKEA-level pricing ambition · human verification before production

Turn your idea into real furniture

With a little help of AI and real humans.

1 Show us the room Photo(s) of the room
2 Describe your furniture idea Describe your furniture idea
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Before-and-after comparison of an empty window nook transformed into a custom sitting bench. Custom sitting nook with a fitted bench, warm wood, plants, and storage
Empty window nook before a custom sitting bench design
Before After
Creative custom furniture

Build the furniture IKEA does not make.

A window nook, a hallway wall, a shelf around an outlet: the best ideas are usually too specific for a catalogue. Knuslabs turns those ideas into fully customised furniture, shaped around your room, your style, and the way you actually live.

How it works

Design, review, then place an initial order.

Designing stays lightweight. The initial order is a commitment, not the final price: if the human-reviewed price or measurements do not work for you, you can cancel and get the commitment fee back.

01

Design

Upload photos, add rough dimensions if you have them, and describe the furniture exactly as you imagine it. Shape, storage, materials, finish, and details are all open.

02

Review

We review the concept with a human in the loop, check what needs measuring, and give you a realistic direction for materials, buildability, and price before you commit.

03

Order

Place an initial order with a small refundable commitment fee. We measure after that, confirm the final price with a person involved, and deduct the fee from the build if you continue.

Inside the studio

Every project keeps its design, status, and next step together.

Start with room photos and a brief. Knuslabs helps you refine the concept, review it with a human involved, and carry it forward into an initial order before final measurement and pricing.

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All projects

3 projects · most recent first

  • Hallway storage wall project thumbnail

    Hallway storage wall

    Warm oak hallway storage with lower cabinets, a bench cushion, coat hooks, and an upper shelf. Keep the right wall clear.

    Review · Ready for human review
  • Radiator window bench project thumbnail

    Radiator window bench

    Low oak bench with hidden storage, soft cushion, and enough breathing room for heat.

    Design · Refining concept
  • Reading nook built-in project thumbnail

    Reading nook built-in

    Bookshelves around the corner with a low seat, warm wood, and room for a small lamp.

    Order · Commitment ready
Generated hallway storage concept with a bench, hooks, cabinets, and an upper shelf.
Review Ready for human review Version 3 · Updated May 22, 2026

A fitted hallway bench with hooks, shelf, and closed storage.

Warm oak hallway storage with lower cabinets, a bench cushion, coat hooks, and an upper shelf. Keep the right wall clear.

Original wall preserved Warm oak finish Human review next
Design
2 Review
3 Order

Next step

Review design

A human checks the concept, rough price direction, and what needs measuring before the initial order opens.

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After you pick

And the bill of materials writes itself.

No guessing from a catalog size. No pretending a pretty render is a build plan. The moment you refine an option, knuslabs turns it into a provisional parts list, material direction, and production checklist to confirm before ordering.

  • Panel sizes and quantities made explicit
  • Materials, finish, and hardware marked provisional
  • Assembly and delivery plan confirmed before order

Provisional bill of materials

Birch and accent directions · Living-room nook
Pre-launch concept
PART DIMENSIONS QTY TOTAL
Vertical side panel Birch dir.
1820 × 380 × 18 mm 2 €124
Horizontal shelf Birch dir.
1380 × 380 × 18 mm 4 €186
Bench seat top Accent dir.
1380 × 460 × 28 mm 1 €142
Back panel Birch dir.
1820 × 1380 × 6 mm 1 €68
Hardware kit · brackets Black Steel
M6 × 90 mm 24 €32
Subtotal · 5 part categories, 32 cut pieces €552
Delivery · to confirm TBD
Total €600
Final materials, packaging, and timing confirmed before order
Why knuslabs

Full customisation is the point.

I moved into an Amsterdam apartment in early 2026 with more ideas than furniture: a radiator bench, a hallway landing zone, built-ins for awkward corners, and small details that only made sense in my flat.

Standard furniture made every idea compromise: wrong depth, missing cable route, almost-right finish, storage in the wrong place. Traditional custom work could do it, but the process and quote made small ideas feel unreasonable.

So Knuslabs is built for the creative middle: start with the exact thing in your head, shape it around the real room, then let software and humans turn it into a design that can be measured, priced, and made.

Ruud, founder of knuslabs RUUD · FOUNDER, KNUSLABS · AMSTERDAM
Before-and-after comparison of a hallway wall transformed into fitted storage with a bench, hooks, and closed cabinets. Fitted hallway storage concept with bench, hooks, shelf, and closed cabinets
Blank hallway wall before the fitted storage concept
Before After
Materials

Material directions, not final promises.

The studio uses wood-led finish directions so concepts feel concrete. Exact substrates, suppliers, finishes, packaging, and delivery details will be confirmed before any production order opens.

Material samples and workshop boards used to explore finish directions.
Birch

Birch direction

Candidate finish family

Final substrate and supplier to confirm before ordering

Oak

Oak direction

Candidate finish family

Warm wood-led look; exact build spec still in development

Walnut

Walnut direction

Candidate finish family

Darker wood-led look; exact build spec still in development

Olive

Accent direction

Candidate finish family

Accent materials will be confirmed before production opens

Off-white

Painted direction

Candidate finish family

Paint system and substrate to confirm before ordering

Black steel

Hardware direction

Candidate component family

Hardware and bracket details to confirm before production

Things people ask

Questions worth asking before you start.

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Start with your space

Design custom furniture for the room you actually have.

Upload a couple of photos, describe what you want, and refine the idea until it feels right. You can place an initial order with a small refundable commitment fee, then we measure, human-check the final price, and deduct that fee if you continue.

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