Materials prepared in Europe and the USA · No power tools needed
· Ships in 14 days
Real photo from a knuslabs project
The problem
Every apartment has a corner like this.
The wall isn't square. The radiator's in the way. IKEA's closest size is five
centimeters off, and a carpenter wants four thousand euros and six weeks. So the corner
stays awkward, the shoes stay on the floor, and you promise yourself you'll figure it
out next year.
We built knuslabs to figure it out for you.
How it works
From a phone snapshot to ready-to-build, in six steps.
No CAD software. No back-and-forth with carpenters. No power tools at the end.
01
Snap a photo
Take one picture of the space. Phone camera is fine. The wonky angles, the radiator, the molding, all of it helps us see what you see.
02
Measure the space
Three numbers: width, height, depth. Use a tape measure or your phone's LiDAR. We work with whatever you've got.
03
Describe your vision
"Built-in bookshelf with a reading nook." "Bench seat for the entryway." Plain English, as specific or vague as you like.
04
See your options
In minutes, knuslabs generates four custom designs that fit your exact space, in your exact style. Walnut, oak, painted MDF, you choose.
05
Pick the one
Tweak the dimensions, swap the wood, try a different layout. When it feels right, you confirm. We send a final render and the price.
06
Build it without tools
Materials arrive cut, sanded, and finished. Pre-drilled. Numbered. The whole thing snaps together with the included Allen key in an afternoon.
The magic part
Your space goes in. Four real options come out.
Each option is dimensioned to your wall, costed to the cent, and ready to confirm. No CAD. No phone tag. No waiting.
knuslabs.com/studio
Living-room nook142 cm W218 cm H38 cm DOak · warm
"Built-in bookshelf with a reading nook tucked into the corner. Low and warm,
oak feel, room for art books and a small lamp. Cat needs to fit on the bench."
Generated 4 options · 2 min 14 secPick one to continue →
PICKED
Quiet oak
€ 184
Oak Off-white
265 × 220 × 32 cm · 12 panels
Mid-mod walnut
€ 246
Walnut Black steel
265 × 220 × 32 cm · 12 panels
Birch & olive
€ 198
Birch Olive
265 × 220 × 32 cm · 12 panels
PICKED
OPTION 04
[Drop in a real customer render here. Per Ruud: "use an actual example for that".]
Your space, real—
After you pick
And the bill of materials writes itself.
No estimating sheet goods. No standing in the lumber yard. No pile of off-cuts in the
corner. The moment you confirm an option, knuslabs orders the exact material in the
exact quantity, cut to the millimeter your wall actually has.
Cut to size, sanded, finished
Pre-drilled and numbered for assembly
Allen key included, power tools optional
Bill of materials
Birch & olive · Living-room nook
Ready to ship
PARTDIMENSIONSQTYTOTAL
Vertical side panelBirch
1820 × 380 × 18 mm2€124
Horizontal shelfBirch
1380 × 380 × 18 mm4€186
Bench seat topOlive
1380 × 460 × 28 mm1€142
Back panelBirch
1820 × 1380 × 6 mm1€68
Hardware kit · bracketsBlack Steel
M6 × 90 mm24€32
Subtotal · 5 part categories, 32 cut pieces€552
Shipping · NL, insured€48
Total€600
Delivers Tue 12 May · 14 days from confirmation
Why knuslabs
It started in a flat where nothing fit.
I moved into a 38 square meter apartment in Amsterdam in 2023. The kind with a slanted
ceiling, a brick chimney where you don't expect one, and walls that wave a little when
you run a level along them.
I wanted a built-in. Bookshelf, bench, somewhere the cat could sit and judge me.
IKEA's nearest size was eleven centimeters off in one direction. The local carpenter
quoted forty-five hundred euros and a six-week wait.
So I learned to read CAD files, drove to a wholesaler with a borrowed van, and three
weekends later I had something that fit. Six hundred euros in materials. The whole way
through I kept thinking: if a tool could do the design and the cut list for me, this
would be a Saturday afternoon.
“knuslabs is that tool.”
RUUD · FOUNDER, KNUSLABS · AMSTERDAM
The flat where it all started, Amsterdam West
Materials
Real wood from places we can name.
Every panel, plank, and bracket has a country and a forest behind it. We choose mills inside Europe and the USA, ship by road or short-haul rail, and don't use anything we can't trace.
RUUD · FOUNDER, KNUSLABS · AMSTERDAM
