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"If you think it's difficult to put together, it's even more difficult to take apart," one professional Ikea furniture assembler tells our sister site in a new video covering a day in the life of Pronto Assembly. How they're learning to speak Swedish, why you shouldn't use power tools, and what they do with those funny wrenches once the furniture is put together—all in the video. [Curbed NY]