Wood works

A chance visit to the Swedish furniture mart IKEA so stirred latent interest in carpentry that it led Li Zhenfei to start a woodworking club and online forum, that is now the rage with carpentry enthusiasts.

Li, 35, previously a network administrator, moved to his new apartment two years ago at the Huilongguan community with his wife. However, he could hardly come up with any dcor for his simple home, with just 5,000 yuan ($709) in his account.

With the couple still waiting for a job, their only option was to go DIY.