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Ugh, tables made entirely of particleboard and plastic. (See the materials list on the IKEA website.) One of the many reasons to loathe IKEA. (Their designs a
by cpr 17y ago
Ugh, tables made entirely of particleboard and plastic. (See the materials list on the IKEA website.)
One of the many reasons to loathe IKEA.
(Their designs are pleasant enough, but their implemenations are horrible.)
- lutorm 17y agoTheir implementations are cost-effective and incredibly cheap, would be a more fair statement.
- TrevorJ 17y agoThe reason I hate particle board is that it fails in a non-graceful and completely unrepairable manner. I went to lecture one time and the speaker needed to move the podium which consisted of 3 sides, a top and 2 internal shelves all made of particle board. He must have stressed the structure in just the wrong way because the entire thing fell apart like a house of cards. Funniest thing I've seen in a long while.
- cpr 17y agoSure, if you like coffee tables made of cardboard inside thin plastic, with particleboard legs. Their stuff is just crap. It looks good, it's lightweight and dirt cheap, and actually appears to serve the purpose of furniture, but it ultimately fails miserably.
- nickpleis 17y agoMy wife and I still sleep on an Ikea bed (best mattress we've ever had) and bed frame that we've had for 5 years. Still looks and functions great... It was supposed to be a stop-gap as we anticipated moving a bunch of times and didn't want to ruin expensive furniture. Now that we've settled it still works great.
- eru 17y agoWe also have a mattress from Ikea - 140 cm x 200 cm. It did cost around 300 Pounds. So it was not cheap, but worth it.
- whatusername 17y agoMy bookshelf doesn't need to be built of solid titanium
- eru 17y agoSo you are going for the titanium veneer?
- eru 17y agoIkea also sells massive wood furniture. It's just more expensive. E.g. we have a nice massive birch table from Ikea.