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Some very cheap ones in the lowest price brackets would definitely have a hard time surviving moving (hell a sofa I had barely survived being used), but climb u

by lloeki 9y ago

Some very cheap ones in the lowest price brackets would definitely have a hard time surviving moving (hell a sofa I had barely survived being used), but climb up the price ladder and there's very sturdy stuff to be had. Also, over here at least, when you move up the price range you notice that other furniture increasingly becomes competitive and that IKEA == cheap doesn't come up as automatically true.

jclardy 9y ago
I agree, I think there is a level where this is true, and it is at the absolute bottom (like $15 nightstand level), but if you move slightly up from those "lines" the build is a bit better. No, you aren't going to hand them down to your kids, but I have some fairly cheap ikea furniture in my bedroom that survived two moving trucks just fine. And one thing about them...they are generally much lighter than solid wood "real" furniture - so the actual process of moving them is easier and generally less prone to damage in the first place.
- lloeki 9y ago
  > at the absolute bottom It was the lowest priced sofa at the time (~100€), and my elbow went right through the armrest on the third day. It felt like it was made of cardboard. Helpful as a temporary consumable, and probably extremely recyclable. > And one thing about them...they are generally much lighter than solid wood "real" furniture - so the actual process of moving them is easier and generally less prone to damage in the first place. Both weight and (dis)assembly are a great thing indeed: I mostly have IKEA furniture, mainly because the staircase leading to my apartment is crazy steep and tight!
  - jotm 9y ago
    > It felt like it was made of cardboard. Helpful as a temporary consumable, and probably extremely recyclable. It might've been, some of their desks are made like this: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/gb-img-fy15/ikea-board-on-frame__1364308975181-s21.jpg http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/gb-img-fy15/ikea-board-on-f...

by lloeki 9y ago

jclardy 9y ago

I agree, I think there is a level where this is true, and it is at the absolute bottom (like $15 nightstand level), but if you move slightly up from those "lines" the build is a bit better. No, you aren't going to hand them down to your kids, but I have some fairly cheap ikea furniture in my bedroom that survived two moving trucks just fine. And one thing about them...they are generally much lighter than solid wood "real" furniture - so the actual process of moving them is easier and generally less prone to damage in the first place.

lloeki 9y ago
> at the absolute bottom It was the lowest priced sofa at the time (~100€), and my elbow went right through the armrest on the third day. It felt like it was made of cardboard. Helpful as a temporary consumable, and probably extremely recyclable. > And one thing about them...they are generally much lighter than solid wood "real" furniture - so the actual process of moving them is easier and generally less prone to damage in the first place. Both weight and (dis)assembly are a great thing indeed: I mostly have IKEA furniture, mainly because the staircase leading to my apartment is crazy steep and tight!
- jotm 9y ago
  > It felt like it was made of cardboard. Helpful as a temporary consumable, and probably extremely recyclable. It might've been, some of their desks are made like this: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/gb-img-fy15/ikea-board-on-frame__1364308975181-s21.jpg http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/gb-img-fy15/ikea-board-on-f...