Almost all my furniture has been particle boards (more stuff is particle boards than amateurs would think) since my childhood and it's been okay. Yeah, if you s

Almost all my furniture has been particle boards (more stuff is particle boards than amateurs would think) since my childhood and it's been okay. Yeah, if you soak it in water it swells. It can be repaired very well, you can drill new holes, you can attach metal pieces to strengthen it etc. If you take it apart carefully, it can be reassembled. Done it many times. If you rip it apart quickly, and force things, you may damage it.