> Instead Ikea use veneers and crumbling particle materials so you can't fix it at all. As always, you get what you pay for. A LACK coffee table costs $30, be

> Instead Ikea use veneers and crumbling particle materials so you can't fix it at all. As always, you get what you pay for. A LACK coffee table costs $30, because it's made of particleboard. But if you buy a HEMNES coffee table or a LIATORP for example, you will get a piece of solid wood furniture that will last generations, but it's gonna cost you $300 instead. It's not exactly surprising that people are buying the "good enough" stuff that's 10x cheaper, because if that option didn't exist, people would simply buy a lot less furniture overall, because quality furniture is expensive, even at IKEA.