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You'd be pretty hard pressed to find furniture of better quality at the same price point.

by cinntaile 5y ago

airstrike 5y ago
> at the same price point Not if you factor in the cost of repeatedly replacing your IKEA furniture
- cinntaile 5y ago
  That's the thing though. Nowadays people don't really buy furniture with the intention of it lasting a lifetime anymore so you'd be replacing the expensive furniture as well.
  - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
    I've got a kitchen table from IKEA, it's well made from solid wood. I expect it to last a lifetime. Sure if you buy a $10 coffee table then it's likely to quickly fall apart but they have a lot of better quality products if you look.
- Gigachad 5y ago
  Who does this? I have almost all of my furniture from ikea and not a single thing has broken in years of having it. It all seems more structurally sound that high end furniture because ikea is not afraid to use nuts, bolts and metal brackets rather than flimsy wood joinery.
  - AussieWog93 5y ago
    Exactly. I suspect most of the IKEA hate comes from people living in a wealth bubble who've never had to rent and assume the broken bookshelf they see on the side of the road is a genuine IKEA Billy that has somehow been unscavenged. For people in that bubble, with a few exceptions (Lack!) IKEA furniture is designed to be disassembled and reassembled multiple times while lasting decades. It's an absolute godsend for people who are moving houses every few years. Most of the garbage flat-pack you see smashed to bits on the side of the road is a knock-off made by another brand with ridiculously shoddy materials. I've personally cracked open an Amart bookshelf before to find honeycombed cardboard providing most of the structural integrity.
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  I've IKEA stuff that is 10 years old. If you're a person who doesn't abuse stuff then it's fine. If you have kids (or roomies) vs. IKEA, the kids will win every time tho

You'd be pretty hard pressed to find furniture of better quality at the same price point.

airstrike 5y ago

> at the same price point Not if you factor in the cost of repeatedly replacing your IKEA furniture

cinntaile 5y ago
That's the thing though. Nowadays people don't really buy furniture with the intention of it lasting a lifetime anymore so you'd be replacing the expensive furniture as well.
- tonyedgecombe 5y ago
  I've got a kitchen table from IKEA, it's well made from solid wood. I expect it to last a lifetime. Sure if you buy a $10 coffee table then it's likely to quickly fall apart but they have a lot of better quality products if you look.
Gigachad 5y ago
Who does this? I have almost all of my furniture from ikea and not a single thing has broken in years of having it. It all seems more structurally sound that high end furniture because ikea is not afraid to use nuts, bolts and metal brackets rather than flimsy wood joinery.
- AussieWog93 5y ago
  Exactly. I suspect most of the IKEA hate comes from people living in a wealth bubble who've never had to rent and assume the broken bookshelf they see on the side of the road is a genuine IKEA Billy that has somehow been unscavenged. For people in that bubble, with a few exceptions (Lack!) IKEA furniture is designed to be disassembled and reassembled multiple times while lasting decades. It's an absolute godsend for people who are moving houses every few years. Most of the garbage flat-pack you see smashed to bits on the side of the road is a knock-off made by another brand with ridiculously shoddy materials. I've personally cracked open an Amart bookshelf before to find honeycombed cardboard providing most of the structural integrity.
stjohnswarts 5y ago
I've IKEA stuff that is 10 years old. If you're a person who doesn't abuse stuff then it's fine. If you have kids (or roomies) vs. IKEA, the kids will win every time tho