'So it seems that once again I screwed up by not buying IKEA. Higher end IKEA stuff has a great price/quality point.' IKEA does state materials, and some of th

'So it seems that once again I screwed up by not buying IKEA. Higher end IKEA stuff has a great price/quality point.' IKEA does state materials, and some of their more expensive items are made of real wood - so at least choosing simple items like a desk is quite straight forward