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> This doesn't seem like a bad thing. Many people treat Ikea furniture as disposable and this seems more environmentally friendly. If people are happy with a ca

by tivert 4y ago

> This doesn't seem like a bad thing. Many people treat Ikea furniture as disposable and this seems more environmentally friendly. If people are happy with a cardboard coffee table, seems like a win. Disposable furniture is the antithesis of "environmentally friendly." > If people are happy with a cardboard coffee table, seems like a win. I had one once, and I was not happy with it (a Lack). It literally disintegrated after about a year. People often push against a coffee table when sitting on a sofa, and it was not designed for those forces and came apart at the seams.

netrus 4y ago
I have several Lacks at my place that are >15 years old. When I ever get sick of them, I will put them on eBay for a free pickup, and within an hour a student will show up and be happy with the free coffee table that they can use in their student apartment for some more years. Dinner tables used to be made from solid wood and were pretty much indestructible. But how many families dine on a >100 year old table? Most indestructible furniture will get discarded as well at some point (well before they are actually broken beyond repair), because its out of style, has the wrong measures, is too heavy ...
- oblio 4y ago
  More than that, you can probably fix the Lack. Just get some cheap metal brackets and attach them to the underside of the table and the legs. Especially if you have a white Lack, you can paint the bracket and screws white and the table will still look nice. And this would make it, dunno, $40 for the table and $5 for the screws and brackets.
JAlexoid 4y ago
What did you do to it?!?!?! Lacks are notoriously sturdy for their "cardboardness". People literally turn their Lacks into server racks, they're that sturdy.
- tivert 4y ago
  > What did you do to it?!?!?! I put my feet up against it. > Lacks are notoriously sturdy for their "cardboardness". People literally turn their Lacks into server racks, they're that sturdy. I'd believe that, but a server on top of it wouldn't put any lateral forces on it. My experience is it can't stand lateral forces.

by tivert 4y ago

netrus 4y ago

I have several Lacks at my place that are >15 years old. When I ever get sick of them, I will put them on eBay for a free pickup, and within an hour a student will show up and be happy with the free coffee table that they can use in their student apartment for some more years. Dinner tables used to be made from solid wood and were pretty much indestructible. But how many families dine on a >100 year old table? Most indestructible furniture will get discarded as well at some point (well before they are actually broken beyond repair), because its out of style, has the wrong measures, is too heavy ...

oblio 4y ago
More than that, you can probably fix the Lack. Just get some cheap metal brackets and attach them to the underside of the table and the legs. Especially if you have a white Lack, you can paint the bracket and screws white and the table will still look nice. And this would make it, dunno, $40 for the table and $5 for the screws and brackets.

JAlexoid 4y ago

What did you do to it?!?!?! Lacks are notoriously sturdy for their "cardboardness". People literally turn their Lacks into server racks, they're that sturdy.

tivert 4y ago
> What did you do to it?!?!?! I put my feet up against it. > Lacks are notoriously sturdy for their "cardboardness". People literally turn their Lacks into server racks, they're that sturdy. I'd believe that, but a server on top of it wouldn't put any lateral forces on it. My experience is it can't stand lateral forces.