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> IKEA has always fallen apart when you try to move it IKEA has different levels of quality, including amazing cardboard LACK. IKEA also has a lot of solid wo
by JAlexoid 3y ago
> IKEA has always fallen apart when you try to move it
IKEA has different levels of quality, including amazing cardboard LACK.
IKEA also has a lot of solid wood furniture.
What pertains to the article, is that IKEA is keeping prices of the expensive stuff lower than competition... by pushing materials to their limits.
I had moderately expensive IKEA furniture and I had "designer furniture". IKEA isn't much different. I have Besta unit, that has moved multiple times thousands of miles over the last 8 years... still looks pretty good.
- emodendroket 3y agoThat's actually a bit frustrating, it feels like a lot of options will take more money from you and then not really give you a better, sturdier product. Your options for quality pieces get even fewer if you (or perhaps someone you live with) don't want furniture that looks old-fashioned.
- massysett 3y agoI have an IKEA dining table and chair set that's at least 15 years old, and we use it every single day. It's in its third dwelling. It's solid wood and would probably last another 15 years. At this point I don't even like the thing but with two kids now, it's great to have an old table. If it gets crayoned on or written on or glued on or gets food and gunk in the cracks, no big deal, it's old. I have some other solid wood IKEA pieces that are nearly as old. Other IKEA stuff has been chocked in the trash over the years but generally it's a good value for the money. I can now afford better than IKEA but alternatives often cost much, much more and I'd rather not spend that much for my kid's furniture that needs to last only a few years anyway. I do shop elsewhere for stuff I'd rather keep longer.