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> Another lesson of Ikea is that often you cannot move them from one home/apartment to another, because if you try to take it apart and then reassemble it, it's

> Another lesson of Ikea is that often you cannot move them from one home/apartment to another, because if you try to take it apart and then reassemble it, it's never the same. My IKEA desk has survived 13 moves since 2005...

majjam 3y ago
They dont build em like that any more (from wood).
- filoleg 3y ago
  They do, you just gotta be a bit more creative, which will also save you money. Pro-tip for desks: don't buy them in the office section, buy desk legs from there, but the desk top itself from the kitchen section. Solid wood, no frills, cheaper pricing, and you can get some esoteric configs you cannot get from the office section. The choice of materials and shapes is much larger too. Hell, I imagine you can even get some marble-like top workdesk this way (though you might want to consider rethinking the desk legs and get something sturdier, marble is quite heavy). Around 2017, I wanted a long desk that could accomodate a workstation + area for printer/working on models/3D printing out of solid materials without breaking a bank. Going the approach I described above, I ended up spending under $200 total (and that's including tax) for a solid wood butcher's table quality workdesk that was long enough to accomodate 2 multi-monitor workstations very very comfortably (or 3 workstations, just a little bit less comfortably). Needed 6 desk legs for this one, but I eventually replaced the middle ones with a cheap Kallax storage piece (from IKEA as well).
  - BeefWellington 3y ago
    I did the same as you and about a year into the pandemic replaced the somewhat standard IKEA desk legs with a motorized standing desk leg kit. It's survived becoming new furniture even. :)
jansan 3y ago
If you just bought a massive oak board (the were nowhere cheaper and better that at IKEA around 2005) with two solid trestles, you should easily be able to move them 13 more times.
- civilized 3y ago
  It isn't anything special, just particleboard with light colored wood veneers. Some of the screw holes are busted but overall it all still holds together.

majjam 3y ago

They dont build em like that any more (from wood).

filoleg 3y ago
They do, you just gotta be a bit more creative, which will also save you money. Pro-tip for desks: don't buy them in the office section, buy desk legs from there, but the desk top itself from the kitchen section. Solid wood, no frills, cheaper pricing, and you can get some esoteric configs you cannot get from the office section. The choice of materials and shapes is much larger too. Hell, I imagine you can even get some marble-like top workdesk this way (though you might want to consider rethinking the desk legs and get something sturdier, marble is quite heavy). Around 2017, I wanted a long desk that could accomodate a workstation + area for printer/working on models/3D printing out of solid materials without breaking a bank. Going the approach I described above, I ended up spending under $200 total (and that's including tax) for a solid wood butcher's table quality workdesk that was long enough to accomodate 2 multi-monitor workstations very very comfortably (or 3 workstations, just a little bit less comfortably). Needed 6 desk legs for this one, but I eventually replaced the middle ones with a cheap Kallax storage piece (from IKEA as well).
- BeefWellington 3y ago
  I did the same as you and about a year into the pandemic replaced the somewhat standard IKEA desk legs with a motorized standing desk leg kit. It's survived becoming new furniture even. :)

jansan 3y ago

If you just bought a massive oak board (the were nowhere cheaper and better that at IKEA around 2005) with two solid trestles, you should easily be able to move them 13 more times.

civilized 3y ago
It isn't anything special, just particleboard with light colored wood veneers. Some of the screw holes are busted but overall it all still holds together.