Last year we bought a suite from DFS, a major UK furniture retailer. It's falling to bits. We'll put in warranty claims but we can already see how it'll fail in

Last year we bought a suite from DFS, a major UK furniture retailer. It's falling to bits. We'll put in warranty claims but we can already see how it'll fail in other ways. We have another sofa from IKEA that's done 11 years service, going strong. IKEA gets a lot of crap for disposable furniture but they really understand their materials in a way that other manufacturers do not, or at least do don't care about. DIY is something we're doing more of since a flat pack sideboard spontaneously disassembled itself a few years ago. It takes time but you can deliberately not cut corners and you still get cheaper furniture. And a hobby.