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> 1. Old well built furniture is _heavy_. This goes from being an asset to a liability if you're moving reasonably often. Ehhhh… sometimes. Solid wood’s usual
by vundercind 2y ago
> 1. Old well built furniture is _heavy_. This goes from being an asset to a liability if you're moving reasonably often.
Ehhhh… sometimes.
Solid wood’s usually way lighter than the same thing built in particle board or plywood, though.
- rrr_oh_man 2y agoIt sounded counterintuitive to me, but particle board seems in fact to be denser than its solid wood counterpart. Thank you for this learning opportunity!
- JR1427 2y agoBut you can usually take apart (at least a few times) modern flatpack furniture, making it easier to transport.
- vundercind 2y agoThis is true—an IKEA Billy, say, is really heavy for the volume of material involved (compared with the same amount of oak, for example) but is designed for cheap + packs-flat, not to minimize weight. It does win on size and stackability, when disassembled.
- ses1984 2y agoOld furniture isn’t engineered to use the minimum amount of material like modern furniture.
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- ipqk 2y agoA lot of modern flatpack furniture isn't even particle board or plywood, it's structural cardboard. eg. https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/ka4jl6/the_inside_of_an_ikea_desk_top/ https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/ka4jl6/t... Modern solid-wood furniture makes use of lighter materials too. Sometimes the backboard will be thin particle board, or certain planks will be pretty thin. Or the drawers are made of much lighter wood, possibly veneered. Also, the designs are much less ornate. So in general, your modern solid wood furniture AND cheap, flatpack stuff will be lighter that old well-built furniture.