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Most serious woodworkers talk about creating "100-year furniture." You won't get rich as a custom woodworker, but you can be reasonably sure that the table you
by theorique 14y ago
Most serious woodworkers talk about creating "100-year furniture." You won't get rich as a custom woodworker, but you can be reasonably sure that the table you built will be used by the grandchildren of the client for whom you build it today.
I read someone's comment on IKEA furniture recently: "you are buying furniture that you and your descendants will use for hundreds of days"
- jfoutz 14y agoI would guess it varies with model. The Poang chairs are afaict flagship products. Mine are about a decade old now, but replaced the cushions once. I have to retighten the bolts every couple of years. I can imagine kids breaking them from being dumb, but from ordinary (daily) use, they don't seem any worse for wear.
- theorique 14y agoI busted a Poäng chair once - the wood of the vertical pieces closest to the floor split and I fell backwards. However, I think was quite a few years old and a floor model, so who knows what abuse it was subjected to in the store. Supposedly, Ingvar Kamprad has a 30+ year old Poäng.