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I thought this too until I started buying the solid wood IKEA furniture. That stuff will be with me for a long long time.

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Solid solid or the finger jointed stuff glued together stuff —I’ve tried their pine and it was on the thin side. The solid solid stuff is as expensive as dedicated furniture stuff. They also have pretty veneered stuff but it’s not to my taste.

I can’t help with taste but Good furniture is expensive. I realised that when I bought my house and my dad gave me some wonderful pieces from his grandfather.

Not that ikea is an heirloom but good furniture is bought once and wears gracefully. The kids have put dings in the stuff but they’re just that. Dings. They’re not fake wood texture peeling to expose particleboard.

I encourage people to reconsider the value of good furniture.

I believe my kitchen table was bought at Ikea by my parents inlaw in the seventies... It's a solid build and has been moved many times over the years. The chipboard stuff often breaks when moving between homes.

Yes, we have a solid wood kitchen table from Ikea. It's well made, I expect it will outlast me.

> solid wood IKEA furniture

Interesting, got a list somewhere.

My new IDÅSEN powered stand up desk is quite sturdy, albeit with a considerable premium from ikea is fantastic. Since I’ll be WFH for awhile I thought it worthwhile.

The electronics and frame of IKEA's electronic standing desks are whitelabled products from Rol Ergo - so that's probably why it feels premium, as it's not made by IKEA :-)

https://www.rolergo.com/products/

I have feeling that the list of items made by IKEA is non-existant. Everything is done by subcontractors. I am saying this neutrally.

For example, I am buying some stuff specifically from IKEA, because: 1. They provide longer warranty 2. It's cheaper than the non-white label alternative (looking at you, Blum furniture fittings for example)

I need a super good reason why my next gas stove, oven and dishwasher are not from IKEA.

Well these are all European products, so yes if you are in the US it's probably cheaper to buy them from IKEA. In Europe you can get the non-IKEA branded version (their appliances are made by Electrolux AB, which has many brands such as AEG, Zanussi, etc) for cheaper from any home appliances store.

If you spend what you think is way too expensive for ikea furniture, that’s the stuff. I have a $400 ikea table that is basically bulletproof.

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