Dammit! Now I DO Like IKEA.

[MrPrena]

I need to upgrade my kids bed and IKEA is least expensive as of now.

Next shop to go is american furniture warehouse and tjmaxx/home goofs.

[ray1970]

So, you're saying maybe I shouldn't consult with the divorce lawyer after Mrs BG told me to go to Costco the day before Thanksgiving?

I hope you told her no and reminded her who wears the pants in your relationship before you sent her off to the kitchen to make you a sandwich.

[Gman]

I hope you told her no and reminded her who wears the pants in your relationship before you sent her off to the kitchen to make you a sandwich.

That would be like playing Russian Roulette with a 1911.

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[JohnnyEgo]

Ikea is great if you want inexpensive furniture made out of compressed sawdust that will self destruct in five years, or when the first drop of water touches it. They do have some decent real-wood furniture if you look hard enough, but it is priced accordingly. Then they have plenty of stuff that sort of looks like quality furniture, until you notice every 12" or so of any given board is actually a finger-jointed glue up. And yet my wife loves that place, probably because she can get the furniture she wants now, instead of waiting seven months for me to finally get around to building, sanding, and finishing it. I do give them credit for inspiring me to take up woodworking again after the $99 dresser I bought in college exploded a year later.

[Erni]

Ikea is great if you want inexpensive furniture made out of compressed sawdust that will self destruct in five years, or when the first drop of water touches it. They do have some decent real-wood furniture if you look hard enough, but it is priced accordingly. Then they have plenty of stuff that sort of looks like quality furniture, until you notice every 12" or so of any given board is actually a finger-jointed glue up. And yet my wife loves that place, probably because she can get the furniture she wants now, instead of waiting seven months for me to finally get around to building, sanding, and finishing it. I do give them credit for inspiring me to take up woodworking again after the $99 dresser I bought in college exploded a year later.

I used to have a bunch of their stuff back when it was still glued up pine. But you got to give it to them that they engineer the $hit out of their products. I ended cutting up one of their wall unit vertical walls and found facesheets covering load bearing particle board stringers and the non load bearing holes were filled with a fiber honeycomb for strength. I wondered how their panels were so light. But guess how some of the panels on satellites are made? Same way but different materials. Top grade for engineering the crud out of their products.

[Irving]

Glued together sawdust is how EVERY piece of inexpensive furniture I've ever owned has been constructed, and I've never owned anything from IKEA. I wonder why they get such a bad wrap for it.

[CS1983]

I once had a computer desk made out of cardboard. I mean, it was a cardboard box that I used while sitting on the floor, but still.

[ChickNorris]

I think their meatballs taste like cafeteria food. Yuck.

The reviewers are suspect & that was my suspicion too. Why I hadn't.

Good to know Thanks!

[ChickNorris]

My cat thoroughly enjoys his cardboard furniture.

[CS1983]

My cat thoroughly enjoys his cardboard furniture.

Is he also cheap?