Everyone's always talking about how shoddy it is and how your cabinets will disintegrate if they go through any kind of stress, but all my cheap-ass furniture with a piece or two missing is still going strong after nearly a decade a use. Maybe I'm just lucky and it really is all crap, but I can't shake the feeling that the reason people shit on Ikea is because it's inexpensive.

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    3 years ago

    A lot of it is "wood" that's actually made out of oil. MDF delenda est.

    That said it's good for cheap shit you're gonna have to haul up to your fourth-floor walkup, or things that your roommates are gonna break.

    • disco [any]
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      3 years ago

      I think when he said "some of it is made of wood" he was talking about the actual solid wood stuff, of which they actually have a surprising amount.