For what is worth, I had an IKEA kitchen for 12+ years, we disassembled it and gave it to some people that could reuse it, and it's still fine. OTOH my IKEA couch fell apart in half that time, but my wife fixed it up and it lasted until we renovated. We gave that away too.

IKEA has a wide range of products, some fall apart quickly, some last longer.

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NegativeLatency 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

The finger jointed pine stuff is much more robust than the mdf or hardboard products.

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cromka 2 days ago | parent [-]

IKEA does stuff not out of MDF and cardboard?

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htgb 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

In case you're not just being sarcastic, stuff like Ivar.

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/ivar-cabinet-pine-40033763/

	▲	cromka a day ago \| parent [-]
		Was a genuine question, thanks.

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NegativeLatency a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

generally for every thing (bed, chair, bookshelf, coffee table, etc) there's a solid wood version

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m463 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

yes, the lingonberry drink they serve in the cafeteria. :)

actually they had some metal garage shelves that I thought would be ok.

They turned out to be SUPER flimsy and wobbly.

I think they optimize for shipping weight, which means 'solid' suffers.

	▲	cromka a day ago \| parent [-]
		Right, metal I know of, I just assumed they switched over to cheap materials in place of weed, so good to know.

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fireflash38 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Their dining tables are pretty much all solid pine.

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vintagedave 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I’ve heard their kitchens are far higher quality than the rest of their products. Why - not sure.