Back in the day Souder furniture was popular, THAT was POS crapwood furniture. IKEA is in the same vein, cheap furniture thats supposed to look good.
IMO, they succeeded. I like the look of some of their stuff. Its good looking, and if you dont beat on it it holds up well. We have kids bedframes, mattresses, cabinets, glassware, and theyre holding up. We also took our time in assembling, you can't torque the crap out of it and expect it to work.
Going on 2 years, its good as the day we bought it.
I have 8 kids. Kids are not kind to furniture, and when I buy something it need it to last so the next few can use it. Ikea is garbage. It is made to be thrown out within 5 years.
Agreed about the kids. I grew up with 10 siblings (not all at once), and we wrecked lots of stuff. You cant expect plywood/ crapwood to hold up to roudy kids. Mine are teens now, drawing on furniture and breaking it is done with for me.
Have to disagree here.
Back in the day Souder furniture was popular, THAT was POS crapwood furniture. IKEA is in the same vein, cheap furniture thats supposed to look good.
IMO, they succeeded. I like the look of some of their stuff. Its good looking, and if you dont beat on it it holds up well. We have kids bedframes, mattresses, cabinets, glassware, and theyre holding up. We also took our time in assembling, you can't torque the crap out of it and expect it to work.
Going on 2 years, its good as the day we bought it.
Just my experience.
I have 8 kids. Kids are not kind to furniture, and when I buy something it need it to last so the next few can use it. Ikea is garbage. It is made to be thrown out within 5 years.
Agreed about the kids. I grew up with 10 siblings (not all at once), and we wrecked lots of stuff. You cant expect plywood/ crapwood to hold up to roudy kids. Mine are teens now, drawing on furniture and breaking it is done with for me.