Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for November 20, 2018

Myself I love IKEA. But you do have to read the instructions CAREFULLY.

Can’t see much family sentiment growing from some of the DIY stuff. It may be there but I can’t go for it. But in this ‘throw away’ society, if you assembled it yourself, then you can leave it behind and get new when you move.

You get to a point where you have too much furniture (and other stuff) and need to get rid of some of it.

I built mine from scratch. Before Ikea.

True.. if you can afford to stay in an old age home.. you were well off

Actually, IKEA stuff holds up quite well. We bought a dresser to use when we accepted an exchange student in 2000. When Youssef left, we still used it, took it to the nursing home for my mum, who died in 2011, and it is still in use – and sturdy.

IKEA be damned.

Never went with Ikea. We went from thrift store stuff when very young to quality new stuff when older and better off. Although some of the thrift store stuff was of good quality and worth keeping around. And some was actually made from scratch from oak, ash, walnut or cherry.

Ikea is garbage. Cinder blocks and pallet boards would be better. Ikea preys on wanna-bes and lazy people.

I think I would economize almost anywhere else to avoid living with furniture that looks like it was made in a high school shop class, by a “C” student.