Your story is cool and all that, and imma let you finish, but the Ikea jerker desk was the best of all time!
I was SO MAD when they stopped making that desk. Fredrik is a cheap, crappy replacement.
Your story is cool and all that, and imma let you finish, but the Ikea jerker desk was the best of all time!
I disagree that all Ikea is crap. Some of the stuff is great, and it's fairly obvious when you are comparing something that sucks, to something that doesn't.
I bought a desk there a few years ago... The thing is really solid.. It's well designed IMO. I searched high a low before settling on my Ikea desk.. It is one of their better quality pieces.
That in no way speaks for everything they sell, however.
Some Ikea may be good but solid wood or not there is only so good a piece of furniture can be if you're breaking out the screw driver and assembling it!
I was SO MAD when they stopped making that desk. Fredrik is a cheap, crappy replacement.
One word: Amish.
one word: Amish.
One word: Amish.
i 100% agree here, Mennonites also qualify for this. both groups of people make amazing products and are great to work with. you get real hard wood for very reasonable prices.
Amish furniture. The local store here buys a lot of stuff from the Amish and resells at a high price. The stuff is very solid, and you can custom order.
Hopefully, you can find a similar place near you (sans high prices).
Too far but we had friends who buy their stuff from there. They were quite wealthy, though.Where are you living these days? If you are anywhere within a day's drive of High Point, NC it's worth a trip IMHO. Furnitureland South and a few other gigantic stores in the area.
It's just a single anecdotal experience, but my neighbor got Amish stuff for his bedroom set, and I wasn't too impressed. It was built well, but it was veneered plywood and I just didn't think it was all that attractive. Plus he paid $3,500 for it. So maybe it's a YMMV thing.
Too far but we had friends who buy their stuff from there. They were quite wealthy, though.
COME ON DOWN!
God I would try to avoid that place with a passion. I've seen couches from there rip down the seems within two years of buying them. There's a place in RI and probably a few others around that advertise in local papers. They're basically warehouses that bought a ton of surplus stuff and sell it pretty cheap. I got a queen size bed for like $150