What is a primordial forest, and why is its wood so easy to break when in the form of a cabinet?
It is a forest that humans have not touched. There are still a few in Europe, and some are strictly protected. However, in countries where corruption is at a high level, local politicians can be bought to issue concessions for the deforestation of those natural jewels.
Honestly it's ikea or luxury stuff, anything else does not make sense.
You can't beat ikea quality and quality at any price point.
If it says solid wood it's probably fine.
If it says particle board or fibre board or something other than solid wood it's an "assemble it once and never move it again" piece at best, and a "keep it for a few years" piece at worst.
It's not like it's a problem unique to ikea. Buying particle board or mdf furniture is always going to give you a much worse product (in terms of quality and longevity) compared to something made with solid wood, or at the very least with decent quality plywood.
The best result (in terms of a strong joint) from particle board furniture would be to add glue when screwing (i.e. in the hole with the screw) but that completely removes the option of disassembling it.
ÄPPLARYD is a cheaply made sofa that looks nice, with very poor quality fabric just like all IKEA sofas these days
I'm fine with people saying it looks nice but it's tiring when people say it's "high end" and "high quality" and well made
That's a poor heuristic that's repeated ad nauseum. The trouble is even expensive IKEA lines are mostly poor quality but they have such good marketing and styling that people refuse to believe it
But if you're happy with the most expensive IKEA products, good for you!
A breakdown of every ikea item and every specific detail for it?
Yes, i'm talking for experience and i don't really have any data to back this up, i just have a lot of bad experience with any other furniture builder and not a lot of problems with ikea
I find it funny you've asked another poster for the exact price of a piece of Amish furniture. But won't substantiate your grand claims. Interesting
As an alternative, we've found antique shops that have amazing quality furniture for less than ikea's high end lines, if you're ok with the older styles.
Folks keep acting like it's still 2022 and that we are somehow in a ZIRP era. It's not, and most assets are not selling and are therefor to be had for cheap.
The problem is availability (online and in person) and warranty (not only in a legal sense , but quality assurance)
Can you tell me what's the price of a table with 4 chairs from a Amish workshop, for example?
That's a "forrest".
At least in Europe, almost all land has been influenced by humans, and "forrest" is misused for farms that grow trees.
To refer to an actual forrest, an additional qualifier is needed.