IKEA Quality?
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cheets64 said:
All Ikeas are the same, it comes with the cheap price, i went there on a bank holiday and it was a nightmare
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Ikea, MFI, Argos etc. The quality is comparable, but the trick is to assemble it well. The quality of the assembly really will make the difference between a wardrobe that breaks whenever you walk within 10 feet of it, and a bit of furniture that will last years.
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Some of their stuff isn't bad at all. Infact some is of very high quality. I've got some fitted wardrobes and drawers for my room recently, looks great, the price was right but it wasn't exactly cheap.gib786 said:
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I've found all the stuff I've bought to be pretty good. Let's face it it won't last hundreds of years, but at the price it's easy to replace stuff after a couple of years when it breaks...
I'd put Ikea above MFI, Argos etc and go so far as to say that I haven't seen better for the price.
They are also easier to assemble and have clearer instructions than your average flatpack, but as has been said, you can improve the longevity by taking a bit of care while assembling!
They are also easier to assemble and have clearer instructions than your average flatpack, but as has been said, you can improve the longevity by taking a bit of care while assembling!
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You use the instructions, you call yourself a man!?!Gavstar said:
I love Ikea, I love a lot of their designs and I love making flatpack furniture from bits of wood and strange bolts. I built all the furniture in my bedroom in about 3 hours on my own when I was 18. I have a bed, bedside table, drawers and wardrobe from there and 7 years later, they're all intact (except the bed, but that's because my Dad had to cut bits off it to fit in the space) 
Considering how cheap the stuff is there, it lasts pretty well. By the time it's knackered, you fancy a change anyway. When we get our own place, the chances are that all our furniture will be from Ikea.
Considering how cheap the stuff is there, it lasts pretty well. By the time it's knackered, you fancy a change anyway. When we get our own place, the chances are that all our furniture will be from Ikea.
As already mentioned IKEA is fine for cheap furniture, just don’t expect it to last for years and years. I’ve got some, it’s mostly flat packed, got some dining room display cabinets fairly cheap as well. Paid a little over £100 for them and get a lot of storage space.
As I rent, I can relate to the comment about buying cheaper flat pack. All my dining room set is flat pack, even the table. Got my six seat table, with chairs and covers with glass inserts from courts before they went bust, paid just over £180, and got the display units from IKEA. Competed dining room set for seating six if needed and storing stuff £280. Cant’ argue with that, but after two years of abuse and use, it is starting to show signs of wear. It’ll perhaps last me another 3 – 4 years and that’ll be that.
MFI is also pretty cheap, but I got some great cheap flat pack pine bedroom wardrobes and cabinets for two bedrooms for little over £350, this was four bedside cabinets, two 5 draw cabinets, a computer desk and a fullsize standalone wardrobe from B & Q. Amazing value for all that I got, and it is really good pine, and after two years usage, is still strong and looks like new.
I kitted out my house for just over £3000 for the major furniture, including 3 piece leather sofa and three beds, dinning room, living room coffee tables etc. Shopping at courts, IKEA, DFS (sales), MFI and B & Q. For a three bedroom house where I moved in with nothing to now have a house FULL and paying what some would pay for a three piece suite, you have to be thankful for cheap furniture shops. So I don’t knock the cheap shops, as it helped me, otherwise I’d have been sleeping on the floor, and eating off the floor and watching DVD’s from the floor, as my gf moved in with nothing as well. We were a right pair.
Actually was funny when we moved in with nothing, and over a period of two months filled it using nothing but overtime and savings money….
As I rent, I can relate to the comment about buying cheaper flat pack. All my dining room set is flat pack, even the table. Got my six seat table, with chairs and covers with glass inserts from courts before they went bust, paid just over £180, and got the display units from IKEA. Competed dining room set for seating six if needed and storing stuff £280. Cant’ argue with that, but after two years of abuse and use, it is starting to show signs of wear. It’ll perhaps last me another 3 – 4 years and that’ll be that.
MFI is also pretty cheap, but I got some great cheap flat pack pine bedroom wardrobes and cabinets for two bedrooms for little over £350, this was four bedside cabinets, two 5 draw cabinets, a computer desk and a fullsize standalone wardrobe from B & Q. Amazing value for all that I got, and it is really good pine, and after two years usage, is still strong and looks like new.
I kitted out my house for just over £3000 for the major furniture, including 3 piece leather sofa and three beds, dinning room, living room coffee tables etc. Shopping at courts, IKEA, DFS (sales), MFI and B & Q. For a three bedroom house where I moved in with nothing to now have a house FULL and paying what some would pay for a three piece suite, you have to be thankful for cheap furniture shops. So I don’t knock the cheap shops, as it helped me, otherwise I’d have been sleeping on the floor, and eating off the floor and watching DVD’s from the floor, as my gf moved in with nothing as well. We were a right pair.
Actually was funny when we moved in with nothing, and over a period of two months filled it using nothing but overtime and savings money….