My brother and I own a home that has required considerable work. Evidently the mice moved upstairs from the cellar last winter and into a sofa. I was dismayed that my brother took it to the dump without consulting me, but he did. (early '70s, 3 deck cushions, upholstered back, it was nicely constructed). So I "scored" an Ikea sofa today (free, roadside, very clean, and I know the family). It's perfectly serviceable, but what a piece of -hit! looks as though it was made from leftover construction lumber. And the slipcover is really bad. It was a dope slap about how shoddy furniture is constructed nowadays!
I have a lot of customers that buy stuff from Ikea, and bring it from the store straight to me to recover. Apparently the look of that stuff is trendy right now, they just want to customize it with their own choice of fabric.
If I'm going to have to recover junk........I'm just glad it's NEW junk.
Its a through away world now havnt seen any tv repair men latly.
When i moved to floria 10
Years ago i bought new furniture at a lo cal store. Then i moved 4 years ago and last year i was sick of looking at the old stuff not that it wasnt still good just tired of it.
Ikea is hip, trendy and cheep. Looks good on the showroom floor but what will it look like 5 years from now. My niece is in her late 20's and loves the stuff.