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Price range for retail seems to be $100-250 for IKEA stuff that will fall apart in 3 years, or $1,000+ for something better. Is there nothing in between? Would prefer to buy new with risk of bed bugs or other contaminants but open to other options if I'm missing something.

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[–] bitchkat 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Design is not the same as build quality. Dovetails and rabbits are going going to be stronger than camlocks.

[–] ccunning 5 points 7 months ago

Dovetails and rabbets are going to be way more than $1000 without some serious bargain hunting and luck.

I just had to refurnish my whole house and it’s disgusting how much is being asked for shitty pressboard furniture.

At least IKEA is charging pressboard prices for pressboard furniture (and a decent array of solid softwood furniture as well). And in my experience it holds up better than most if you’re not abusing it or moving every year.