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(US) Where do you buy a decent quality dresser? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by pdxfed to c/asklemmy

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

To add to this, if you compare a dresser (or table or whatever) at ikea to a piece of the same price range from pretty much anywhere else, it's almost absurd how much better quality the IKEA piece will be. Or maybe it's more accurate to say it's absurd how crappy the non-IKEA piece will be.

Seriously, go to a furniture store and look at the drawer construction and hardware on a $1000 dresser and compare that to a $400 IKEA dresser.

There is definitely some garbage at the bottom of their price ranges, but their mid range stuff is generally a solid value.