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Originally Posted by Alex from Montreal
That my biggest beef against these type of stores. People just trow out these cheap furniture and polute our environment.
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Seriously Alex - good point! It's fine if "convenience furniture" is degradable, but otherwise bad news.
Where I am now, there are no - or very few IKEA type stores. It's actually cheaper to have a couple of carpenters in and make anything ya want out of wood.
Simple example... and this is common. You can give them the IKEA or Macy catalogs with furniture pics and they will make the same thing out of real wood at a fraction of the cost.
I got a kinda "farmhouse kitchen table" recently - about 12 ft long and thick top plus 8 chairs to match and cost $320. I'd hate to think of the price in a mall or speciality store for the same thing.