With beds, they do. The thread seems to have disappeared from Apartment Therapy but lots of people were reporting that their platform beds were breaking after a few weeks/months of use.
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kristen - Apr 30, 2006 2:48:58 pm PDT #4558 of 10002
Cass - Apr 30, 2006 2:49:27 pm PDT #4559 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I've had pretty good experiences, in the past, with IKEA. I dunno if they hold up for years and years but I think you get some good use out of them.My experience supports this. Actually the frame I have right now is from IKEA, circa 1990. And the current wobble is due to movers screwing it up. The really, really cheap stuff from IKEA tends to fall apart but the rest has held up quite well.
Kristen - Apr 30, 2006 2:52:25 pm PDT #4560 of 10002
The only real problem I've ever had with IKEA is, with the cheap laminate stuff, you have to be super careful assembling it or you'll chip off the veneer. Both of the beds I bought, however, were solid wood and were nice and sturdy. (One of them was a loft bed.)
ETA: My end tables are from West Elm, ita, and I have no complaints. I just wouldn't buy a bed frame from them.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2006 2:52:30 pm PDT #4561 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
their platform beds were breaking after a few weeks/months of use.
That's pretty craptacular.
I need to get off my duff, in a huge way.
Cupcakes! Other tasks!
Instead, I'm clearing off the TiVo. By watching it all.
brenda m - Apr 30, 2006 2:54:32 pm PDT #4562 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, I'll third or fourth or whatever the good experiences with Ikea beds. I've never had one of their mattresses, though I've heard good things about them. (Also, if you have one of the beds with the wooden slats in the base, you can skip the box spring and spend more on the actual mattress.)
Jesse - Apr 30, 2006 3:06:39 pm PDT #4563 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There's a new GA tonight, right?
Yes, FINALLY.
I've said this before, and I'll say it again: You get at least what you pay for at IKEA. The really cheap stuff is cheap (but fine, really -- my $3 nonstick skillet has held up really well, it's just thin), and the more expensive stuff is decent.
shrift - Apr 30, 2006 3:09:41 pm PDT #4564 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
shrift -- does your need for a bed mean that you're Actually Moved?
Not just yet. I should be all moved by next weekend, but the person moving out has done so. I want to try to get a bed delivered by then, if I can.
Just a matter of, like, finding a bed. OMG DECISIONS. Am I not making enough major decisions right now? Stupid adulthood.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2006 3:12:10 pm PDT #4565 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Stupid adulthood.
I've said that many a time.
I just learned something from Miami Vice. You know how 555 numbers don't go anywhere? 1800 555 ones do. They blanked it out (video and audio) on the episode I'm watching, so I decided to call 1 800 555 LOVE. Oh, that's a real number, all right.
Cass - Apr 30, 2006 3:25:51 pm PDT #4566 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oh, that's a real number, all right.Is calling the number like clicking on some of your links?
Kristin, do you like your bed frame? And is it this one?
Jesse - Apr 30, 2006 3:34:47 pm PDT #4567 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Am I not making enough major decisions right now? Stupid adulthood.
That definitely sucks ass. Moving all by itself is one of those Big Life Stress things. New job, ditto. Both together? And THEN you have to all the other shit, TOO? Oy vey.