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Because that 2 lifetimes table doesnt cost $800 thats what grandma paid for it in the 50s when buying a 4 bedroom house for $30,000 and working at the mill for 50 years was normal.
It also weighs 3 tons and given that you live in a shitty 1 bedroom apartment and have to move every 6 months to an even smaller shoebox that costs an increasing % of your income every damn time, Its probably for the best that your shit is disposable.
You had me in the first half...
Have you seen the price of finished wood these days. It'll probably be cheaper (although possibly more fatal) to buy a forest, cut your own trees down and build your own sawmill.
Seize the means, comrade!
In time of climate change you don't want to own a forest, unless you own a fire department, an insekt repellent company and a water plant to water them when there's a drought. Pump and dump is the way to go. Buy two table, store one on top of each other and sell it when inflation doubled it's price, so basically 6 months.
I built a shoe rack during the pandemic. It actually turned out great, it's way better than something from IKEA. It was indeed 2-3x the cost of an equivalent thing from IKEA if you consider all the tools and stuff I had to buy though.
Never mind the space, tools and time required anyway
Most of which aren't really compatible with living in a city, even if you're in a house and not an apartment. We needed an entire garage stall for my husband's tools, which significantly affected what houses we could buy and how close to the city center we could live. It's a lifestyle choice, not something you just pick up on a whim.
I feel personally attacked.
Yep Anon never went furnishing shopping. $800 will get you a large wardrobe at IKEA. Anything equivalent will be far more than double the cost if you want it made from real wood and new.
I moved out of our house and if I wanted some furniture and beds for the kids do I spend $450 total for all 3 of us to have a bed or do I spend $2k when I'm trying to get shit settled down?
And yes, to your point, I've moved twice since then and that would have been a nightmare. And 5 years later the bed still is fine