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Always grab furniture made of real wood, not particleboard - my best curb score proves it
I had to choose between a beat-up solid oak dresser and a nearly perfect IKEA Malm set on the same curb. Went with the oak one despite the scratches and a broken drawer, and after $12 in wood glue and sandpaper it's been sitting in my living room for 3 years. Anyone else find that solid wood pieces are way more forgiving to fix than the cheap stuff?
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anthony_campbell883mo ago
I saw something the other day about old furniture makers using actual joinery like dovetails instead of staples and glue on particleboard. Real wood stuff can take a beating and still hold together, while those particleboard pieces just crumble if you look at them wrong. That oak dresser sounds like a steal, especially for $12 in fixes. Solid wood is just built different, I mean literally in this case.
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matthewmartin3mo ago
Yeah that "joinery instead of staples" thing is spot on. I read somewhere that old furniture makers would rather spend an hour cutting one dovetail joint than use a single nail because they knew the piece would outlive them.
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