It’s Not Just Wayfair: Why Does ALL Of Your Furniture Fall Apart?

Interesting commentary on what happened to the furniture industry in the United States.

  • @m4m4m4m4
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    61 month ago

    It’s odd because from what I can gather from things like youtube it seems like woodworking is huge there (and they say wood is cheap there too), so I’d imagine there should be a considerable amount of people doing furniture.

    Contrasting to the situation here where people doing hand-maded furniture is lowering their prices so much trying to keep up with the ikea-type of shit (and of course doing things with superior quality).

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      Labor is still expensive.

      Lots of labor needed if it’s not mass produced on an assembly line.

    • @QuarterSwede
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      1 month ago

      My FiL made my dining room table. It’s ~600lbs and was $2K in material alone, that didn’t include any labor he didn’t charge us. It’s just about indestructible but it certainly would’ve been $4k-$5k if he was selling it. Would you buy that? I thought not. I certainly wouldn’t have.

      • @the_tab_key
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        61 month ago

        I made my sons’ crib. Solid cherry, nothing crazy fancy but I like it. I wouldn’t make another to sell unless I get at least $5k for it. I doubt anyone would buy it for much more than $1k. Just not worth it.