Re:How much do construction costs matter to the price of hou...
by kwhitefoot on Thursday February 17, 2022 @07:39AM
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Why would anyone want solid pine? Furniture has been made of veneered wood for a very long time. It has been popular since the late 17th century, long before IKEA.
IKEA do have some solid pine (furu). Here is one https://www.ikea.com/no/no/p/rast-kommode-med-3-skuffer-furu...
It didn't take long to find it in their catalogue.
Anyway, IKEA is not the only company selling furniture.
You are correct that most solid woods are expensive (not pine usually though) but that is at least in part simply due to high demand for such furniture and the lack of supply of the raw materials.
Right after seeing that movie I visited an old house where everything is wood. Huge wood cabinets, wood floors, wood ceiling, etc...
I suddenly realised that I can't afford wood furniture any more! The IKEA stuff I buy these days is made of "manufactured" materials that are "wood-like", but have essentially cardboard honeycomb between two sheets of plywood or something.
I used to have IKEA furniture that was solid pine, but good luck finding anything like that in their store these days...