I liked your comment, but it disappointed a bit as I was waiting to hear about the quality of IKEA countertops.

When my wife and I were in our 20s we bought an IKEA countertop and quite liked it. It lasted the few years we lived in that house and is better than the countertop we have in our much more expensive house that we haven’t yet remodeled. It wasn’t magic countertop but it was perfectly serviceable and relatively easy to install.

Thanks, that's the counter anecdote I came to HN for.

As a counter counter anecdote, I bought a wooden stool in IKEA, and it was a piece of junk that couldn't withstand any shear force.