Fast Fashion Furniture Is A Disaster

[@TSwiftDancePartyCA]

This one just re-affirmed my patreon support. Great video! 👏 Also, re: furniture, I can't stress buying 2nd hand enough. If you live in a city, Facebook Marketplace is always packed with stuff barely a year old because of how often we yuppies move. If you don't drive, Uber now does courier services for small items and movers are cheap on task rabbit.

[@PaigeMTL]

It’s not all magnet fishing and trains

[@berlinorama]

I absolutely agree. It really burns me to see on many interior decoration channels how they rip out and demolish perfectly good wooden cabinets rather than painting or at least donating them. I am very grateful for the original 1890s hardwood floors in my apartment, so I am not even tempted to try anything else, but I regret that I couldn't afford a carpenter to build me a wood kitchen and chose IKEA cabinets instead. However, they are still doing fine after 15 years and I don't intend to replace them because it would just be wasteful. Maybe the under-sink cupboard someday…

[@PaigeMTL]

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[@samuzamu]

Awesome vid! I live in a rental flat, built in the 90's. Every door, trimming and kitchen furnishing is fibreboard or plastic. The doors on the cupboards under the sink have major water damage from a previous tenant but I can't get them replaced on my contract, because the specific model is no longer made, instead I'll have to pay extra to have all the doors and drawers replaced with new ones. Extremely wasteful, and expensive for me. It means I'll have to live with damaged interiors and the landlord will probably replace everything one I've moved out.

[@heyitsmeian]

Hey Paige, long time, no see! Accidentally browsed across your channel and I'm glad I did! "An endless chain of people replacing the mistakes of those before them, never just doing it right" perfectly describes my experience working in trades for the Canadian Federal Gov't. Also the number of times I heard my co-workers express the sentiment of "well who cares, it won't be me fixing this mistake I'm now creating" was absolutely horrifying. This attitude is as ubiquitous in trades culture as "measure twice cut once". The results of this "wisdom" trickles down throughout history as we inherit crumbing infrastructure and short-sighted builds which are frustratingly impossible to fix or maintain. There isn't just a shortage of construction workers, there's a shortage of human dignity and respect across nearly every field of work I've experienced. Excellent video, now I get to comb through your archives of older material. What happened to our pirate musical? Cheers - Ian

[@2fortsmostwanted]

I'm swearing off particleboard whenever possible now, it's so frustrating. I have an ikea desk from the 00s made from particleboard and plastic laminate that held up fine for decades... as long as I didn't move it. Pushed it to a different spot in the room and the particleboard splintered open. I'm not going to trash the desk just because of a crack in the side, but when it finally does give out, I'm buying the most solid wooden desk I can find

[@TobyStewart-dy4qq]

These videos are seriously underrated

[@shday1]

With a thick enough wear layer, engineered hardwood can be refinished over and over. Even solid wood floor is limited to refinishing down to the tongue and groove. So they're actually comparable in that respect.

[@PaigeMTL]

It can be high end engineered hardwood. But I suspect the reason the property assessment guides don’t show anywhere near the same life expectancy in practice is probably because most people are who are getting it are generally being price sensitive. They are saving money and get the exact same “premium” appearance with a thin veneer.

[@cmmartti]

@@PaigeMTL High end engineered hardwood is significantly better than solid hardwood. Like, way better. The 13mm birch plywood base is super stable, and won't cup or change in size very much. And the 7mm thick veneer is thick enough to be sanded and refinished numerous times, but that won't be necessary for at least several decades because the factory-applied finish is exteemely hard.

[@audreysavard3248]

I don't trust construction workers to be good landlords since the one with 30 years experiences I got. One of the bedroom he build let pass the ligth from the adjacent room by the roof. Another one had no soundproofing and he put kitchen drawers without stopper against that wall. It was rooms location for students...

[@veldtwalker]

I mean I always thought we should make companies take their products back we’re they have to dispose and recycle them properly.

[@zoeitzaify]

Nice use of that clip from the Armando Inannucci show. My husband and I are always quoting it when dealing with crap furniture.

[@weirdlyspecific302]

What a great video! I really hope it will achieve the recognition it deserves. good stuff indeed

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I hate anything designed not to last at all, I’m still using 1960s furniture in my room for the most part with some 2000’s IKEA stuff and a a modern-day desk, and although all of my furniture has been reliable I do worry about switching from my existing furniture, even though it’s kinda crap and the drawers aren’t great because it still works.

[@martyfill9690]

nice work paige great valid points in this video opened a few eyes when purchasing materials

[@maudepotvin8660]

As a professional woodworker, I can't tell you how many time a customer told me : "But Ikea as one like that for a quarter of the price". Painful ...

[@MattiasGraham]

Wild timing: I'm just about to send my landlord a video of crumbling particle board under our kitchen sink. All the repair threads I find point out the only real fix is to replace the whole countertop with new laminate... tremendously wasteful (and a waste of time, damn).

[@MattiasGraham]

Also thank you for the Ikea hate (seriously, how have they been so successful at greenwashing). If I'd have to guess, I wonder if the reason there isn't more criticism levied towards the corporation is because of lowered purchasing power. Hard to afford wood furniture unless it's a DIY restoration project off of Kijiji these days...

[@neu_veau]

Would love your opinion on bill 96 and also can’t wait for the follow up videos on REM

[@keithtonkin6959]

Nice one Paige. I'm feeling guilty for replacing our slightly warped but solid timber (rimu) benchtop with a Kaboodle Kitchen one. All that you said makes perfect sense.

[@PaigeMTL]

Well yeah you guys needed to do the other sort of laminating with that, where you cut it into planks. Too late now I guess.

[@andrew20146]

I like the 'Oh the urbanity' callout. Did you pick the Hindenburg reference just to get that in?

[@PaigeMTL]

Can’t remember, I did this whole series last year

[@shday1]

As far a kitchens go, Ikea actually has a very good reputation for quality. Would be great if they used plywood instead of MDF though. Water will eventually find its way into a kitchen base cabinet.

[@nitePhyyre]

IKEA is hollow with cardboard honeycomb for support. Is something that lasts half as long but uses 50 times less material *actually* wasteful?

[@grd4629]

😮 🤔 Also humans are fickle pickles. We sadly filled landfills with solid wood furniture for generations. Great video and conversation/food for thought though!

[@pmester228]

Material is not the only expense, but IKEA furniture does have the advantage of being the center of attention for the furniture equivalent of kitbashing. It's common to hack desks together from a drawer, a countertop or two and legs for support. For a computer desk, the static loading and lack of water nearby should allow for a long life. Sadly, not even the best furniture can withstand a sustained assault from a raging Tyler1. Treating the stuff with respect is also a big part, but not the only one

[@paulloeffler6480]

My cardboard ikea furniture is 20 to 30 years old... its great when I move since its so light and its easily fixable with glue and wood dust.

[@atrapforfools]

Great video, subscribed!

[@stonewolf5613]

As a swede I feel personally attacked by this video

[@jellybeansi]

Ha. The first things I thought about when I saw the title were "Ikea" and "particleboard".

[@noxyburd]

My apartment has almost exactly those dark laminate floors. Management came in here months ago and took a sample for "color matching" because my computer chair caused a bubble. Now it's been 3 months and I still have that damn floor piece missing. Maybe this is a US thing and not in Canada, but it seems the really crappy stuff is what you find in apartments.

[@cmmartti]

Why is your subscriber count hidden?

[@wiscadams]

I think you're being too hard on engineered hardwood floors. They can be repaired and are much more durable than laminate. They can also be installed as floating floors when you don't have the option of nailing like you have to with hardwood. They also perform much better with in-floor heating or in humid environments. Regular hardwood, shrinks and expands too much while engineered floors are much more stable.

[@Claerti]

Isn't the solution just EPR?

[@osterguy86]

Cardboard-ashians... 10pts