Comments on: Anatomy of an IKEA product

What does it take to get a chair from the design table into your living room? News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman takes a look.

[Leria]

Some of Ikea's furniture is good

But other kinds are crap. I was going to buy a bed from them until I got on it and the bed FELL APART.... not a good thing to happen, even on a floor model.

[johnnydfred]

Dovetail- ah, no.

The dovetail joint referred to is actually called a finger joint. Also
not mentioned was the best reason for using either of these
joints - superior strength when compared to other more
common manufacturing methods (the most appalling of which is
staples or brads).

Incidentally, discriminating shoppers who actually new the
difference between good and fair furniture joinery would
consider the finger joint arm merely quaint.

[Astinsan]

More like finger joint

I agree. Dove tail with a darker colored wood would be quite nice. Finger jointed wood reminds me of cheap 2x4's.

I kind of like the Ikea dark flat black items but usually mix them with other colors to make a unique item. The 20$ tables are perfect for this...

The main reason I purchase Ikea stuff was it fits in my little car :)

[kenarski]

My daughter recently purchased a ikea buffet and one of the side panels is missing the plastic inserts that has a threaded ID of 6mmx1mm does anyone have any sugestions on how to fix this.
Thank you,