It's very sad that they're not made anymore. I guessed it just was not imported here due to its prohibitive cost, but not being able to find it on the other side of the pond is saddening.

> Frame: Plywood, Polyurethane foam 30 kg/cu.m., Particleboard, Solid wood, Fibreboard

An example of something that looks well-built is the Skogsta dining table [1].

> Table top: Solid acacia, Clear acrylic lacquer, Clear lacquer

> Leg/ Rail: Solid acacia, Acrylic paint

(Though the oak version, which costs more, is oak-veneered particleboard.)

Many Ikea things aren't designed to last. That table has cross-beams, so it has a better chance surviving a party where someone leans heavily against one end of it. Something like Mörbylånga [2] looks like it would collapse.

I would give the furniture on display a good shove to see how sturdy it is.

[1] https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/skogsta-dining-table-acacia-704...

[2] https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/moerbylanga-table-oak-veneer-br...

no you can't, the outside shell of each shelf completely hides what's inside. I wanted to reconfigure a shelf (turn it on it's side, combine it with another) and turns out the "boards" are hollow. There is something inside at the corner pre-drilled-screw anchor points, but that's the only place you can attach something, the rest of it is potemkin shelf. You get to see this in more detail if you keep a shelf in a mildly humid place like a beachhouse, as the whoe thing delaminates and you see cardboard honeycombs inside a thin veneer of ...veneer