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The unrefined person here is not your friend. It's you, with your coarse judgements.

I come from European aristocrat money, and it's normal in my circle to use quality things until they fall apart. Cars, clothes, etc. We find it distasteful to display wealth.

But I am humble enough to realize that refinement is first in the feelings and the mind, regardless of how much material things you have! Your friend may be a treasure. IKEA furniture really does not matter - and their solid wood Hemnes line is actually not that bad :-)

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Ha! I have multiple pieces of Hemnes furniture in our home but I wouldn't pretend that it's "not that bad". It's furniture that I don't care about getting dinged up by the kids because it's cheap and looks good enough from 6 feet away. It's made from pine, a softwood that is generally unsuitable for furniture making other than for pieces where you want the rustic look or want it to show wear so as to gather "character". Hearing someone talk about Hemnes and "solid wood" in the same sentence is like looking at fish stick packages that proclaims "real fish!" [/quote]

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