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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]West Elm is barely better quality than IKEA, but C&B and PB are definitely better built furniture.

General rule of thumb, C&B and PB furniture is tongue and groove furniture, with solid wood veneers at least and delivered fully assembled.  These pieces will last 40 years and multiple moves, no problem.  Now the style may die, but the piece is built for the duration.

Wayfair (which is just a drop shipper), IKEA, are stuff you buy when you are young and poor.  The furniture probably won’t survive a move, or if it does, you will need to glue some things back together.

We are done moving, but we have young kids so still have a LOT of IKEA, b/c the kids ruin everything, so need to wait till they are older before getting “investment” furniture.[/quote]

Pottery Barn can be REALLY hit or miss, I would highly recommend looking at everything in-person first.

Even at Crate and Barrel, we bought the Aspect modular storage cabinets and they did not look any nicer than some of the BRIMNES cabinets we have in the basement.

Restoration Hardware is $$$ but pretty much everything they make is heirloom-quality and beautiful.[/quote]

I have scored several used RH pieces for very little money. Love the look and quality - too poor to buy it new though  :lol: [/quote]

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