OK it's been years since we've shopped for furniture other than the 2 La-Z-Boy chairs several years ago, but we were totally unprepared for the current style of furniture available now.
Huge heavy furniture. People must have massive sized rooms as the furniture has massive tree-trunk sized legs and so much ornamentation that it would take a castle atmosphere to handle it.
In addition to being huge, it's dark. So dark it seems to suck the light out of a room. I find it depressing in oppressive. Where are the light woods and airy, spacious feeling? I don't mean that furniture should look and feel spindly, but it could be sturdy and uplifting.
Another annoyance. If the furniture is 'modern' it means it must be only 2 feet from the floor uncomfortable. I don't think people live with their furniture, but just use it for display only.
Entertainment centers available are only for their 'furniture' appeal. It's to display artifacts and match the other ornate pieces in a room. They are not to have DVD players, sound systems, etc cluttering up the view.
One of my alter idenities when I'm incognito.
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Ikea has the best component units probably, and in a range of colors. We could get just what we need to house our components and not pay a lot for the furniture aspect. I don't know if they have any solid wood units, so we might worry about sagging or twisting. But our main desks and computer desks are fiberboard and they have done well. There are possibly a range of quality of materials available. We'll shop--if we can ever get in! --nbk
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