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I have IKEA furniture that I bought 15 years ago and it’s going strong, having survived three movings and several changes inside the house. I actually don’t recall ever throwing out an Ikea furniture because it was broken.
Granted, I have one Malm drawer that has a broken piece because it didn’t stand against my wife’s mess. And I have a tv stand which the lower shelf is arched by the weight of the XBox and blu ray player.
Bought 2 billy bookcases for £20 each in 1991, and moved them a couple of dozen times, including moving country twice. Last month I disassembled them and used the pieces to make wall shelves in the pantry of the house I bought 2 years ago. That's some longevity.
Let me guess, her drawer was too full and as she opened/closed it, the clothes broke a crossbeam in half?
Exactly. Have you seen it?
I think that's every Malm set of drawers in existence. Mine has the same issue.
But in my case it's because I sat in the draw as a kid.
I have two MALM dressers with probably 2 cracked beams each. That's after I was able to get that part replaced on both, so technically it has happened 6 times.
Almost everything in my apartment is from ikea, the only thing that isn't holding very well is the sofa and that was my fault, we changed orientation 4 times and some of the screw holes got to big.
And even then the sofa is still good, is just kinda crooked if you now where to look