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Why take them apart? Just move them like regular furniture.
Sometimes they just don't fit elevators / stairs :)
You just don't have a big enough hammer...
IKEA-Oriented Development
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Re: IKEA-Oriented Development
#22From "quality" perspective, don't imitiate Ikea :)
Compared to what? I'm not going to Roche Bobois for a whole house full of furniture. Ikea is vastly better than the typical big discount furniture store.
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#23Another lesson of Ikea is that often you cannot move them from one home/apartment to another, because if you try to take it apart and then reassemble it, it's never the same. To extend this via analogy to the software realm, a deep refactoring is problematic whereas OTOH a complete rewrite is a better idea. Which has not borne borne out by industry experience.
A rewrite is almost never the right choice.
Re: IKEA-Oriented Development
#24From "quality" perspective, don't imitiate Ikea :)
This is silly.
I love Ikea stuff.
I bought an Ikea kitchen, nobody else will give you a 15 year warranty. I have read stories of kitchens being completely replaced because Ikea no longer made a certain design.
If the cheaper furniture lasts me 10 years, I will most likely be ready to replace it anyway, as my taste changes.
I guess if you are going for a certain historic style and plan on keeping it that way forever then obviously solid wood is a superior choice.
Re: IKEA-Oriented Development
#25Another lesson of Ikea is that often you cannot move them from one home/apartment to another, because if you try to take it apart and then reassemble it, it's never the same. To extend this via analogy to the software realm, a deep refactoring is problematic whereas OTOH a complete rewrite is a better idea. Which has not borne borne out by industry experience.
As long as you don't remove any of the "wood screw" elements (edit: that is, the screws used in the cam locks), they're perfectly ok to disassemble. They won't go as flat as the original box, but you can certainly transport them in pieces (with care).
Re: IKEA-Oriented Development
#26> If you have a hammer and screwdriver, you can build Ikea furniture.
I never had to use a hammer with Ikea furniture.
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Anecdotally I have had trouble reconciling this seemingly prevalent "you can't disassemble Ikea furniture" with my own experience. It's not made for it sure but bookshelves, bed frames and tables can all be reassembled reasonably well. Anything smaller you can just put in the truck when moving.
Again one of those impossible to kill memes, along with bad mounting instructions (they are on par with Lego, and way better than a lot of industry ones). Usually tells you more about the person making that point than about the point they try to make.
Anyone who’s ever finished putting together a piece of IKEA furniture only to realize they missed a few parts knows you can take it apart and put it back together perfectly fine.
Re: IKEA-Oriented Development
#28Another lesson of Ikea is that often you cannot move them from one home/apartment to another, because if you try to take it apart and then reassemble it, it's never the same. To extend this via analogy to the software realm, a deep refactoring is problematic whereas OTOH a complete rewrite is a better idea. Which has not borne borne out by industry experience.
We moved our ikea furniture and it still works.
Re: IKEA-Oriented Development
#29Another lesson of Ikea is that often you cannot move them from one home/apartment to another, because if you try to take it apart and then reassemble it, it's never the same. To extend this via analogy to the software realm, a deep refactoring is problematic whereas OTOH a complete rewrite is a better idea. Which has not borne borne out by industry experience.
I have moved many times with Ikea furniture and purchased it used with no problems. Ikea furniture is some of the most disassemble and reassemble-able furniture I've seen.
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#30> If you have a hammer and screwdriver, you can build Ikea furniture. I never had to use a hammer with Ikea furniture.
You need one when building a Hemnes or Billy. The back of the nightstand/bookcase is a sheet that you slide in and hammer in with nails.