Emphasis on re enforcing the connections. If a delivery team assembles your bed, go in after them and make sure all the hardware is present and tight. I repair retail furniture professionally and I can’t count how many bedframes are absolutely trashed from lackluster assembly. Support legs in the slats should be tight and straight up and down, all hardware should be torqued on those corner brackets. The headboard should have a little play at the top because of the weight but none at the bottom.

Is all this new Stanley stuff that is everywhere as good as the old stuff?

Yo, where did you get that tall spoon, I didn't see any that big on Stanley's site.

Depends on the quality of the veneer and substrate. Many high end antique furniture is veneered but solid cheaper wood underneath.

My bedframe is almost 800 lbs, just the 16 inch wide oak rails take 2 people to move, and I was quite surprised to find out it has thick veneers with laminated MDF underneath on the corner posts. When I chipped it I was disappointed to find the MDF, I had always assumed it was solid wood and it was sold as such pretty expensively too. I had no problem fixing it and it's still beyond sturdy built like a tank and survived multiple moves including hired movers knocking a hole in a wall getting it down some stairs once.

Our previous bedframe was a solid wood hand me down with metal rails and it was thin and broke beyond repair, hence the super beefy replacement.

Dont assume its BIFL just because its solid wood, and not because it may have some veneers.

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They haven’t, plastic can absolutely be bifl and last for years. Just look at your trash cans. The problem is most companies just use the absolute cheapest plastic possible

I bought a house last April and the previous owner left one of these in the house. I took it outside and washed it and it’s now in use! No cracking or brittle plastic and feels very strong and sturdy.

Edit: the orange one is the one I’m talking about.

Even Scrunchies made a line of damage that I could see as I grew out my hair. I found my hair is much healthier avoiding ponytails and putting it all the way up. (I have grown it out to calf length now) It also stay out of the way better when working out and is safer around tools or fires. My all time favourite implement for putting up my hair is a Ficcare Maximus. They are metal and enamel. The one I am currently wearing is nearly 20 years old now, but I have newer ones too and they are still just as BIFL worthy.

Hunt for quality brands at the thrift store. If it still looks good, you know it’s quality and it’s under $10. I other than socks and a few splurges, I thrift for nearly everything and I have most of the brands listed in this sub.

I had a big E-Machines cardboard box with built in handles for laundry. Cardboard box lasted 25 years, about 20 years longer than the computer that came inside it. Only got rid of it because new wife thought it was hideous and bought a purpose built laundry basket that promptly fell apart.

Yep but in beige!

Star-Frit!

As an aside - for money saving, I cannot recommend enough that when tomatoes are in season buy them fresh in bulk and dry them. I slice them and use a dehydrator, but an oven can work if need be. So much cheaper than canned! Just add more liquid as needed. The dried tomatoes also allow me to never buy tomato paste. I just smash some with mortar and pestle instead. Take that stupid recipes that only want one tablespoon of tomato paste! And when you dry stuff, it won't take up room in the freezer. You can get creative storing em. I've slid jars in trays under the couch before even. Dried fruit is also so much cheaper than canned.

Banana Republic non iron formals have lasted me 15 years. Some everyday use.

We got a Joybird w their special pet fabric 5 years ago (we have 3 large German Shepard/Huskies, and a cat). It is heavily used everyday all day, all animals are allowed on our furniture, and it still looks new, no rips or holes or anything

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Solid wood unless you are getting something crazy like a CITES listed wood or old growth logs pulled from the bottom of a river, lake or swamp.

Article is more a lifestyle brand than a quality furniture maker. I'd look for a local woodworker to build what you want. Canada has some cheap hardwoods and you should sink that money into craftsmanship instead of marketing and have the best materials available.

Sterkowski makes some great hats

FYI Camber USA can only be purchased from All Seasons which has an 8-10 week lead time for their products.

Looks like you’re all set

They're still good but not what they were and I'm not sure they're BIFL when compared to other brands I've been buying from.

And it's true about most brands that people parrot to be fair. PE firms buy a lot of these companies and cheapen the product to cut cost. Like Filson.

For TS, some of it is their fit changed when they moved their manufacturing to China which isn't really quality. But QC got worse and the fit became more variable as well.

Not a dumb question. And no, they are not the same.

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No problem it's a really safe bet statistically speaking