Thermoses are insulated with vacuum.

At fifty years old the insulating layer between the inner walls of the thermos has probably long since disintegrated.

Get a thermos for your thermos.

It also depends what the veneer is on. If it’s IKEA, it’s probably MDF which is crap. If you are in Canada check out EQ3. I have a bedroom set which is veneer over plywood I believe and it is still in Greer shape after almost 20yrs. A few chips and scratches here and there. I have also moved a couple of times and disassembled/re-assembled. If you don’t abuse it, it should last.

I am very much opposed to buying online furniture without being able to see the quality first-hand. As others have said, check out local listings for used furniture such as some of the major brands of mid-century modern or danish/teak furniture

The red one! Mum still uses it. It's probably 30 years old.

They do offer this in the vintage green colour

Wearing a work issued Chill Buster from them right now. Pretty well made

Yeah man i have the same one i remember when i was like 4 years old laying in this basket and now I’m still use it i’m 28. (Cant Lay in it anymore lol) I Will make a picture lately of it

It's to the point where the last time I moved, the moving company specifically said they would cover damage to any of my items EXCEPT furniture made of MDF.

They didn't break anything, and I had just one MDF item left at the time (converted to real wood and never looked back)

I wanted to get a solid wood bedframe and have been very happy with the one I got from "get laid beds" - it's a UK company, but they'll ship to the US (and I assume canada). Plus the name is cheeky and I like it

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My mom has these and they’re gone now, when my step mom went into assisted living I was so delighted that she had two.

These things are so dang sturdy. And yeah there is nothing like these today that I’ve seen.

I had a gateway computer box with a tablecloth over it as my dining room table for my first year in an apartment. Much less wear and tear but damn those early computer boxes were amazing.

That’s a great username

I've had plastic baskets in the past, but they never seem to last long.

I had two woven rattan baskets over the last 30 years. Unfortunately, the rattan started breaking and the basket started falling apart last year.

I couldn't find anything similar, so I bought a woven basket made from recycled clothes. It feels very sturdy. It was expensive compared to plastic baskets, but I feel so much better about it.

Ah I see now. This seems to be an adequate size. Much appreciated.

We got eucalyptus sheets from Sheets & Giggles, we are pretty happy with them so far. I’m a hot sleeper, and and we had bamboo sheets before, but they started to rip after 4 years. So we’re on our next round of sheets try out!

For active wear: Girlfriend Collective For casual clothes or work clothes: Frank and Oak, Everlane, Naadam, Eileen Fisher

The unfortunate part is that a lot of these retailers are hard to find in brick and mortar spaces unless you're in a big city, so you may have to shop online. If you're wanting to browse in person in the casual to outdoorsy genre, I'd recommend REI because they really only sell high quality, sustainably made clothing brands.

Check the bottom, new stuff is mostly made in China :( not quite as good as the old Stanley. Mine have had paint flake off and start coming apart within a year, where as my grandfathers that I inherited look beat to hell and one even has a rebar handle welded on it and paint is chip free, all still good condition.

I do have 4 of the soup thermoses that are 1/3 that size for my kids school lunches though. In the morning I'll cook up some chicken or pork, sometimes with rice and put it in hot off the stove and it'll stay hot till their lunch. My kids are so spoiled lol, I was lucky to get crappy sloppy joe or meatloaf from the cafeteria at school when I was a kid.

Solid wood furniture is crazy expensive, and for good reason. Like others have said, buy them secondhand or at an estate sale

Those Stanley travel mugs on the left are the best. Never leaks and keeps coffee hotter, longer than any i’ve ever used.

Amen on the detergent. When I go to the large laundromat down the road, I usually wash the first loads without any detergent at all. Reason - most people seem to pour detergent like it's the Salvation of the Clothes (it's not). The end result is they usually leave enough detergent residue behind in the washer drum that adding more detergent will just transfer the extra detergent onto my clothes even after rinsing - why waste my money and end up with itchy clothes?

My trick when I have to use the dryer is to run it only to steam the wrinkles out of my clothes. I then put them on hangers and stick them in the closet, well-spaced, with a fan in front to finish the dry.

Aell, depends on the product. For example solid wood doors will get bent out of shape over time cause the material breathes and moves. Really nice doors will not be just solid wood planks, they'll have some sort of a structure inside that's not succeptible to moisture - e.g. plywood, and then very thick veneer on top.

I've been buying bespoke for years now. No clothes that fall apart in a week, no fruitless searches for clothes that fit my style, no endless fittings. If I see something online that I want in a different color, with different touches, or in my size, I can just send a screen shot and they'll make a pattern and sew it.

Example - I wear a suit 7 days a week for work. My employer will even provide them - but they have all the class and style of prison uniforms. So I started thinking and researching. I realized that suits have been around for about 200 years, that they were at one time comfortable enough for officers to wear them to war, that butlers (think dalton abbey) were comfortable enough to do hard labor in them, and they've been around since before zippers. So I ordered suits with reinforced pockets on the jacket, deep pockets in the pants with canvas linings, extra trousers with each suit (cause the pants always wear out first anyway), and button fly on the trousers.

My three piece suits (actually 4 piece with the extra trousers), are less than mens warehouse prices, and have lasted me for almost 15 years. I also have jeans, oxford and casual shirts and overcoats that are made the same way.

I use makeyourownjeans.com, but there are a number of shops that are based in India, Hong Kong, and Singapore that are online and do this for similar prices.

Ye solid wood will always look more classic, not so stylish..

What about pine (softwood)? Even the ikea softwood stuff is pretty decent (especially if you add a couple extra steel braces in the corners).

Most joints on substrate/veneer beds will be secured using dowels and metal brackets.