# What's IKEA furniture made of?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-ikea-furniture-made-of/67925>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 7, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-ikea-furniture-made-of/67925 "2001-06-07T14:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-ikea-furniture-made-of/67925/21 "2001-06-08T15:49:35Z")

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Cheap crap generally, I think.

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**Author:** ![sethdallob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-ikea-furniture-made-of/67925/22 "2001-06-08T16:15:45Z")

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I thought it was compressed sawdust…but maybe that is what particle board is…

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