Just ordered (and cancelled) a couple of dining chairs from one of the "Oak" furniture suppliers. At around £160 for two chairs, I expected them to be "made". Turns out that they are self assembly. My last "self assembly" chairs have broken due to the poor design of the "joints", which aren't (joints that is) but are allen bolts which lock into retaining heads in the rear legs. The trouble is, that they don't (retain) as they have all come loose from the legs (the retaining heads) so that they cannot be tightened. I may just get some "proper" old chairs from the auctions up the road. Anyone else fed up with rubbish "modern" furniture that you have to replace every couple of years?
