What kind of furniture do you hate???

[Greedo]

I absolutely hate the Fred Flintstone type stuff like this desk. Scotland is full of it as well.

 

[o0dunk0o]

Not quite furniture but personally I hate these things

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Flatpack!

 

[JakeS]

Flatpack!

There's some flatpack stuff that's OK, but I certainly hate a lot of it! It seems half of it has 'features' that don't make it look more attractive and don't add any utility which have just been put there to make it look less like stereotypical flatpack furniture (what is the little raised corner on this computer desk for?!) and half of it is just completely unfit for the purpose it's sold for (c.f. pretty much every set of MFI bookshelves, which can possibly bear the weight of six or maybe a whole seven books per shelf before they start sagging).

Stylistically, I mostly just really don't like excessively curvy stuff. Stuff like this or this are technically impressive, sure, but completely impractical and personally I find them ugly as hell. But still I'd be hard pressed to say I hate them, per se....

 

[Jacob]

I hate the smart-arse, meritorious, one-off, 'Celebration of Craftsmanship' kinda stuff. Not all of it - just most of it! Such a struggle to be different, clever, original - often just not worth the effort IMHO.

I'm fine with rubbish - IKEA designs often brilliant, just a bit too cheaply made. Even the Fred Flintstone stuff - better no taste at all than desperate attempts to be original.

 

[No skills]

Only furniture I really dislike is wicker (hammer) (hammer) (hammer) (hammer)

Since getting more and more interested in the woodwork hobby I have become a lot more open minded about furniture really, everything has a place - fancy pieces through to flat pack ikea stuff. The only time I get upset about it is when its really overpriced or just not fit for purpose (or both!).

 

[Argus]

I hate the smart-arse, meritorious, one-off, 'Celebration of Craftsmanship' kinda stuff. Not all of it - just most of it! Such a struggle to be different, clever, original - often just not worth the effort IMHO.

I'll go along with that.

 

[Cheshirechappie]

'Art Furniture' makes me grind my teeth. Either make art, or make furniture. Trying to do both at the same time usually results in useless furniture AND poor art.

Beyond that, I'm not that keen on over-elaborate decoration. Some can be impressive (well-executed marquetry, for example), but Roccoco gingerbread just looks like Liberaci has gone mad with a set of carver's tools.

 

[mac1012]

I think the desk and the cat look pretty cool 8) what fuirniture do i hate ?the sort people make that they think is better than anybody elses :roll:

 

[Greedo]

I think the desk and the cat look pretty cool 8) what fuirniture do i hate ?the sort people make that they think is better than anybody elses :roll:

:| So we've all to like every style of furniture???

So you like every type of music, every type of art, every sport, every type of food etc...... I don't recall I or anyone else on this thread saying our stuff was better than anyone elses. Your style is obviously making "high horses" lol Get down off it :lol:

 

[mac1012]

yeah my horses are pretty cool they really rock !! 8) hate = "to dislike intensley or passionatley , feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward , detest , to hate the enemy, my horses are only little so by the definition of hate looks like someone else is on a higher horse than me :lol: also i never said i like everything only those cute cats and what made you assume i was talking about you ???

 

[Jelly]

I have a problem with cheap flatpack furniture, the kind that doesn't try to hide the inelegant methods of construction (not even joinery)...

By contrast Ikea stuff is a shining example that it's possible to produce economical flatpack furniture with excellent design. Ok it tends towards a minimalist school, but it's furniture, not just frames, planks and boxes.


I also dislike most intensely overly square designs for chairs, humans are after all... curved.

 

[mac1012]

I absolutely hate the Fred Flintstone type stuff like this desk. Scotland is full of it as well.[/quote]

also you protest in your reply that youre not saying your stuff is better than anybody elses but isnt your quote above saying you do ? unless of course you hate your own stuff / as thats the only way of being on a par with the flinstone desk ?

anway the guy who made the desk sent me a photo of his face after he read your comment and it was like this and the guy who made the cat puzzle he wasnt very happy he was waving this about (hammer) oh dear i hope they are not members of this forum as that wouldnt be very nice would it ? imagine how you would feel if they said they hated your stuff your expression might be like this :shock:

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I've four chairs made from old thai teak cartwheels. They are basic, crudely made and quite ugly. I love them.
I have seen furniture that I would give my eye teeth to have the skill to make, and still thought it dreadful.
Whether you like or dislike something sometimes has little bearing on it's quality.

 

[o0dunk0o]

anway the guy who made the desk sent me a photo of his face after he read your comment and it was like this and the guy who made the cat puzzle he wasnt very happy he was waving this about (hammer) oh dear i hope they are not members of this forum as that wouldnt be very nice would it ? imagine how you would feel if they said they hated your stuff your expression might be like this :shock:

Personally I don't mind if people hate stuff I build, as long as my customers like what I do for them that's all that matters.

To clarify, it's not just the cat that I dislike it's that whole style of box I hate, especially when they are described as puzzle boxes (there's no puzzle to them). I know people do really like them and I'm sure that whoever makes them gets a huge amount of satisfaction churning them out, if their only reason for making them is to gain the adulation of other people then I think they're priorities are a bit skewed.

I'm just expressing my opinion, last time I checked we were allowed to do that. :wink:

 

[mac1012]

of coure your allowed to express your opinion im just expressing mine too :wink:

 

[Greedo]

I absolutely hate the Fred Flintstone type stuff like this desk. Scotland is full of it as well.

also you protest in your reply that youre not saying your stuff is better than anybody elses but isnt your quote above saying you do ? unless of course you hate your own stuff / as thats the only way of being on a par with the flinstone desk ?

anway the guy who made the desk sent me a photo of his face after he read your comment and it was like this and the guy who made the cat puzzle he wasnt very happy he was waving this about (hammer) oh dear i hope they are not members of this forum as that wouldnt be very nice would it ? imagine how you would feel if they said they hated your stuff your expression might be like this :shock:[/quote]

Honestly wouldn't give two hoots if someone told me my stuff was horrible, hideous or *****. I know who likes it and where to market it and that is all that matters.

 

[Benchwayze]

I have a problem with cheap flatpack furniture, the kind that doesn't try to hide the inelegant methods of construction (not even joinery)...

By contrast Ikea stuff is a shining example that it's possible to produce economical flatpack furniture with excellent design. Ok it tends towards a minimalist school, but it's furniture, not just frames, planks and boxes.


I also dislike most intensely overly square designs for chairs, humans are after all... curved.

Ah well Jelly,

There's much less work and skill in making the back legs of a chair upright, and in making the seat square.
I think that's where those designs come from.

All I would say is that cutting 'swept' back-legs is a tad more wasteful of timber, but then so is turning and carving; where most of the raw material finishes up on the floor, and eventually in the wood-burner! :wink:

 

[Lons]

Personally I dont HATE any type of furniture.

I have a carved stool brought back from Ghana and I'm not especially fond of it but do appreciate the work put into it by the local guy with only a couple of tools at his disposal. (Was a gift which is why it's in the lounge and not a bedroom )

There's a lot of stuff I wouldn't give house room to and find it strange that others rave about it especially if I know it's going to last only 10 minutes before breaking but I suppose it's a case of "one mans meat" etc!
If there wasn't such diversity, many of us wouldn't be able to make a living. Many of the kitchens I replace for instance are perfectly ok and replaced purely due to personal preference. Most sofas are changed long before they wear out but the owners are tired of them and fancy a change otherwise companies like DFS wouldn't exist.


My kids love Ikea stuff but then one of their reasons is that when they redecorate after a few years, it's cheap enough to chuck away and replace for a total new look. A fact indicative of todays throwaway society. Not saying it's good or bad, just that's how it is!

Bob

 

[bugbear]

Since (Sturgeon's law) 90% of furniture is crap, it's more useful to concentrate on the furniture you like.

But I do struggle to find any pleasure in Louis XIV stuff, which is intended mainly to show off the man hours and skill (and hence cost) of its manufacture, rather than have any actual ... merit.

BugBear