IKEA furniture, if you avoid the absolute cheapest ones, is generally higher quality than people think. Even the bulk ones, like the Billy bookshelves you mention, last for a long time and have a wonderful price-to-quality ratio. What they don’t take well, though, is moving; especially being taken apart and then rebuilt again. That will loosen the joints and the fasteners quickly, which leads to unsteady shelves, which leads to strain and damage.
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