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Review on IKEA desk Arkelstorp, WxDxH: 140x70x74 cm, color: black by Mateusz Wodarczyk ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Wonderful quality, one hundred percent satisfied!

I've been with this table for 1.5 years now, and yes, it's awesome. And the number of drawers does not bother me, because. the issue can be easily resolved when the desire comes. A bit of annoyance for me is the knot that fell to my lot with a chip right in the center of the table. However, it's not too stressful. The most annoying thing in it is the tenderness of pine and the thinnest layer of varnish, on the verge of the possible, they simply applied it. This means that those people who are trying to keep the things they have chosen for use in their original form will have to handle it with special care. This is not a plasticized countertop, on which you can carelessly, with a striker, put a mug with a wet bottom. Here you can make a dent with this action, and plus moisture can penetrate. Personally, I managed not to damage or spill anything yet. But I put glasses and mugs on a special rigid stand (an unsuccessful purchase of an aluminum Satechi mouse pad), which I always have on the left of the table. As for the possibility of rolling in a chair under it, I confirm that you won’t get into the highest position of the chair, hit the table with your handles. However, they would not be able to write on the clave with the low position of the chair, so lowering it would be strange. And I do not know of such chairs that would be so high that higher tables could be held at the level necessary for the convenience of writing. So I consider the table to be optimal in height for work, but with the armrests (I have iron) of the chair, I still made scratches on the table, just when I drove up very close and then turned around. Nevertheless, this table is gorgeous for its money, and for its beauty and spaciousness, you forgive it for the indicated disadvantages. For some reason, only IKEA was able to give me what I want.

Pros
  • + made of natural wood, which is rare for such money + it is large, spacious, I was looking for just such a thing to fit everything + handsome! + made (woodworking and painting) with high quality, however .
Cons
  • - in the tree there may be knots with pieces broken off during planing - the tabletop is lacquered, it seems, in one pass and this pass is the thinnest - this is pine, and if you want to keep the look, then you have to GENTLE with it - there are not enough drawers, I will have to put a bedside table under them