Absolutely. And I’m definitely not promoting to buy from Ikea rather than local carpenters. I’m just saying that both have their pros and cons, even if we ignore the price.
I’m pretty sure that resource consumption is more efficient if you build at a larger scale.
Furthermore, I’d say that most people’s requirements change over time: Families grow, families shrink, rooms are repuposed, people move to another city etc. Not in all these cases, you can buy for a lifetime. And that’s what I meant with the standardization aspect. If I own a simple Ikea shelf (like Ivar), I can easily convert the shape, size etc. years after the initial purchase by just buying/exchanging a few parts. And the leftover parts are quite easy to sell or give away as there are many people out there using exactly the same system.
There are still some local carpenters that do really good stuff for a lifetime
Absolutely. And I’m definitely not promoting to buy from Ikea rather than local carpenters. I’m just saying that both have their pros and cons, even if we ignore the price.
I’m pretty sure that resource consumption is more efficient if you build at a larger scale.
Furthermore, I’d say that most people’s requirements change over time: Families grow, families shrink, rooms are repuposed, people move to another city etc. Not in all these cases, you can buy for a lifetime. And that’s what I meant with the standardization aspect. If I own a simple Ikea shelf (like Ivar), I can easily convert the shape, size etc. years after the initial purchase by just buying/exchanging a few parts. And the leftover parts are quite easy to sell or give away as there are many people out there using exactly the same system.