I agree with you about the quality of products, especially from IKEA. Overwhelming number of their products is made in china, and the quality is terrible. I am currently sittin on a couple of cushions from Ikea. After less than 7 months, all that is left from these is the faded cushion cover - it keeps spewing out feathers left and right, above and below. I'm blowing out a couple through my nose, even as I write this. And the bar stools, made from china. God help - I've suffered enough paralytic butt sitting on these bar stools. The quality of many of their furnitures and kitchen stuff sucks!