Don’t know where you are located but the oak furniture is cheaper then an ikea alternative that’s the sad part. I do not see people with a new home buying decent furniture. The people of my age (20-35) buy a new kitchen replacing a perfectly fine (their words) ‘ugly oak wooden one’ that was in the house. Because they can’t afford the new kitchen they finance and therefore rent that new kitchen. They sit in front of the tv watching house styling programs, who are sponsored by factories which work the same way as the sh*tty fast fashion industry companies. It’s sad that our generation in general doesn’t develop or have their own style or natural feeling house. At this moment most choose an ibiza style ikea house which is absolutely more expensive then go to a local secondhand or marketplace website to search for decent furniture. Hope that’s not the main thing in the world but that’s what I see with the peeps around me :(