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2. IKEA Billy - Wikipedia

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   An IKEA Billy bookshelf. Billy (stylised as BILLY) is a bookcase sold by the Swedish furniture company IKEA. It was developed in 1979 by the Swedish designer Gillis Lundgren, and IKEA have sold over 140 million units of the bookcases worldwide. Its popularity and global spread has led to its use as a barometer of relative worldwide price levels.

3. Garage (residential) - Wikipedia

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   A residential garage (UK: / ˈ ɡ æ r ɑː ʒ,-r ɑː dʒ,-r ɪ dʒ / GARR-ahzh, -⁠ahj, -⁠ij, US: / ɡ ə ˈ r ɑː ʒ,-r ɑː dʒ / gə-RAHZH, -⁠ RAHJ) is a walled, roofed structure with a door for storing a vehicle or vehicles that may be part of or attached to a home ("attached garage"), or a separate outbuilding or shed ("detached ...

4. Frame and panel - Wikipedia

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   Panels are made slightly smaller than the available space within the frame to provide room for movement. Wood will expand and contract across the grain, and a wide panel made of solid wood could change width by a half of an inch, warping the door frame. By allowing the wood panel to float, it can expand and contract without damaging the door.

5. IKEA - Wikipedia

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   IKEA is the world's largest buyer and retailer of wood. [192] In 2015, IKEA claimed to use 1% of the world's supply of timber. [197] According to IKEA's 2021 Sustainability Report, 99.5% of all wood that the company uses is either recycled or meets the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council.

6. Ingvar Kamprad - Wikipedia

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   The acronym IKEA is made up of the initials of his name (Ingvar Kamprad) plus those of Elmtaryd, the family farm where he was born, and the nearby village Agunnaryd where he was raised. [ 8 ] [ 11 ] Between the founding of IKEA and his board resignation in 1946, Kamprad was an author.

7. Criticism of IKEA - Wikipedia

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   7% of the wood that becomes IKEA furniture comes from Belarus, where the state owns all of the country's forests. IKEA has been accused of financing President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko 's repression against political opponents, with Anna Sundström, Secretary-General of the Olof Palme International Center , arguing that the money ...