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It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. Good morning again everyone and now we turn to furniture.

During the pandemic as many people were spending more time at home or relocating to different cities and states altogether, the demand for

furniture shot up.

But the quality of that furniture, well, for many people, it left a lot to be desired.

Based on online reviews and social media posts,

furnishings that used to last for a decade or more

are now holding up for just a few years.

Beyond being a waste of money, the problem has the

potential to create a lot of waste in our landfills. Joining us now to

explain why the quality has gone down even as prices continue to rise and what you can do to make sure

you're getting the highest quality piece you can afford is Rachel Wolf

reporter covering consumer trends in the Wall Street Journal's Life and Work Bureau.

Her latest piece, maybe you saw it, is titled,

Your New 3,000-dollar couch might be garbage in three years.

This is why.

Rachel, thanks for coming on. Welcome to WNYC.

Thanks so much for having me. Is there a comparison right out of the box here to make between

what we call fast fashion a lot of cheap clothes that people buy relatively

inexpensive, they throw them away pretty quickly, buy more clothes, fast fashion to something

you might label fast furniture?

Absolutely feels that way.

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