You know cheap clothes end up in a landfill, but where does cheap furniture go?

I remember the first time I walked into an IKEA. It was the summer of 2000, and I was 20 years old. I had no idea what IKEA was, but I was with some older friends who were adult enough to actually live with their boyfriends and were setting up trendy starter households in their Chicago apartments. They wanted things like a full set of wine glasses, throw…