I can't help smiling, 1983 as a year for well built anything! I can remember thinking that the 1983 stuff was junk. My mom had her first furniture when they retired and went "on the road". It was a beautiful maple sets - still in use at my cousins home. I have the desk and my sister has my father's chest of draws.
My daughter throws her furniture away every 2-3 years. That goes for her kitchen appliances as well. Forget the linens, curtains and such, that goes every year. I suppose everything is made for our disposable society. I'm waiting for her to decide I'm to dusty and throw me into the dumpster as well LOL - I don't feel like I'm made as well as the elder women of my family. It seemed to me they didn't take as much medicine and were much more strong and healthy.
So, I'm with you - nothing is made the way it once was. But I certainly don't want to go back to 1912 - no computer - no quilting board to read
