Bamboo is one of my favorite furniture materials ... That comes with a stylistic downside — no one is going to think you got this chair anywhere but Ikea. But if you can embrace the Poäng ...

If you have any Ikea furniture at home ... peelings refined in a proprietary process as a binding agent, mixing in bamboo, recycled wood, beer hops, and unrefined potato skins.

Ikea UK has said it will consider using bamboo and other new materials for its furniture. Such a move, it said, would help keep the prices of its future products low. Gillian Drakeford ...