The foil is applied to the planks using a light glue, and then painted black. IKEA says that the cabinets are nearly completely - 99.9 percent - made up of recycled materials.

This is not IKEA’s first foray into solid wood furniture. The company has always offered a few solid wood items, but in the past year, customer demand has compelled IKEA to double down on ...

IKEA said wood from Ukraine made up less than 1% of what it sourced globally. In 2019, IKEA used around 21 million cubic metres of round wood, almost 1% of the world's industrial lumber production.