> Ikea [..] furniture that's basically disposable [..] but will probably break if you move it or disassemble it
Of all the entry-level furniture we've purchased since starting a family, it's always been the stuff from Ikea that's survived being disassembled, moved, and reassembled in a new location. We've heard the same from various moving companies too.
I've bought a dining table, and desk off wayfair that do well with disassembly (after 3 moves now), but they are probably double Ikea prices. That said, I still have every one of the 10 Kallax shelves I've bought over the years. they transport extremely well, and are actually great small home depot moving box holders.
When we self moved last year, I double stacked my short kallax shelves along the front of the box truck, then load them up with moving boxes, then our tall ones in front of that, and load them up with boxes, then the rest of our furniture in front of that. It made the truck a lot more organized, and no boxes were crushed under something heavy.
Of all the entry-level furniture we've purchased since starting a family, it's always been the stuff from Ikea that's survived being disassembled, moved, and reassembled in a new location. We've heard the same from various moving companies too.