Can IKEA Furniture Look Good and Last for the Long Haul? Experts Weigh In originally appeared on Parade Home & Garden.

Shop furniture, decor and more favorites. ... Shop IKEA’s as-is section to pick up quality furniture and decor for less By . Victoria Giardina. Published Aug. 26, 2024, 2:42 p.m. ET.

For many, shopping at Ikea is a rite of passage. Sign the lease on your first apartment, buy a bed at the Swedish megastore, then feel a sense of pride after assembling your piece of furniture. A ...

When I asked Andreas the highest price an IKEA piece has sold for, he told me, 'That would be Bengt Ruda’s Cavelli armchair.In autumn 2021, it set a world record, selling for 151,000 SEK (around ...

But IKEA doesn’t need to be the furniture equivalent of fast fashion. Its items can last, said Pete Oyler, associate professor of furniture design at Rhode Island School of Design.

Ikea, the Swedish home furnishings giant, ventured into secondhand retail last summer to make its flat-packed, versatile furniture more accessible to shoppers. Five months in, the experiment has ...

If you visit Ikea only once or twice a year, you might associate the retailer with little more than cheap chairs and meatballs.. Fair enough. Ikea offers a seemingly endless array of affordable ...

The new Energy Insights feature monitors real-time energy consumption, but only in Sweden. However, Ikea is launching its first-ever energy-monitoring smart plug globally. The new Energy Insights ...