Architect's Budget Furniture Items to Buy/Avoid in 2024: IKEA vs Amazon
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🪑 Products featured in this video:
NOLMYRA chair, IKEA
POAENG armchair, IKEA
LINNEBAECK chair, IKEA
Mid-century armchair 1, Amazon https://geni.us/7wbj
Mid-century armchair 2, Amazon https://geni.us/sn0NI
OESTANOE chair, IKEA
ADDE chair, IKEA
TEODORES chair, IKEA
Smart-fold chair, COSCO https://geni.us/oroQg
SMAELLEN swivel chair, IKEA
ELDBERGET desk chair, IKEA
Mesh desk chair, Amazon https://geni.us/DeB689
Upholstered desk chair, Amazon https://geni.us/2KQBeQ
LANGFJALL desk chair, IKEA
Leather Replica Eames Chair, Amazon https://geni.us/tPmnS
STIG bar stool, IKEA
Metal stacking bar stool, Amazon https://geni.us/q2Oub6
Solid wood bar stool, Amazon Basics https://geni.us/V0pk
ROENNINGE bar stool, IKEA
MARIUS stool, IKEA
KJUGE ottoman, IKEA
NEIDEN bedframe, IKEA
SLATTUM bedframe, IKEA
KNARREVIK nighstand, IKEA
BURVIK side table, IKEA
GLADOM tray table, IKEA
EKET cabinet, IKEA
Mid-century nightstand, Amazon https://geni.us/yYsonpe
VUKU wardrobe, IKEA
MULIG clothes rack, IKEA
LOTE drawers, IKEA
Fabric Drawers, Amazon https://geni.us/wTgArH
LAIVA bookcase, IKEA
BAGGEBO shelves, IKEA
BILLY bookcase, IKEA
TRONES shoe cabinet, IKEA
BISSA shoe cabinet, IKEA
STALL shoe cabinet, IKEA
Portable LED lamp, Amazon https://geni.us/4BtbEmP
Lift top coffee table, Amazon https://geni.us/zg3NYwa
Steel frame coffee table, Amazon https://geni.us/ai2b
Faux marble coffee table, Amazon https://geni.us/3oDHfc
TORALD desk, IKEA
ADILS desk legs, IKEA
SPAEND desk legs, IKEA
Desk legs, Amazon https://geni.us/gU4k
TIPHEDE rug, IKEA
FILT rug underlay, IKEA
Rug tape, Amazon https://geni.us/cmuID
Rug, Amazon https://geni.us/HJrVNQj
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⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:32 Armchairs
1:11 Dining chairs
2:17 Desk chairs
3:02 (Stools & ottomans)
3:24 Bedroom furniture
4:51 Storage furniture
6:61 Lighting
8:33 Tables & Desks
10:12 (Rugs)
10:42 Conclusion
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thanks for sharing
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I think its all a matter of perspective and budget. To me, IKEA has always been overpriced, plane looking furniture. I decked out my entire new house with pieces from Amazon, it was way cheaper. And as long as you are not rough with it, all pieces seem sturdy enough. Like, I pad 140 dollars for a 4 dinning chair set, and it looks ok to me. The only thing I bought that was expensive was my mattress, and the living room sofa. Things like my dinner table, I sit there maybe 4 times per week to eat dinner, for like 15 to 20 minutes tops. I don’t need them to be any one high quality, same thing my coffee table; it holds a few magazines at the bottom and maybe 1 glass of water, with a coaster, like 3 times a week for 15 minutes. I paid 15 dollars for it, it does the job lol.
I think we also have to remeber that people in, for example, Europe, don’t really have good alternatives, as Amazon items are not that cheap here and shipping prices are sometimes absurd.
Belroy is a great brand indeed
That is why I am choosing furniture of quality for my first apartment 🤗
This constant background music is so annoying. It’s like listening to someone talk over the radio. What happened to inserting music just for effect so people can actually hear the message?
I got rid of our Malm dresser when we went minimalist. We just didnt need it. But our house is 100 years old and is full of wall cubbies, so we emptied the cubbies of crap we didnt need and now use the cubbies in the hallway outside our bedroom for our foldable garments.
Will never buy from Ikea again. Purchased a dining/casual chair (not cheap) paid £15 for delivery of 2 but only 1 arrived. I was provided with a voucher to cover the £15 delivery charge but when I placed the order delivery charge was now £40. I found very smart chair at Wayfair.
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I bought my office furniture from Amazon, industrial style from the brand Vasagle. Looks great, is not expensive, it’s sturdy – and much better to assemble than Ikea. They have put metal casings into the screw holes. Great to put it together.
I have those Amazon bar stools and the finish is total crap right out of the box. They may be solid wood but the quality is awful and likely not well sourced and just slapped out the door with little thought. Classic you get what you pay for moment. Amazon may have cheap prices but with idea the quality is at least a known quantity and consistent.
Yard sales are a wonderful resource and Facebook marketplace.
Most of those items just look awful 😞. Rather look for items second hand, or hand me downs. It’s also more unique and better for the environment.😊
FWIW, Ikea Leroy bamboo bed slats are great for vertical storage. I used to live in a very small studio (12×22 ft [~24 sq m], including the loo and what passed for a kitchen), and kept a twin-sized version hung on the wall next to the front door. It held my jacket, gloves, hats, scarves, umbrellas, backpack, sunglasses, headphones, and a couple of small paintings, took up almost no room, and looked okay.
Great Video as always, although I have one problem. I dont know if its just me, but the Voiceover Audio in the recent videos sounds… very weird. It sounded much better in a video like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ1Sg40UxCc
Idk if you changed some settings, but I personally find it much harder to listen to in this video.
I use an Ikea Kallax for my nightstand
What do you think about Micadoni?
I ordered the Adde $12 chair, I like the way it looks. As a 120lb woman, I will let you know how it holds up. 😂 I also ordered the match$5 stool as a side table since it is small and minimal looking, okay also cheap. 😊
I’m not buying anything from Amazon
Hurray for all the ‘go second hand’ comments here! I was thinking the exact same thing. Speaking about saving stuff from ending up on landfill!
Or buy used / second hand items – better quality, cheaper & better for the environment
Daniel, do you really have to make nearly all pictures move slowly (I guess there is a technical expression for that but I have no idea what it is…)? This only makes me queasy as I keep thinking something is wrong with my eyes. And my attention span is not that short that I cannot bear to look at something static for more than 3 sec or so. For me, these moving things are only a very irritating mannerism… Sorry! Otherwise a great video as always!
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You should check out JYSK furniture. It’s around the same price as Ikea furniture in Europe but seems to be way more expensive elsewhere.
I don’t own any big pieces myself, just small items, but from what I’ve seen in the stores the quality looks great for the price.
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Thank you for this video, Daniel. In my experience, the furniture I got from Amazon has always been hit and miss, and the lack of customer support like Ikea’s doesn’t help. Which is why I rather stick to Ikea because of the consistency in quality (not the best but often not the worst) and knowing that if I have any issue, I can contact their support team without much hassle.
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are these prices CAD or USD?
Hi Daniel great video if you want to buy new furniture. The alternative if someone is on a budget is to buy used furniture which is usually much better quality and price and doesn’t use valuable resources.
The Östanö dining chair is not remotely comfortable, though. Yes, you won’t kill your back, because it has decent support, but you can literally feel the frame as the upholstery runs out of sag.
If you have the ability, it’s generally cheaper to get things second hand.
The Adde chair is incredibly comfortable! I was shocked!
“You have to give credit to their stools” shows a picture of meatballs…
I’ll not sure I’ll continue to watch this channel as the ad content infiltration into the editorial is getting out of hand. At least order these chairs and try them for yourself, rather than just summerising reviews.
Sorry Daniel, but I refuse to buy anything from Amazon. If something can only be ordered on Amazon, it simply doesn’t exist to me. I’ve tried to furnish much of my home with second-hand items that are higher quality but well-priced, and used IKEA solutions or local stores where I needed to find something with very specific dimensions or functionality.
Please do an wardrobe update.
Hell, i was guilty of Nolmyraling not once, but twice. Needed to have some fast seats to give my friends some comfort while they were in my new apartment.
They were so abysmally unconfortable i threw them away in not more than a week worth of my time. And they were two different grays. different enough to notice without looking too much.
Hahaha
when you do not have much money: garden furniture could be good, too
It might be beacuse of the title, but this seems like a hidden ad for Amazon to me…
so halfway through I went "no thanks!"
lmao i touched the seat of that nolmyra chair and i was shocked it’s being sold. the habric felt flimsy, no strength at all, and when i sat on it, i can immediately tell it will sink, have a dip, or rip, after a couple of weeks’ use.
Everything I’ve bought from Ikea has fallen apart within 1-2 years, so I stopped purchasing items from them.
So he hasn’t tried any of the items he’s talking about in the video
Regarding the Standing Desk Legs, the Amazon option is much worse compared to the one from IKEA, as it is probably the cheapest Chinese option with 1 single motor
of course, ikea has infinite returns in case you don’t like it, and actual customer service if something breaks
I wonder how ethically some of the Amazon items are created. The sellers of some of the cheapest items seem dubious, but I guess you get what you pay for. Ikea, while not perfect either, at least gives you the peace of mind that you can buy some of the cheapest items without compromising your morality
Great Video! Thanks for sharing.