IKEA Redesigns Its Bestsellers
If you're in the market for buy-it-for-life solid wood furniture:https://www.thejoinery.comhttps://vermontwoodsstudios.com/https://hedgehousefurniture.comhttps://57stdesign.comhttps://www.57thstreetbookcase.com/ (all bookcases, some veneer and plywood)https://www.spekeklein.com/homehttps://www.pompy.com/https://www.chiltons.com/https://roomandboard.com (mix of solid and veneer, some MDF)These makers are in a league of their own, very expensive, incredibly beautiful hand-made pieces:https://www.sammaloofwoodworker.comhttps://www.thosmoser.com (highly recommended)https://nakashimawoodworkers.com (new commissions around $7K-$15K for a coffee table, $20K-40K for dining table, plus shipping; older Nakashima pieces are highly valued in the art world and sell anywhere between $15K-$300K)https://www.wright20.com/search/nakashima/items#pastEdit: Also, to echo what someone mentioned below, if you're interested in solid wood furniture you should find a local woodworker.Another edit and thought: I used to own a lot of IKEA furniture and as I've gotten older, have slowly replaced those pieces with items from Knoll, with custom pieces from local woodworkers, with a few pieces from the studios listed above. A lot of people are commenting on the cost, and yes they're expensive and could be considered luxury goods.But if you like art and design and you care about quality, you save for what you want to buy. I wanted to be surrounded by great craftsmanship, so instead of buying "stuff" and instead of spending money on lots of subscriptions and services, or constantly upgrading phones and computers, I buy one piece of nice furniture every year. I believe the more you appreciate the things around you, the more they begin to influence your own work, and your sense of place.I regularly see a lot of IKEA furniture on the side of the road and in dumpsters. I think this is the difference between buying "things" and having "possessions" but that's a discussion for another day.