This will likely depend where you live and what options are available to you, but my experience with Ikea's most expensive sofas vs similarly priced alternative

This will likely depend where you live and what options are available to you, but my experience with Ikea's most expensive sofas vs similarly priced alternatives in the market has generally been favorable to the alternatives. At least with the alternative, you sometimes get to pick from more than a handful of the same designs... I quickly grow tired of seeing the exact same Ikea furnishings in so many homes! I was so glad to finally not have a "KIVIK" in my home after decades of the same design. I'd also happily live the rest of my days never seeing a "POÄNG" chair ever again... That I even know these odd-sounding to me in my native tongue words for these products is a massive testament to their extreme ubiquity now. EDIT: Out of curiosity I googled how many POÄNG chairs are out there, apparently over 30 million and grows at 1.5 million a year! > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C3%A4ng https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C3%A4ng