These IKEA Products Look More Expensive Than They Are

Always trendy and with options galore — everyone’s favourite Swedish retailer never disappoints. And who can beat IKEA’s price point? We’ve dove into the catalogue to pull out a selection of stylish and easy-to-live-with pieces that look costlier than you’d think. (Great, more cash to drop at the retailer’s beloved Swedish Food Market.) Two orders of meatballs, please, with extra lingonberry sauce!

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Good Night

Here’s IKEA doing what it does best: offering style at a great price. This queen-size bed sports a classic clean-lined frame, dowel-esque feet and soft-closing drawers.

TONSTAD Bed frame with storage, brown stained oak veneer, $637.

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Square Affair

Checkered patterns have been trending for years now, cropping up on everything from shower curtains to coffee mugs, and yes, carpets, too. Slip this checkerboard cutie anywhere you need a punchy uplift.

KLASSRUM flat-woven rug, white/green, 4×6 $99.

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Dish It Out

Save the white plates for summer, and pull out these two-toned, glazed and earthy beauties. Imagine how good they’d look piled artfully on a shelf?

GLADELIG Series, IKEA, from $10.

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Peddling Petals

Rich crimson blooms mingle with greens, pinks and whites in this moody floral painting that’s printed on canvas. The print wraps around the frame so it looks good from every angle. #DarkAcademiaAlert

PJÄTTERYD Picture, IKEA, $25.

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Throwing Shade

Lending a soft glow any where you need it, this rice-paper pendant with light birch veneer accents is a charming and budget-friendly addition. Illuminated onion? Yes, please.

RISBYN Lamp, IKEA, $30.

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Stylish Sideboard

Got a wall to fill? Put a sideboard against it. The trusty piece of furniture is great for pulling together a vignette in a cinch. This warm-toned version features texturally rich reeded doors.

BESTÅ Storage with doors, black-brown Björköviken/Stubbarp/brown stained oak veneer, $445.

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Sofa So Good

Modular and mossy green, this corduroy couch comes complete with storage to stow away the extra gear that’s always kicking around. It’s got deep seats for lounging and — bonus — it can be reconfigured to your liking.

JÄTTEBO Mod Sofa, IKEA, $2,300.

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Go Green

We’re giddy over this green-striped chair with its plump cushions. The throwback piece is a reissue from IKEA’s 1972 catalogue, and is part of the retailer’s current limited-edition oldies-but-goodies Nytillverkad collection. Back then, this chair was part of the GOGO series.

ÖNNESTAD Armchair, Radbyn white/green, $149.

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Bright Idea

Here’s another fabulous chair that’s a reissue from IKEA’s 1969 collection. The vivid yellow delivers a shot of sunny happiness anywhere you need it; and it also comes in red. Construction wise, the low seat sits on a tubular frame and has the vibe of a future collector’s item.

SOTENÄS Armchair, Hakebo yellow, $349.

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Upon Reflection

An instant classic, this well-priced walnut-veneer mirror swoops around to form into a shelf on the lower portion — ideal for a perched elf, a pair of sunglasses, a potted planted or a pretty postcard. Anything, really.

STOCKHOLM Mirror, IKEA, $99.