Hello! I’m currently in the process of slowly refurbishing my NYC apartment, and I’d love your advice.

What are some furniture brands that build quality pieces but don’t cost a ton. I’m interested in mid century modern mostly. And right now I’m looking for a writing desk around $500–$800.

Basically, I’m looking for the Everlane of furniture design. A company that delivers quality, basic items at a fair price. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

For the past 3 years I’ve had to replace aging furniture but I’ve been so disappointed in the quality. I thought I just had bad luck but each piece, no matter where it’s from, either is made poorly or has weak material. For bedroom furniture, I usually like wood because of how long it last but my latest wood bedroom purchase was a failure with the chest of drawers made from cheap material and already showing signs of wear. What are some high quality bedroom furniture makers or furniture stores out there? I don’t paying higher cost for furniture as I keep it forever if I can! These beds are for my growing children who now need bigger beds. Thank you!!!

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Edit 2: I went to Furniture Land South and I was Not disappointed! Overwhelmed, yes but I found a wonderful Amish made wood bedroom set that I love. Thank you all for your help!!!!

My life has really leveled up in the last few years and my husband and I are looking for some high quality, durable, buy it for life type furniture.

We do have a bit of a budget available, so I'm interested in items we can invest in knowing they'll be with us for the long haul. Obviously affordable pieces are a bonus, but if something is a few hundred dollars more that isn't a deal breaker if it will last.

Specifically we're looking for a bed frame, bonus points if it's capable of supporting a fair amount of weight as we're both heavy. We're also interested in a dining room set and a new couch after the bedframe.

Oh, and some decent bookshelves!

Thank you in advance for the help! We've never been in a position to buy anything but the cheapest option before and we're excited to stop replacing things every few years with more cheap crap.

Hey all, so I’ve just leveled up and bought my first house. Because of that, I now have little to no furniture or much money to buy some with. I want to find some decent quality furniture brands that are somewhere between the price range of IKEA and Pottery Barn.

Any and all recommendations/testimonies on what to buy and what to avoid are appreciated.

Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks for all the responses! I wish I could respond to all of them, but trust me I’m reading and researching as many as I can. Love this sub

What brand is worth the price premium?

I’m looking for BiFPL furniture, but actually affordable. From searching around on here, most are unaffordable.

I’m looking for a living room set or sectional, but not for $5k+. Give me some good value brands please!

Overwhelmed trying to find a reliable store for getting all new furniture for the bedroom (bed, dresser, night stands).

Want wood headboard, not fabric or cane due to allergies and maintenance. Like modern styles and lighter/warmer/neutral colors of wood (definitely not traditional). Some character to pieces is nice too.

Doesn't need to be super solid, heavy wood but also don't want particle/enginnered wood.

Struggling to identify brands that are reliable and not have complaints. All the above listed brands seem to have mixed reviews. Suggestions please? Online ones ok too. 5-10k budget. Big investment so would like to spend wisely. Thanks a ton!!!

I'm a FTHB looking to furnish my place and I'm ready to move on from your typical Ikea/target furniture. My issue is that I feel like a lot of stuff is either cheap, designer/high end, or if it seems like a nice middle-ground, it's actually just cheap mass produced MDF junk. Even just sorting by only solid wood doesn't seem to always do it since the construction can be lousy.

Are there any brands that are known for being good, sturdy, quality furniture, that aren't considered luxuryand high end? I don't really care if it looks basic, as I'm more interested in making my place look nice with art from family and locals, but I just want a nice base of like a dining set, dresser, and a couple other things to fill in the gaps for what I haven't been able to thrift.

I’m looking for high quality, solid wood bedroom furniture. Looking for more of a classic look, not so sleek or upholstered. Is my best bet to find local Amish furniture (I’m close to Atlanta), or are there still high quality, traditional furniture makers to be found? I’m not looking for furniture stores, per se, I’m looking for actual manufacturer for heirloom quality pieces.

I'm looking for a TV stand. It seems like all the websites I find are either in the $100-$300 range (Amazon, Wayfair), or $1000+ (West Elm, Room & Board, Sundays). Where are the mid-range options, in the $400-700 range?

I've had the same experience with multiple furniture items. Its either super-cheap particle board and glue, or its $1200+.

What are your favorite brands or websites for mid-price furniture—the stuff that's still affordable, but a bit higher-quality?

Hi! Not sure if this is the right sub to ask this, but me and my wife just bought a house and are currently trying to do the interior decorating ourselves. My wife's really into interior decorating and is very particular with the furniture pieces she wants to use. She said she wants a clean, bright aesthetic with some luxurious-looking furniture. We tried looking around (Ikea, Wayfair, Walmart, and other big name stores) but can't find anything we like (plus we're not sure about their quality as some of the reviews online are either bad or just "meh"). We're now thinking of having customized ones but we know it'll be costly.

If any of you know other good quality furniture brands that offer pieces that match the aesthetic we're going for, please let me know. I want the customized furniture to be our last resort. Thanks very much!

EDIT: So my wife found a couple of pieces from Castlery. She said they're exactly what she's looking for, and honestly, I'm not even complaining. They actually look nice and sturdy.

Looking for recommendations on quality, modern style furniture. I am continuously disappointed with West Elm and looking for some similar-style places that are actually good quality! Willing to invest on pieces, provided they’ll actually last.

In the market for a new dining table. The Ashley tables at the local superstore seem suspiciously cheap, and I’m not throwing down $15k for a set of Stickley anytime soon.

The Amish-built items come to mind, but even those can also get up there in price.

Any suggestions for a well-built, solid table and chair set that won’t completely destroy my bank account?

We are in the NYC metro area and are looking for the highest quality (but moderately priced) brands or makers these days…so many of the “heritage” or mass market brands aren’t made like they used to be. Even IKEA has discontinued some classics!

I’ve looked at DWR, RH, Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, Arhaus, extensively at the online brands like Joybird, Article etc. We’ve had uneven experiences with Lovesac, Ballard Designs, Cost Plus, and even the Maiden Home custom couches we love from five years ago now have a lot of bad reviews for quality control.

Where are you finding furniture that’s made to last/made like it “used to be?” Budget is more than IKEA but less than Ligne Roset…looking more for value and longevity worth investing a little more in, but doesn’t break the bank! I’d like to replace some of the items we’ve had for a while but don’t want to buy disposable pieces we need to replace down the line. Would love any wisdom/experience besides looking for vintage pieces.

I’m sorry in advance if this question is out of line for this sub!

I would like to be a grownup and furnish my house with something that won’t wear out or fall apart within a couple years. Specifically I need a couple couches and a couple comfortable chairs for a living room and rec/TV room.

I’m so tired of buying furniture that looks nice for 6 months and then sags/breaks/falls apart or gets so uncomfortable we stop using it. Everyone I know buys their furniture at IKEA/Costco/Wayfair and it’s complete garbage in 5 years, or they had an interior designer work on the house and they have no idea where she/he got the items.

What are some high quality furniture brands or stores for me to look?

ETA budget could be up to $20,000 for the right pieces. If it’s something really expensive I can just save up a little longer.

Edit 2: I’m located in southern Minnesota if that helps.

Hi all,

I wanted to crowdsource a BIFL furniture tier list for the big brands out there

Categories are S through F

Some brands that come to mind are: Crate & Barrel, CB2, West Elm, Restoration Hardware, Wayfair, Ikea, Pottery Barn, Apt2B, AllModern, Room & Board, Anthropologie, Castlery, Maiden Home, Design Within Reach...

The way this could work is, post a comment placing a brand in a category (preferably a rating that comes from personal experience) with a short description as to why, and I'll update the master sheet here with the ratings. If two or more Redditors rate the same brand, I'll go with the rating with the higher upvotes.

I'll start, Ikea - F tier, it's obvious that the already low standards at Ikea have drooped to even new lows. My last trip to an Ikea showroom I was astounded by how much their furniture now just feels so bad and yet isn't that cheap either. In the past I had a MALM bed ages ago, that thing lasted like a decade, I think the Ikea of the early 00's was actually decent but today it's just glue and twigs.

S - Dania, Moss Designs, Carl Hansen & Søn, PP Møbler, Fredericia Furniture, House of Finn Juhl, Getama, Snedkergården, Flexform

A - Louis Poulsen, Fritz Hansen, Ethan Allen, La-Z-Boy, Herman Miller, Eames, Knoll

B - Mantle

C - Ashley

D

F - Ikea

seems like once a month there's a post in here about how bad west elm is and if there are any alternatives. i thought i'd share my list of stores and let people add theirs on too.

first, a few notes:

the best store is your local one

there's probably something nearby that has great, interesting furniture. maybe it's a designer boutique, maybe it's a consignment store — look there first. support your local economy. get interesting things. reuse if you can. check craiglist and your local buy othing group!

wayfair and its subsidiaries

wayfair is rapidly turning into the amazon of the furniture world: occasional gems with mostly a ton of junk. it's usually not worth your time to dig through all the crap. wayfair runs a number of other sites that are more or less the same: allmodern, joss and main, birch lane, and perigold.

i think allmodern and perigold are pretty well-curated, but pay attention to things there and make sure you always follow the golden rule:

if the price seems too good to be true, IT IS

designer furniture is expensive. if you find something that's significantly less expensive than it normally is, it's probably not the real deal. that may be okay with you! but consider whether or not your budget would be better spent on something different that isn't pretending to be something it's not.

THE LIST

i've arranged these by my rough estimate of cost and tried to tag them with general style vibes.

price vibes:

• $: ikea, target

• $$: blu dot, crate and barrel

• $$$: room and board

• $$$$: restoration hardware, design within reach

• $$$$$: prices not listed on the website (you know what that means)

• 57st. design: $$–$$$ minimal, simple. (check out their cool refurbished program)

• akron street: $$ midcentury, contemporary, simple

• apt2b: $$–$$$ contemporary, midcentury

• artemide: $$$ lighting

• article: $$–$$$ midcentury, contemporary

• blu dot: $$ contemporary, trendy, simple

• boconcept $$–$$$ contemporary, minimal, scandinavian

• boxhill: $$–$$$ contemporary

• cb2: $$–$$$ trendy

• chairish: $$–$$$$$ vintage, consignment

• crate and barrel: $$ contemporary, trendy

• design within reach: $$$$ simple, midcentury, trendy

• dwell store: $$–$$$ midcentury, trendy, simple

• eq3: $$ contemporary, trendy, scandinavian

• everything but the house: $–$$$$ vintage, consignment

• hollis+morris: $$$$ lighting, minimal, simple

• faithful roots: $$$$ simple, minimal

• ferm living: $$$ trendy, scandinavian

• finnish design shop: $$–$$$$ trendy, midcentury, scandinavian

• gantri: $–$$ lighting, minimal

• hay: $$ trendy, minimal, scandinavian

• hive modern: $$–$$$$ contemporary, trendy, midcentury, retailer

• jacob may: $$$–$$$$ simple, minimal

• joybird: $$–$$$ custom, contemporary, midcentury

• kettal: $$$$$ trendy, midcentury

• kroft: $ minimal, simple

• mitchell gold + bob williams: $$$ midcentury, contemporary

• modernica: $$–$$$ midcentury

• modloft: $$$–$$$$ contemporary, clean, minimal

• muji: $ japanese, minimal

• muuto: $$–$$$ scandinavian

• novogratz: $$–$$$ classic, contemporary

• room and board: $$$ contemporary, midcentury

• rove concepts: $$$–$$$$ contemporary, scandinavian

• schoolhouse: $$$ lighting, classic

• soho home: $$$–$$$$ contemporary, trendy, classic

• stillfried-wien: $$$$ midcentury

• target project 62: midcentury

• umbra: $–$$ simple, scandinavian

• urban barn: $$ contemporary, industrial, minimal

• ylighting: $$–$$$$$ lighting, midcentury, trendy, contemporary

u/plumrose333 further suggests:

• arhaus

• lulu and georgia

• poly and bark

• serena and lily

Looking to purchase new furniture for our home. The last set we bought from a discount place and they’re just garbage after 3 years.

I’d like to get 2 leather couches and a chair.

I know furniture isn’t truly bifl, but how bout 10 years at least?

Theres a store in our area that has 40% off England furniture. Is this stuff any good? Any discussion or recommendations is appreciated!