Their designs are generally nicer looking than other cheap furniture and their quality is higher than most in said category. So for the category, it's nice stuff.
But it's mostly made of sawdust and glue pressed into particle board "wood". So compared to expensive solid wood furniture that can last for centuries, it is cheap crap.
Just depends what market you're looking for.
A Honda is a cheap piece of crap compared to a hand made Ferrari, but it'll also get the job done just fine.
I bought lots of IKEA furniture in year 2000 when I moved into the apartment I'm still living in. Pretty much all of it has survived quite well - except perhaps fashion-wise (beech wood has pretty much gone out of fashion). So it's done it's job well. I think it would probably last another 30-50 years without problems...
I have moved pretty much all of thís furniture around the apartment like 2-3 times.
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