It makes no sense to buy better quality furniture (ie something that is going to last) but have it be “teen” focused. If you want something to last more than particle board, that means you want it to last beyond your kids teen years. So why not buy regular bedroom furniture?

If you want something designed for teens, get cheap because it only needs to last 5 years.

Assuming the former is the better answer for you, go used or room and board. Anything cheaper than room and board will be approximately the same quality as IKEA, so you’re basically just paying triple IKEA prices for it to come assembled.

Anonymous wrote:Any advice on rugs that aren’t too expensive? 6x8ish. Medium pile.

Wayfair

Anonymous wrote:Most modern made furniture that isn't in the 5 figures is basically just industrial wood waste by products and resins binding it together.
Pressed wood dust and cardboard in other words along with many chemicals that are harmful to your health.

Barewoods Furniture in Chantilly sells a wide range of solid wood furniture. Much of it costs visibly less than 5 figures.

Most modern made furniture that isn't in the 5 figures is basically just industrial wood waste by products and resins binding it together.
Pressed wood dust and cardboard in other words along with many chemicals that are harmful to your health.

Have you seen grainwood furniture? it's still self-assembly flat pack but it's solid wood. I bought a dresser for our guest room and I would describe it exactly as a step up from Ikea.

I echo the others who say shop vintage or antique furniture. Even when I look at PB or Crate and Barrel, the thousand dollar nightstands have some level of MDF and engineered wood that looks cheap to my eye. It's so frustrating. Meanwhile my grandparents' 1960s North Carolina-made solid wood bedroom set has been refinished twice and worked in several bedrooms of our house.

Anonymous wrote:Any advice on rugs that aren’t too expensive? 6x8ish. Medium pile.

I really wish people would just post a budget. This is impossible. Nobody knows what “not too expensive” means to you. Why waste the bytes posting this.

Anonymous wrote:Why do teens need anything nicer than Ikea?

Why not? We got a really nice dresser why my kid was born. It still looks like new.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do teens need anything nicer than Ikea?

They don't, and as a teen, I didn't get any new furniture. I just think that these days furniture is such crap that their kid furniture has fallen apart by the time that we have teens.

I have a precise point of disagreement. We have had great luck with a lot of ikea and still have a ton in our home. But the dressers have been unable to handle the day to day wear and tear from my kids. They literally fall apart. So, while I am not anti IKEA, I won’t buy more for anything with drawers that will be used a lot. The other issue is that right now at this phase in my life, I don’t want to build furniture and really don’t have the time. Especially when it does fall apart in short order.

IKEA is better than most new “midrange” brands.

Anonymous wrote:Why do teens need anything nicer than Ikea?

They don't, and as a teen, I didn't get any new furniture. I just think that these days furniture is such crap that their kid furniture has fallen apart by the time that we have teens.

Why do teens need anything nicer than Ikea?

Any advice on rugs that aren’t too expensive? 6x8ish. Medium pile.

Used Room and Board.

Anonymous wrote:What’s your budget because the thing is that there isn’t really a step between IKEA and high quality. IKEA is the best option below a pretty high price point.

Otherwise you can do secondhand/vintage or unfinished solid wood furniture.

This is correct.

We are doing this now. Belfort and Haverty’s.