Affordable IKEA Products That Make Your Home Look Expensive
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What I like about this video isn’t the products recommended, but rather the concepts behind the implementation of them. I hope you do more like this Daniel. Cheers
Thanks Matthew! 😃
Another tip is to remember not having way too many Ikea products. It can end up looking like one of their showrooms.
Where I live you can find some really great accessorises at charity/2ndhand stores. A lot of designer stuff that are slightly out of style, worn or heirlooms that people just wanted to get rid off. Affordable and less wasteful
what if i bought the whole showroom 🫣
And that's a bad thing because......???
@@ACS402010 Reynard Lowell here on YT explains it really well he's an architect too. I think the problem is more if you only pick from one series like Hemnes or Malm because everything gets very "samey" and can look cheap. I'd say if you mix different IKEA styles that your home still looks good. It'll look more intentional and well thought out rather than an IKEA showroom. Hope that helps :)
@@ACS402010 its not a bad thing im just saying 😁😁
Thank you for introducing ikea items that are affordable and look luxurious. Especially the lightnings are so impressive.🤩 I think this video is so informative and enjoyable😆
We definitely don’t have the same taste but I still watched cause your video is so well edited and narrated
Aa a Swede, I truly enjoy all English speaking RUclipsrs trying to pronounce the Swedish words for IKEAS items. Sooo funny =))
Hey Daniel! Thanks for the great suggestions!
I know this question has nothing to do with your video, but what's that top you're wearing? It looks really comfortable.
Please, make a video of how to safely get rid of stuff, especially when renovating/ upgrading one's space.
i had this chair bc it was cheap (think even a lot cheaper back than) but got some backproblems with it. was an ok chair otherwise but for long sitting sessions for working and stuff it just didn't hold up.
have a secretlab now which for a gaming chair looks rather nice and minimalistic
The tray tip is great. My living room will never ever be visited by a rug. How ever I imaging a rug in my living room it will add to the (visual) clutter. Leaving out the rug makes my not so large living room look larger and less cluttered.
Now to be honest, I do not have a minimalist living room. With for instance two couches, a bookcase with about 500 books and around 30 plants. In a living room that is 21 square meters.
Thank you for this video! I did not quite get the last part about pairing the low back chair with a standing table and the high back chair with a normal one. I think the high back is more comfortable, but I also have the standing table. I would be grateful if you could explain it to me :)
Sometimes there are cheaper options of designer furniture with very decent quality. I have a fake Eames chair and it's not far off from the original at all. Only cost 1/3
Great video, thanks! I would really like to know where the dried flower bouquet is from pictured in the thumbnail or the ones at 2:37. If anyone knows please let me know, thank you! 😊
great tip with the vase. Will check it in Ikea in Prague today
I'm not sure design needs another IKEA video. Maybe look at some Nick Lewis (who is also in Canada) videos regarding local retailers and design wholesalers who take it to the next level & holistic trends. Keep it up !
IKEA is a global brand for his global viewers, I live in Portugal so I can easily just pop into the store down the road and get those items. What I have taken away from the video is how to style your home so that it looks more high end. I can take those principles and get items from a different retailer.
Nick Lewis also does IKEA videos too. It’s an accessible and widespread store that’s easy to work with, so it’s helpful for lots of people getting started on a budget
Always so funny to hear English speakers pronounce the IKEA product names. IKEA names a lot of products after places in Sweden, but sometimes they make up things that we as Swedes don't even understand 😂
Great video and suggestions Daniel, more please!
I really enjoyed this video- some very good advice for my next visit to IKEA.
Nice picks thank you
The karate chop does NOT make your space look better, because most people do it so severely that it makes the pillow look like it has ears (just as you did in this video). If you do the chop, do it a bit more subtly so that it looks more aesthetic and less like you’re trying to turn your pillow into a bunny.
Nothing Ikea ever gives an expensive expression even when it is expensive. Their quality has suffered tremendously and on top of that, people who recognize and even buy Ikea things, always thought of it as cheap. Ikea is a choice, a lifestyle, and sells so well because they always had all of their furniture on display outside their ridiculously stressful maze shops.
This is pleasant to watch to say the least. Great content
Designers still need to put in the work and research where to find the best and affordable pieces- and being familiar with products from other outlets is key- like I recently saw a quality built desk at Staples- being familiar with what you are likely to find at outlets like Lowes, Home Sense, Home Goods, At Home, Way Fair, Home Depot and local thrift stores is important. It is safe to move away from the cookie cutter appearance of an IKEA dependent home
Agree the Crawford vases are great. Bargains.
What type of couch is that @ your Mom’s crib? 👀
Or keep baskets around so you can fill them up with toys and put them away at the end of the day
Speaking of rugs... how do rugs under tables for combined kitchen/dining spaces work?
Rugs in kitchens sound wrong. But rugs under dining tables sound right. Marrying the two is tripping me up.
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It´s so funny watching as a Swede knowing how to pronounce the names. But still I know it´s not easy
Dan, if you want to talk about high-end looks from Ikea, how about ironing your shirt for the video first... Otherwise than that you made a really awesome video, it was that your shirt was a real distraction, it looked cluttered LOL.
0:04 Eastern Europe doesn't have IKEA apparently...
Please don't buy down-filled fillers for yor pillows and cushions as the mass production process is very cruel. Only buy ethically sourced down and feather.
Great video. Thank you!
I wonder if there is any stand up desk that is not hospital looking
Ah yes nice the goose feather cushions from definitely not in eastern Europe produced farms where they plug them alive… and they are very cheap you say? Oh yes quite definitely cruelty-free
I will recognise ikea when I see ikea
Dear netizen, we need a timestamp for this video.
We clearly don't have the same definition of "cheap" ..
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I don't agree. 1. Vase is beautiful, but together with artificial flowers cost you about 80 €, if the bouquet is modest. 2. Ikea is all over the world, everybody has the same stuff. How can you say that your vase is exquisite? I recommend browsing at your grandmothers or parents attic, you will find some great stuff I'm sure because nowdays fashion is fashion of the 60'. But I agree with one thing, that less is more.
Don't store coffee in a clear container if you want your coffee to stay good.
Ok, so. What is this fixation with making things look "expensive"?. Why can't it be just "because it looks nice" or "because I like it" or "because it looks neat and organized"? Why are always pushing for things to be or look expensive? Are we changing our living spaces for what other people think of them? or are we doing it for ourselves?. Clearly is for others, since I will always know the cost, even if it "looks" expensive.
One thing that bothers me is why the aim should be to look "expensive"? Why not just "nice", "beautiful", "sophisticated"? I see and hear the word a lot in the interior design community and I could easily imagine it makes people feel bad for not having loads of money. Isn't it something we could be more aware of? Thanks for your work!
well, sophisticated has for very long only been accessible to people who had a good amount of money, precisely because places like (current) Ikea didn't exist. When it becomes totally normal to be able to get sophisticated-looking items for aa low budget, then the expression "looking expensive" won't be needed.
@@miyounova sophistication has never been about spending money, it has always been about taste, creativity and resourcefulness.
Because people are vain and lazy. You can buy expensive but you can't buy taste/sophistry, it requires experience and refining.
@Poppy Seed Sophistication is most often paired with high society, which is made of people who make a lot of money and have expensive furnishings. Sophistication and cheap are not normal companions. Walmart is cheap, and most of the decor looks cheap and doesn't pull together nicely. Crate and Barrel is expensive and helps make a home look magazine worthy. No magazine has Walmart-like decor. Except Walmart.
@@bi_zhaSophistry doesn’t mean sophistication.
Be wary of ergonomic chairs with no armrests... they might look sleeker but they are far less supportive and you might end up having to switch it out for a truly ergonomic one.
+1
I started to get headaches and tinnitus from lacking that support.
One of my favorite clutter hacks is just having a single drawer where you can throw in ANYTHING you don't want to see laying around. A box, or whatever item you like also works great. Just remember to go through it every few months to declutter and possibly get rid of unwated things (preferably through donating)
Yes! I have a round cloth hamper in every main room. Anything that doesn’t belong in the room gets tossed into it. Do I want a hamper on every room? Not really… but it looks 10 times nicer than clutter everywhere.
As someone who is Swedish it is actually so funny seeing someone trying to pronounce the product names, some were pretty good and a few were really butchered (I understand why you apologized after the pillows haha) Great video!
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Exactly my thought as well.. Hahaha I can't even imagine how it is for an English-speaking customer how they are talking to IKEA-staff and mentioning the names for the item they are looking for? How are the staff pronouncing it, and will the customer and staff understand each other?
@@sebbivism I had not even thought of that but I can imagine it is very confusing but also very funny haha
Who are better? Swedish girls or German girls? Why and be honest
@@kaboom6157 what, where tf did german come from lol
“That make your home look expensive” because when I bring people home the main thing I want them to believe is that I am rich. Crap
I rarely comment on videos. This was a beautiful and thoughtful video. The tray and rug tip were really golden nugget for me. I really hope you make more of these videos in which someone can easily implement these tips in their house and also teach about house keeping/aesthtic/buying/or whatever. I enjoyed the whole video even though Ikea is not officially available in my country(but I have visited their stores when I lived abroad and I love them).
It's insane how much cheaper Ikea is in Canada vs Australia. I was finding these prices a bit low, because there are some items I've looked at before. So I checked. That lighting strip you put under your sideboard, which costs 20 CAD (which I'm guessing should be under 23 CAD with tax) costs 47.85 CAD, equivalent of course, in Australia. It's aboslutely insane. It's close to 25 CAD difference for the exact same, mass-produced item! And GST in Aus is not that high, just 10%. Mental.
(Other than that, loved the video as always!)
You're right about that. We pay more for everything here which sucks. But that's only because we are so far away from the rest of world. Of course that can have its advantages (hello Covid border closures) but it does nothing for those of us who want to buy goods in the variety that the rest of the world has.
@@audrablue515 no, that's a often a myth. When things are manufactured in China, like in the case of ikea, they need to be shipped to Europe, Canada or Aistralia. If anything it's probably a bit closer to Aus.
We pay more because there's not enough competition and because people here often forget how we pay a premium "just because".
I think it rly just comes down to how much ppl are able to pay for the same things. I’ve lived in both Australia and Canada, and was baffled by the difference between their minimum wages ($21/hr in Victoria and $14-15 in Ontario)
@@miyounova Perhaps you guys should set up your own import-export companies in countries like China and India, and do your own direct importing? I feel like there some middle men making a fortune on Australian consumers right now.
Yeah I'm in Switzerland and pay the equivalent of 76 CAD for those Mittled strips. That's almost 4x the price, still over 3x after Canadian tax I bet.
I used to dream about that Langfjall office chair, because of an artist on RUclips who has a lovely home office and she has that same chair. I tried it at the store and it felt great at first, but when I got one and started using it at home, I realized it actually hurts my tail bone!
The stitching that goes down the middle was also very tight creating a ridge that made it even more uncomfortable. Hit or miss... Works for some people, but here's my experience in case anyone loves the look of this chair too. I sold mine. :(
Saving this video for when I can afford a home makeover. I love IKEA and don't mind if my house looks like a showroom, in fact, I wish I could get that moody lighting, and cozy, tidy but not "sterile" looking. I live for rugs and pillows and can't wait to get these for our bedrooms and sofa.
The smart lighting was a total game changer! Most times I just walk right by that section but I’m glad I stopped there this time!
I agree about the consistent use of 'expensive'. It's very off putting, I find, because expensive doesn't mean good taste, just snobby..fake leather cushions???!!! Good heavens!
Going to the description to find links to the products talked about in the video but instead finding affiliate links to premium furniture not talked about was pretty disappointing.
The big question is WHY ? JUST WHY SHOULD MY HOME LOOK EXPENSIVE? Literally no need for that. This weird obsession ob always flexing about wealth, money and stuff is so useless. Buy products that look nice and that you like. Literally no one cares about the price tag.
Absolutely tired of choppable cushions looking like animal ears
I think the chop look makes the cushions look messy and like you've just thrown them on the couch without any care. When it comes to cushions, I much prefer them to look square and neat
Thank you, Daniel. I bought the off-white Stoense carpets for my Mum to her bedroom. She loves it, it is really beautiful and good quality. And quite cheap too.
*Affordable IKEA Products That Make Your Home Look Soulless and Ugly. FIFY
i saved that frosted green vase on my wishlist without knowing it was a collaboration as well lol. great ikea picks!
3:35 as someone with ADHD and general issues with keeping my house clean let alone tidy trays or just marked areas really help! Just be sure to have the tray be large enough for the intended use and be mindful of the sides
Another is friction - for me cupboard doors are enough so, for example, I have open trashcan and drying rack that is for most my plates and glassware. I get that open shelving can be messy looking but if you limit it to the items you use weekly it isn't that bad and way better than the alternative for me
As someone who is someone I think ADHD is massively overdiagnosed
I hate those bloody karate chop on cushions I have to straighten them 😂
Please don't sacrifice physical health for aesthetics though. Even if the backsupport may be fine, the lack of armrests is *really* not good for your arms wrists and shoulders. Unless you have a highly deep desk that lets you fully rest up to your elbows, and you have to sit at your desk frequently, please get something with armrests. I know the Langfjall also comes in a version with armrests. Maybe slightly less stylish, but your arms and wrists will thank you.
such a well done video - thank you! i love ikea and now i can choose more mindfully and now with a designer's eye
Are we still "chopping" pillows? Really?
Yes! Don't judge lol
Hello Daniel
Thanks for such great content!
What sideboard is that in your living room? It’s pretty nice!
There are great pillows with synthetic filling that are plumpable and not stiff at all! Just go for higher quality and chose pillows with down-like synthetic fillings, found in the bedroom-department rather than cheap cushion pads. Feather cushions almost always involve animal cruelty so they are not recommendable. As for the size, if you have a 50x50cm cover you can use the 50x60cm standard Ikea sized pillows with soft filling no problem.
Wow. Very professionally done and explained so well. Enjoyed watching it
I have had a hard time with clutter so I made a change and am taking about 3 months off from work to tackle each and every room. Wish me luck!
Good luck, it will be totally worth it 👍😁
They gave you 3 months off!!!! I have to make tiny steps and sweat things out during the weekends
@@paolamura3497 we all have different circumstances that we are working with. Keep going, every little bit makes a difference. I sometimes set a timer for 5 / 10 / 15 minutes and concentrate on a single drawer or shelf and work on that. It's manageable, and I feel like I have really accomplished something. I sometimes take a before and after photo so I can see the improvement.
Your videos are always informative and your voice is soothing. Thanks, Daniel!
always thought the chopped pillow look was tacky, why mess up a good looking pillow to make it look like its old?
Ah, I got some new ideas. Maybe, not everything is IKEA products. But, yeah.. thanks, for the recommendation.
KONSTFULL and GRADVIS series looks good, and thanks for the karate chop tip, it's my first time to hear this technique.
are the flowers at 03:22 real or fake ones? where can I get them if theyre fake ones?? looove your videos!
Why should you strive for a more expensive-looking home? If you had said; mass-produced items with personality and one-of-a-kind look, I would have applauded you... because you are good at this, really good. Many of your suggestions are sound if one is on the lookout for items which doesn't scream mass-produced. But that doesn't mean mass-produced equals affordable... think cars. Anyway, I especially liked those handmade-looking items. And don't worry about pronunciation. I'm Norwegian, and I know my English sentences are wonky but I'd never let that stop me from commenting.
You speak and write better English than many Americans. I mean, just try to read the comments section. I am frequently floored by the poor spelling and sentence structure. Let's not talk about grammar. So much fun thinking, "Did they just say what I thought they said?". Lol. @tonje_gram 😘😁🤔
I love the tray idea as a way to visually contain multiple items.
I don’t understand all the complaints in the comments about using the words “look expensive…” like bro if you WANT A CHEAP RAGGEDY LOOK …..IF YOU LIKE to give a BROKE TEA …….GO DO THAT!!! Nobody is stopping YOU……People are ANNOYING !! Take your simple a$$Es to Dollar Tree a chill ….be happy be at peace
I just bought them in Victoria Australia and they were $30 not 1499 but obviously it's pounds or American dollars I don't know
Please, please stop adding ‘ality’ onto the end of words that shouldn’t and don’t need it … words like function and intention …. You are verbally cluttering which kills me, like home clutter drives you nuts!
Where are your handmade vases at 1:30 from? We've been calling BC home for 6 years, welcome 😊
Otherwise a very nice video, but:
The point about cheap cushions looking too perfect. The opposite of this is "this pillow looks so shitty, it must be expensive". I do not support that kind of thinking.
With chairs, especially office chairs, looks should never ever be put above ergonomics... unless they are decoration only. What good is a pretty home that you'll never see because you spend all the time at a chiropractic and are hurting a lot?
I bought a fjadrar pillow for my bed and oof it smelled lol. I gave it a couple of days out in the open before stuffing it in a cushion cover. it feels nice to squish. pretty nice pillow to have and hug imo.
The IKEA nesting instinct is strong in this one.
❤thanks for sharing. when i first walked into ikea, i was surprised at how many small, cute and affordable items the store has. amazing place. ❤
Rentals in Sweden come with fridges and freezers, stoves, but without any lighting at all 😂
Excellent video! I bet it's gonna be a reference for many of us
I like your IKEA tips, man. Thanks. In particular, the chair office chair is nice.
Wow, so many negative comments here about the word 'expensive'. Whilst I agree that wealthp0rn isn't cool, this video isn't about that. In this context, I take expensive to mean 'quality', which to me always feels comfy, beautiful and mindful.
Bamboo is toxic with all of the glues. I always thought it was good until I researched it more.
are you able to make a video on how to choose a table for a small room and how to choose colors for the walls of the room?
Production of concrete is one of the worst things for the environment. Far from "natural".
As an environmentalist and furniture designer, I am trying to do my best to encourage others NOT to support big-box stores such as IKEA. Not only are their products quick-fix options with short shelf-lives, but their production methods are usually unethical and unsustainable. Not to mention how big-box stores kill local economies.
I know it maybe difficult for some households to consider, but nudging consumers towards purchasing higher-quality products that last longer is ultimately a better investment of your money; and getting people there, is essentially where our challenge exists.
Having said that, I still find Daniel Titchener's channel to be a beacon of inspiration for creative solutions to spatial design.
I’ve got plenty of IKEA furniture that’s 10-15 years old and still looks brand new. This short shelf life idea about ikea isn’t true unless you’re buying the supper cheap stuff.
I agree with your comments but I have Billy bookcases that I bought 30+ years ago that have been taken apart and reassembled several times due to house moves, but are still in great condition.
I enjoy hearing your reasoning and rationale for things. Very helpful.
Love the video 👏👏👏👏👏. I have some of the items that you mentioned ☺️. Just a little tip that I like to use, when buying the pillow inserts buy one size up, it fills the cover better and makes it look even more plush and luxurious. I need to pick up a few table lamps, we have a large open plan kitchen/living/dining and thankfully multiple times of lighting but I think that we could still benefit from extra lights. I also love to light candles, especially in winter, it gives a soft organic light that I find cozy and relaxing.
I just got my first flat with my gf and I will now use every single advice here
Hi Daniel, can I ask the name of the ground lamp? I really like it!
Are those dried flowers? Could you share where you got them from?
Daniel another great video thank you!! Greetings from San Francisco
Synthetic leather cushion - is the cheapest thing to do with your interior .