Why is IKEA so cheap?
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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at why IKEA is so cheap as well as try to understand the environmental consequences of IKEA furniture's cheap cost. Specifically, I look at how IKEA's supply chain management, assemble-it-yourself, and questionable tax avoidance give rise to IKEA's cheap cost. In addition, I also evaluate IKEA as a sustainable company. I try to understand whether IKEA's sustainability goals are all talk or whether they are actually interested in creating an environmentally conscious furniture company.
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Resources:
1. IKEA Sustainability report FY18 (IKEA): www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/sus...
2. People and Planet Positive (IKEA): www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/peo...
3. IKEA Ltd Ethical Consumer Score (Ethical Consumer): www.ethicalconsumer.org/compa...
4. How IKEA gets you to impulsively buy more (Vox via RUclips): • How IKEA gets you to i...
5. Can Ikea turn its blonde world green? (Fortune): fortune.com/2015/03/10/can-ik...
6. IKEA powering itself with green energy in the Nordic countries (CPH Post Online): cphpost.dk/news/business/ikea-...
7. Ikea Has Been Accused of Avoiding 1 Billion Euros in Taxes (Fortune): fortune.com/2016/02/12/ikea-t...
8. House Perfect: Is the IKEA ethos comfy or creepy? (The New Yorker): www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...
9. IKEA is in trouble for cutting down 600-year-old trees (Grist): grist.org/living/ikea-is-in-t...
10. How Sustainable Is IKEA, Really? (Eco Warrior Princess): ecowarriorprincess.net/2018/0...
Have you ever gone to or bought anything from IKEA? What are your thoughts?
I'm sat watching this in a room of only IKEA furniture
Yes I have, it opened in my country only few years ago and I've been a couple of times but to be honest here it's not that cheap, it really depends on what you want to buy. There are other department stores in my country where you can find certain thing for much lower price then IKEA.
Am I the only one that calls a trip to IKEA a vacation?
I have and I think they have pretty good products for the price however as you said they are not perfect their products are cheap but they break pretty easily compared to other simular products. I like they are improving in renewable energy as everyone should but second hand will always be better as you said. In your apple video you asked us if we got any apple products and i wonder do you have any apple products? If you have it do you have it for environmentally reasons or just because the products are pretty good? Apple is not perfect but better than the others as you said so I wonder if you got it because it is still little better than the others.
Yes, the Lingonberry. If, I can't find any clean, durable, affordable, used furniture I might consider some furniture from IKEA. I'm willing to sacrifice convenience for the environment, but not my health, wealth, or sanity. I'll pay a little more for a environmentally friendly option, but, but not double, unless it lasts 2x as long.
Conclusion: You can buy things from Ikea, they are better for the climate than other business who sell the same kinds of products.
But... It's always better to buy products at second hand stores.
Exactly. My boyfriend and I moved into a new house and bought an ikea couch and bed, but most things in our house are actually second hand. Things people ditched on the curb or from second hand. Tables and side tables that just needed a new coat of paint, oak dining chairs that just needed to be reupholstered, throw pillows that only need a once through the wash. You can't get everything second hand but there is a lot you can that, with a little elbow grease, are just a fraction of the price and better quality than even IKEA.
Totally agree. Ikea seems to be taking more steps than other companies, but it would have been interesting to see if their actual furniture truly has less of an impact than "traditional" furniture made elsewhere taking into account the full lifecycle. Much of Ikea's furniture is made from pressboard, which no donation center will accept. There also isn't much of a re-sale market for Ikea furniture unless you get lucky on Craigslist. This means much of Ikea's items are "single use," and go straight into the landfill.
Yes! And fix what you have first ✌️💚
Buy inflatable plastic furniture.
true this is much better and think about how long these old wooden furniture last.....
My parents have the same bedroom set since 2000 and theyre still in good condition. I think the problem is ppl get bored of things too fast and they keep buyin things that they dont need. We have to end that mentality and be happy with what we have especially if theres nothin wrong with it!
That is so true and not just for furniture.
But I want what's new and futuristic, I am a sucker for everything Futuristic and if I can replace my things with newer, higher tech stuff, then I will do it, if I can afford it
@@coastaku1954 find people that want your older stuff, donate it, repurpose it, see if it can be recycled. wanting new things is understandable and you shouldn’t have to stay with one thing forever if you don’t want to, but you also don’t need to just throw it away.
So advertisers are the problem? People used to be big hoarders and now we have ads that constantly want us to dump their old garbage to buy their new and improved garbage
@@ghostnoodle9721 Except that IKEA is doing ads saying to reuse old furniture
The irony of this is that I live in a country where for so many people even Ikea is expensive😂
Kristina ._. Where? Lol ..i live in slovakia and ikea is dirt cheap ...i mean a lot cheaper than the other big furniture stpres and i gotta admit ikea stuff looks way better too
Indonesiaaaaaa hahahaha
Serbia i guess. Here we dont even have ikea cause they know there wont be a profit
Kiss Army Like Filip guessed it is Serbia. There is one Ikea store in the whole country and for most people it is expensive.
Filip J teška brate
I'm surprised you didn't mention how IKEA's “cheapness” means their furniture uses straight-up less material than other firms, which helps reduce their environmental impact. If IKEA tables followed the traditional approach of using solid pieces of wood (they're not, they're mostly hollow with cardboard padding) they'd be using much more than 1% of the world's logged wood, and they'd have much higher carbon emissions from transporting all that extra unnecessary wood. Also, because IKEA loves filling everything with chipboard, they can more easily make use of recycled wood.
ugh But solid wood can last several lifetimes, and can easily be repaired, compared to furnitures from IKEA.
ugh You are one person and less than one lifetime. If you don’t like to use wood then buy used furniture.
ugh Really?
I think IKEA is scamming people. I have drawers from IKEA, and when I hold the top of the drawers, you can feel it «waddle» back and forth.
This summer I was at IKEA to try to «waddle» drawers back and forth. It stood still as a rock. Then I realized it was «screwd» to the wall with screws. Sorry for my english.
olestokke to be fair Ikea say most of their furniture should be attached to the wall, especially drawer units and shelves, there have been fatalities when Ikea furniture has topped onto children who were trying to climb shelves or who pulled out more than one drawer at a time. Having said that, any furniture made from chipboard and cheap metal fasteners will never be as sturdy as the same item made from solid wood with traditional dovetail joins etc.
People treat Ikea furniture like it is disposable. When people move in Stockholm they just throw it away and buy new for their new place.
I have talked to a lot of IKEA employees, they treat them really well. At least in Germany. I also appreciate them offering vegan options.
Yeah. I want go just for all the new vegan options.
Vegan caviar all the way!!
Whats vegan furniture?
@@dhgfhhhghhj I don't know if you're joking but he means the food.
@@dhgfhhhghhj furniture with consent.
The majority of third world country people can’t relate.
:-(
Ikea is hella heavy in my country
@Cool
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man*, who persuaded you that content _on the internet_ revolve around you?
You should ask your money back!
*and I can safely put some (cheap for you, but expensive for me) bet that you're white, straight, cis, US man.
Lol. Third world countries make chairs out of legit wood. The ‘wood’ pieces in ikea are mostly compressed sawdust not hardwood
@Sierra, not only third world, I live in France and I can't afford Ikea hahaha
This makes me feel poor because in Malaysia Ikea is actually considered high-end furniture 😂
Yasmin Muryadi so funny how things work. There are companies here that import "exotic" furniture from places like Malaysia and charge a small fortune for it, yet it's probably considered every day type furniture there. Ikea in the U.K. is seen as cheap and disposable furniture, it's often bought by students, landlords, people renting their first flat etc, we buy it to use temporarily until we can afford something better or until it falls apart. Go to any dump and there is always a skip for wood filled mainly with broken Ikea furniture.
I’m from Malaysia and IKEA is not a high end product
@@omgsadaiqa darn i must be poor then 😢😂
It's not "high end" per se but morr expensive than locally made furniture in Malaysia. Most furniture are made of compressed sawdust and not real hard wood
Its really not... Buy local furniture instead, it probably has better quality
The fact that a 600-year-old tree turned into somebody's couch/bed/table/dresser sends shivers down my spine.
Not just that, it was likely shredded and turned into something similar like particle board then into someone’s couch/bed/table/dresser or all of the above.
So what materials would you suggest? And what material is your furniture made of?
@@crochetomania farmed limbs
There's a technique to turn tree limbs into like broom handles, when they're not harvested at the right thickness for broom handles they will keep on growing and these would be great for things like that
You know that Indonesian crocodiles are peeled alive to make gucci wallets?
@Erushbass what's cool about it
Ikea isn't cheap, is just everything else is too goddamn expensive
it is cheap in europe
@@faith223 Not in Eastern or South Eastern Europe. Local furniture manufacturers in my country are actually cheaper than IKEA.
@@belygorod8368 support your local furniture manufacturers then, you've hit the lotto there if its cheaper than ikea and you can support local furniture manufacturers at the same time. 2 birds with one stone and all that...
@@stevenwarne69 I don't buy furniture that often so I don't know if the price difference is large or is depending on a specific product but I prefer custom made furniture. I had to buy a work table and a small bookshelf it's not a problem to find those things the problem is to find those that fit in your home I got lucky and got both for 80$ new, if I hadn't lucked out and found those cheap and the right size I would have just made it myself.
@@belygorod8368 yh, i would say finding the stuff that fits in the space you need it to is the hard thing
I work for IKEA and yes, you have perfectly illustrated their short-comings. It's just the lesser of evils spun into the greater web of evil that is capitalism and its unsustainable growth mindset.
Have you tought of doing a podcast? I wouldnt mind hearing your voice more its realy calming :D!
In fact, it is so calming that it makes me sleepy 😂. I always watch his videos at 1.25 the speed
@@timothylam3314 Hahahah maybe I should go and make an ASMR channel instead
I might just get around to it!
Yes to this!!!
honestly, ikea is doing so much more than its competitors regarding sustainability, and they do it at prices that are affordable. if you're buying furniture new they're the best option imo
As an ordinary person, it's hard to tell whether they are really doing more for sustainability, or just doing a lot to provide the ILLUSION of sustainability, greenwashing.
They have been caught sourcing wood from illegal logging so many times, I'm skeptical that they take it seriously at all.
So, I work at ikea - there's definitely still a waste problem. Although I definetly enjoy the fact that they seek out their employees, who work at the place daily, for more innovation and ways to reduce waste, putting ideas through to HQ and actually having it happen takes A g e s.
They do, however, put vegan meals first nowadays, take a lot of time to look into biobased materials, etc, as well as eliminate single use products.
I'm sometimes asked why I would work for such a big store when I'm so enviromentally focused myself - It's because they're at least trying and working towards getting better. I would prefer it to happen quicker, but as I said, communication is rough. What I tell my manager, reaches his manager first. If it's worth looking into, it reaches the national HQ after a week or two, let alone the international HQ.
Ingvar Kamprad: recycles tea bags. Customers at Ikea stores: buy more things you don't necessarily need...
So it's the consumers that are the problem! 🤔😂
Ikea is definitely not cheap for us south east Asian people.
Exactly
Yup
Dude, you need a lot more subscribers because the quality here is so icreadbly high
True!
OMG it is impossible to find bed frames at thrift or antique stores. They always have headboards but never full frames.
Prove it
@@alterego157 omg you troll haha
You can usually buy metal bed frames that are size adjustable at mattress stores for about $40 bucks US. They last forever.
CLS is £2.50 a meter. Make one .
Facebook market place in my area is flooded with bedframes and headboards. Just put in the zipcode of your local college.
Also some cities have re-stores which are stores from habitat from humanity. Lots of secondhand furniturem
A friend of mine manufactures all the table tops for IKEA. They have high standards and treat the supplier well.
i love ikea. for me just walking through their huge stores, looking at all the products they have, then spending an hour or two building it myself is just so fun.
Funny thing that it's extremely expensive in my country 😅😂
Which?
same here
I blame customs for that 😂😂
india?
I thought the same! IKEA is really more expensive compared to any other non-luxorious store. Where it could be called cheap?
everything has its price - usually we just pay to little and the rest goes on the costs of mother nature
this entire video is so smooth and so satisfying to watch visually
Your videos keep getting better! Both in animation and in narration. Good job! 😊
I always love how well reflected your videos are!
Your videos are always soooo well done! Great job!
I really love your videos and wanna thank you for what you’re doing! Keep it up, your channel is great!
I believe also that they try to make as many products, in some way, stackable allowing for more products being stored for shipping and therefore less transit required.
one of your best company analysis videos, i learned a lot in this one.
It’s funny bc where I live IKEA is considered one of the more expensive places
I live in Jordan
All of your forests were cut down for Greek, Roman, and Egyptian ships 2000 years ago.
The animation is so beautiful; thank you for this informative video!!
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Yeees, literally my thoughts on IKEA and I was the who suggested IKEA. I don't think we can tackle climate change without individual consumption change. If we think we can just use it and throw it away, it won't help the planet.
We need systemic and individual change. All of us should strive for a less polluting lifestyle while at the same time our capitalist system should be completely revamped or thrown over because it rewards the destruction of our environment while it punishes being environmentally friendly. Also capitalism wants us to keep consuming otherwise the market economy collapses.
Thank you for this video!
I always try to fix what I have then buy secondhand first and then be very mindful if I’m going to buy something new. Not giving into impulse shopping has definitely been a challenge but it makes such a difference!
Love this video. Learned a lot. Would appreciate a little more attention on their international shipping too though! A seriously dirty industry that ikea doesn’t do any different than anyone else (except maybe more efficient bc of their flat packing). Maybe a whole video about transcontinental shipping would be good? Nobody talks about it because there aren’t good estimates of the emissions and other impacts of these giant ships but let’s change that!!
Thanks so much for this video! I didn't expect that IKEA was cutting trees in the region where I'm from (Karelia, Russia). Your videos always encourage me to rethink some things 🙏🏻
Thank you! That's exactly what I've been looking for.
Loved the video. Very informative.
Thanks Charlie and OCC. A great presentation on Ikea.
Amazing and informative video! May I know what program you use for make such beautiful videos!
Bit of a hatchet job; it's clear that you went into this video with a decision to find out what was wrong with Ikea, rather than the real question: is Ikea, once you take into account both positives and negatives, a net win for society? The answer is an *emphatic* yes - New furniture sold by Ikea is new furniture NOT sold by companies who have much poorer behavior when it comes to ecology. Sure Ikea consumes more as it grows - but does *the industry as a whole* consume less because Ikea is becoming a larger percentage of it? If Ikea was suddenly to disappear tomorrow, would it's impact be reduced to zero - or simply assumed, and then some, by current competitors? Progress toward a more sustainable future isn't made by demanding perfection - it's made by steady *progress* toward a goal.
THIS! THANKYOU!
Yeah, I was a little confused when he was talking about how they consume 1% of the world's wood. It's a huge furniture company, of course they are going to consume a lot of wood.
Can I have the name of your motion designer? The video quality always had been great but the quality of the animations are getting greater recently!
Cheap my ass - where I'm from it's on the high end of the price spectrum
I know right? 29 bucks for a chair, what the fuck kind of world are they living in? I can get a second hand chair for 3 bucks easily.
Thanks for making a comment about the video because your actual video didn't pop up in my suggested feed!
Wow I’m impressed with your pronunciation of Ingvar Kamprad.
They should have second hand exchange in there shop ,how it would work:
1. bring back your used ikea furniture up to 3 year old in working order
2. Get 30% credit back for shopping only at any of their stores world wide.
3. they resell as is used upto 50% cost ,great for customers who were in love with an old design or on a tight budget .
This would be reusing / recycling. and test to their quality.
I really enjoy your videos. Would you be able to do a research on Toms? They are one of my favourites but after IKEA I'm not so confident any more. Thank you for your work!!!
Thanks for all this interesting info!
I read an article some years ago and CAN NOT FIND IT, but the gist of the story was, we have plenty of furnishings already built, we don't need to make any more. We need to recycle broken chairs, bed frames, tables, ect, or use the functional ones instead of tossing them and buying new. So, I've ALWAYS bought second hand. I admit tho, Mattresses are not some thing that can be bought used because, you know sanitation and bed bugs
I love your channel Charlie! It's rare I agree with anyone 100%, and I do always with you!
I will never get tired of your voice
I love IKEAs furniture but shipping or driving to and from a store to pick things up is expensive and bad for the environment in all sorts of ways. So I’m always on local marketplace apps looking for used IKEA furniture that students often want to get rid of when they move out. I’ve also bought IKEA furniture secondhand, used it, added touches or fixed it up, and then when I’m done with it, sold it! Watching videos on this channel has given me a much needed perspective on my consumption and I’m happy to say that I get to enjoy the products I love while also hurting the environment a lot less by reusing and repurposing as much as possible. Thanks for the great videos!!
I like putting Ikea furniture together. Am I the only one?
Really appreciate this information of the company
Well, if you're adicted to buying furniture, I can see how IKEA would cause environmental problems but most people need to by their new closet or bed anyway so would it be more environmentally friendly to buy them from a smaller and less streamlined furniture company?
Correct! For those who won't consider buying second hand things, IKEA is a lesser evil, so to speak. Not perfect, and they do consume an insane about of material, but the business model contributes to lower waste and cost compared to other brands and companies in the same business space.
Depends, if it is actual hard wood instead of cardboard it might make more sense to buy from a smaller company because it will actually last
We don't even have IKEA in Brazil and I believe if we had, it'd be really expensive since everything here is pricey
Cutting trees is a business, owner replaces the trees to ensure sustainable long term income. Stop shaming such a good business for the environment
@am py but where do you draw the line? ofcourse mass logging isnt good but unless youre willing to go back to a hunter/gathering soceity logging CANNOT be gotten rid of. idk where you live but where i live forests are regulated, so you have logging forests just for logging where you replant the trees and untouched woods where they only do maintainance to protect the forest from fires. isnt that a way better solution?
great video, interesting music choices?
IKEA is sort of like gunpla (gundam plastic models), it’s cheaper than pre-built stuff because there isn’t the cost of the manufacturer building it, but if you know how to build it, then the end result looks great.
Could you please analyze Google?
If I remember correctly from your old videos they are using 100% renewable energy.
I would like to hear how they do that, and how many other big companies could reduce they carbon footprint.
Keep up the good work man. Awesome video.
Michelino # that would be interesting. Just today I read that Google has been donating to climate change deniers...
i have a lot of Ikea stuff and it's great, but next time i move I'm gonna be looking for second hand stuff first because i find i just keep second hand stuff around for longer
Nice video. What do you think of the fact that their low prices may encourage consumers to buy products that they don't need, or to replace their furniture more often (also because of the lower quality and durability)? This is one of the negative points of Ikea for me. I wonder if buying more expensive and higher quality furniture would be more responsible. What do you think about this?
Well, low quality is not very fitting. Ikeas Furniture might not be the same quality as the more expensive alternatives, but generally last long. A great example is the BILLY, which can be found in practically every home in Europe. Because of this its really easy to buy secondhand Ikea, which is very very cheap. Just search Ikea on your secondhand site
Great video!
Your voice is great and your info amazing
Hey, what kind of software you use to make your videos?
I’m a carpenter and I have bought many things from ikea, they make good quality well designed stuff.
very nice indepth documentary
IKEA shows what a huge difference intelligent logistics makes in sustainability AND economic profit. In my opinion, people generally tend underestimate the impact of logistics on sustainability.
To conclude, buying products from Ikea is better than buying from other name brands, but the best option is always going to be buying from secondhand/antique stores.
Alot of people just dont take care of their ikea furniture either. I have a dresser, platform bed and desk from 2010 and they all still and function wonderfully. The desk has bowed a bit but it doesn't impact much.
I recently also bought some side tables, because they are solid wood, albeit they are pine and pine is soft wood but I also have a pine chair from a different company from 2013 that is still doing well. It just needs a light sanding every now and then.
I remember when the lower part of my office chair broke and they asked if I want the complete chair new or just the broken part and the staff flat out told me that they'll take the single part out of the box of a new chair and throw the rest away anyway, so it doesn't make a difference for them if I want the entire chair replaced or just a part.
I get it's a lot of additional logistics but you can't tell that's better for the enviroment but it's pure cost saving
Wow bro you know alot about history 👍
Wow I just got notification for this video, thanks RUclips but maybe a bit faster next time
love ur videos. going to donate once i get a credit card. pls recommend books to read to understand eco socialism
Can you make a video on thesunexchange? They crowdfund solar projects
What about second hand furniture from ikea? 😂
Ikea in my country is still considered not easily affordable and second hand value for an ikea piece is quite high!
I have a wardrobe since 2000 and have moved house once and moved it within the new house 3 time. Still working well. Pulse I have an ikea kitchen installed in 2004. Again still working well
Basil Kearsley I have a wardrobe from 1850. It survived two world wars, at least six different owners and who knows how many house moves. It looks amazing, goes up in value every year, and will still be holding clothes a century from now.
Finding information about the expression "lista" is difficult since lista means list in Swedish. But it's definitely not a common Swedish word (with that meaning) it seems to be a dialectal word from Småland although I can't find any good references to it as such either.
Buying wood furniture is the absolute BEST thing you can do for the environment. The CO2 captured by the trees are NOT released before the furniture decomposes or is burnt. This means the more wood furniture + planting new trees = removing CO2e from the atmosphere. And old furniture could be burnt for energy.
I call Ikea and other similar stores like it: landfill stores. Their products are made to be cheap and assembled, which means they don't last very long and end up in the landfill.
true that!
In Scandinavia IKEA is so common, I don't even consider more expensive stores because IKEA has everything you need, and you can use the items for a really long time
Well, I‘ve got a mix of furniture: some from a local factory that was "damaged" and therefore cheaper, some from other stores and quite much from IKEA and that for a long time - though they are made from presswood, as long as long you take care of it, it will last you also some years (and with that I mean at least 10).
These pieces are absolutely not as beautiful as furniture from solid piece wood but they can be more sustainable as they use less wood for the same piece.
(Also, I understand that ikea isn‘t the best company ever but they are more accessible than the more expensive sustainable furniture brands)
If you look for a bedstead or whatnot from a secondhand store, you need to consider the additional driving as you shop around town. If you scale that up to a house full of furniture, that's a lot of additional driving to find used stuff. I agree that if you happen to have a used lamp or whatnot in front of you then it's better to buy it than a new one.
Exactly, I live in the city & the only thrift stores or second hand stores selling furniture are out in the suburbs. The environmental impact hunting through these spread-out stores - as opposed to catching public transport to Ikea & opting for their delivery option - will be pretty great as you spend hours on the road hunting through numerous stores - then need to organise a car/truck large enough to pick up any bigger pieces, probably from several different locations. Secondhand treasure hunts can still leave a substantial carbon footprint if there aren't local thrift stores nearby
You are an inspiration, y come from a country that urgently need export dollars to balance the difficult economic accounts, there are many people in poverty so we need dollars to go out of indigencia, it is a responsibility to change all industrial processes friendly with nature, but unluckily it is what it is poor countries need export dollars to survive , there should and have to be a balance of getting out of poverty in a sustantiable way, and with your work you are showing with talent the path.
I love ikea but it's not that cheap, it can sometimes be expensive
Hey, can you make a video reviewing if TeeSpring is environmentally friendly?
There's no IKEA yet here in the Philippines but as per news, we'll be having one very soon!
I wonder, how inexpensive exactly is IKEA compared to the other similar stores?
Thanks in advance!
How exiting! Well, here in Sweden it's cheap to mid range. They often have a cheaper and a slightly more expensive version of similar furniture, so you can always buy what suits your own budget. And they often have products that they discontinue or have to much of for a really good deal. We have a store that's very similar to IKEA but a bit smaller, it's a Danish furniture store called JYSK, they sell similar items that are packaged in the same way as IKEAs stuff, but is much lower quality for the same or higher price.
@@matildas3177 That's interesting! Well, I'll definitely visit IKEA as soon as it opens so I can canvass their prices.
I'm generally a minimalist & utilitarian in terms of things I use. And if it is also inexpensive, then that to me is already a bargain!
Thanks for your reply! Mabuhay to you!
You can probably find good furniture for much cheaper in the Philippines then you would want to waste your money on at IKEA. I would think you would have craftsmen that can make better furniture for cheaper.
Matilda S Danish style but where is JYSK stuff made? Labor costs are 2/3 of the furniture costs.
@@williamlucas4656 As far as craftsmanship is concern, yes Sir, we do have! But materials don't always come inexpensive.
Just in case, IKEA is an option.
The biggest Ikea's store will be open in late 2020 here in the Philippines
thanks for the video, love it!
I don't think the growing carbon footprint is that big of a problem. Because the bigger IKEA's market share gets the greener the whole furniture industry as a whole gets. Stopping IKEA's growth would just allow other less green furniture companies to grow their market share.
Ducky McDuckface the problem is that since Ikea came along we all buy much more furniture than we used to. Once upon a time we would buy a bed frame and it would last for life, now we buy a new frame every time we redecorate the bedroom. Same with kitchens, they used comprise built in shelving, a pantry, a freestanding dresser and a big pine table. Now they are all chipboard, and changed every ten to fifteen years.
@@spencerwilton5831 that's more of a consumerist problem rather than a production problem. IKEA can last a lifetime, it's just that we want to keep up with what is hip and trendy.
I've had the same Ikea bed ever since I was 3
Why doesn't this channel grow? I simply can't understand!!!
I thought U ended the video at 6:30 lol.
can you do a video on Muji please? thanks!
yes i second this!!
overall the best thing that we can all do for the environment is just use what we have and stop buying so much new stuff. most of what we buy is not only costing us so much money, it requires so much energy and plastic. The worst part is that in the end we could make do or even thrive without all this extra stuff.
in the end i’ve learned that i need to think very hard about buying new stuff especially clothing which is one of the worst industries in the world. we may think that we need somthing but most of the time we don’t.
I wish you talked more about their wood.
Is all of it FSC certified? Or which percentage is?
Some is, but not all
I love Ikea, its pretty cheap in terms of furniture from where I live and the design is also pretty. I don't know if it's just me but I like the building part of Ikea furniture and I think that's what makes Ikea a little bit more unique or special? I've had my bed from Ikea for 4 years and it's still holding strong. I've seen desks where its like triple the price but extremely small in terms of space, so Ikea is a better option for me. And we have a 365 day return policy from where I live, I don't know if it's the same worldwide. So I think Ikea is a generally good furniture store. Just my opinion.
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Why IKEA is so cheap?
1- the furniture is not real solid wood for the most part!
2- the design is often simple and minimalist, which costs less to produce.
3- you have to DIY, which is fine for me because it's like assembling a big wood LEGO!!
I love the Lego comparison