IKEA is not real cheap, although they aren't expensive either, (I hope my workmate won't read over my shoulder, her husband works there ), but the design is horrible .

I wonder if they have no design, can't do it better, or are trying to dissuade peopel from buying the IKEA line because they have another one with good design they want to redirect people to.

When we want to buy forniture in Madrid, we use to go South through N-IV road, which is full of furniture factories direct sell sites, that allow you some savings. But look well, because some of they are almost reaching the shops' prices these days.

I don't mean that you do the same since your purchase is much smaller in price, but I took a friend to these places (we had to go 3/4 days till we found what he wanted), and he bought an enormous wood cupboard that would have costed him 9000 euros (a similar one) for 6000 euros, and he liked much more the design.