Maybe 10 years ago, I bought an Ikea dresser for my bedroom and spent too much of a Saturday assembling it. At the time, I had some buyer's regret for not just having splurged on some expensive hardwood piece. But know what? It looks nice enough and does its job just fine.

And I have a couple modernish Ikea chairs in another room which look quite nice and are very comfortable.

I'm sure Ikea has bad stuff and better stuff and I only go every 2-3 years but don't really have complaints.