A perceptive assessment. You've got Ikea, which is generally quite tasteful, and then you have the likes of Target furniture, which is also tasteful yet somehow makes even the lowest-tier Ikea pieces seem rock-solid in comparison. You can step up to Art Van and get agonizingly milquetoast design for about 1.5x Ikea prices, or fiddly, baroque Arhaus for 2x.
Then you jump up to the likes of Restoration Hardware, in that 4-5x Ikea range, with the real vintage aesthetics Arhaus is hamfistedly aping, and after that, the ironically-named Design Within Reach which matches Ikea's minimalism with maximum durability at what seems like 10x Ikea prices.
I would say the one thing you've missed is Crate & Barrel, which is in maybe a 2-3x Ikea range and tends to have very tasteful design along with across-the-board durability.
Then you jump up to the likes of Restoration Hardware, in that 4-5x Ikea range, with the real vintage aesthetics Arhaus is hamfistedly aping, and after that, the ironically-named Design Within Reach which matches Ikea's minimalism with maximum durability at what seems like 10x Ikea prices.
I would say the one thing you've missed is Crate & Barrel, which is in maybe a 2-3x Ikea range and tends to have very tasteful design along with across-the-board durability.