One aspect I like about Ikea is that they brought some level of standardization and continuity to furniture. I can get used Ikea stuff from several sellers and easily combine it. For a lot of stuff that’s decades old, I can still get new accessories, spare parts etc.

And there’s a big community around Ikea stuff to creatively repurpose and adjust their products (often referred to as Ikea Hacks), almost giving it a feeling of open source to me.

It’s still a huge capitalist company with all of the typical downsides, but I think with only lots of small, local players ressource consumption might be even worse overall without having the advantages above.

So overall, I tend to like Ikea while still trying to avoid unnecessary overconsumption.

I think Parliament is made in Russia. No clue if it’s still sold though.