30 Creative Furniture Designs That Might Make You’ll Feel Bad About Your Boring IKEA Bookshelf
There’s a point in every adult’s life where you look around your apartment and realize everything you own is either from IKEA or was free from someone who was moving.
And it’s fine. It works. The bookshelf holds books, the couch is a couch, nobody’s complained. But then you see what some people are out there designing — furniture that looks like it belongs in a museum or a Bond villain’s living room — and you start to feel a little something. Not jealousy exactly.
More like the quiet realization that your Kallax shelf is doing the bare minimum and you’ve just been okay with that.
1. “I Got A New Chair… Or At Least I Think It’s A Chair. I Like It”
2. “Probably My Weirdest Commission. But I Like How It Turned Out”
3. “It Looks Like A Pig That’s Had Too Much Tequila. And Is That A Claw Or A Tail? Whatever Is Going On, It’s Oddly Beautiful”
4. “Strange Furniture In Jamaica Plain, Boston At Pond”
5. “Take A Seat”
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7. “Leather Socks For Chair Legs. I Did It Myself”
8. “Chilling”
9. “I Just Want To Know If I Sit On This Chair Regularly, What Is Gonna Happen?”
10. “Little Jeep Tables For Elementary School Students”
11. “Anxious Chairs”
12. “Found A Weird Couch”
13. “This One Is Cute”
14. “Friday Evening”
15. “New In Shop. Custom Table Made From 1920s Baby Grand Piano Harp. One Of A Kind And Gorgeous”
16. “The Only Art Gallery With A Conjoined Chair. If You Sit, We Click”
17. “Funky Dali Couch Just Came In. Selling On Friday”
18. “A Side Table I Made To Look Like A Sitting Guy”
19. “Handcrafted Doctor Seuss Shelf!”
20. “I Found This Bird Table Quite Charming”
21. “I Had To Try And It Is A Perfectly Fine Chair”
22. “Not Really Sure About This Couch Thing…”
23. “That’s My Kitchen Lamp I Made Out Of Old Enamel Pots”
24. “Not Sure Whether To Sit Down On This Or Wear It”
25. “Lion Table, A Must Have For Any Home. Good For You Minimalistic Decor To Rustic Farmhouse… Might Even Incorporate Into Mid Century Modern. Roar!”
26. “That Time You Find A Grass Couch And You Have To Take A Moment To Lounge On It. They Won’t Mind If I Take It Home, Right?”
27. “Essential Furniture For A Toddler Round Table Discussion”
28. “I Ran Across The Oddest Piece Of Furniture Ever At My Local Habitat For Humanity This Morning… A Laminate Coffee Table In The Shape Of A Gigantic Bellows”
29. “The Tiger King In His Chair”
30. “A Sleeping Polar Bear Ottoman Brings Your Room Some Childlike Fun. It Is Not Designed Only For Kids”
