I think IKEA furniture does read as a little small to Americans because it is European designed and European furniture on average seems a little smaller than American furniture, to my eye at least.

Source: have owned a few IKEA pieces and have also am an American who has travelled to Europe a few times where I often stayed in airbnbs

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That sounds plausible and might be true.

Also I have to say that I am a rather tall guy and the only height-adjustable desk that had a usable maximum height for me e.g. was the one from Ikea.
I think it is definitely not a specific Ikea or Swedish thing or has anything to do with the people being smaller (If anything, I think to remember that typical US citizens are actually smaller on average than most of the people in the northern parts of Europe...)

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah danes seemed taller than most Americans to me too, so I can believe it. And yeah the furniture size comments I made are definitely not true across the board

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 hours ago

And yeah the furniture size comments I made are definitely not true across the board

No no, I think now they might well mostly be true.
Even the extra high desk I mentioned doesn't cover much groundspace and is about as high as it is wide when fully extended...

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