In some ways, sure.

The LACK (https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/lack-side-table-white-30449908/) is probably one of the most optimized pieces of furniture you can buy. There's no hand crafted desk that can be this cheap. A wood worker won't even get out of bed for $17.

Now is it an amazingly beautiful, rock solid, heirloom quality piece of furniture? No, but it's not trying to be that.