Kitchen cabinet recommendations

[eblend]

I redid my kitchen with Ikea during their kitchen event. I think the quality is really good if you ask me, Bryan Baeumler uses them often on his HGTV show. Mine is about a year old now, no issues at all. Their planning tool online makes it easy to plan the whole thing out and spits out the list of all the parts you will need.

This was my kitchen when I was all done, the quartz is from Ikea as well and is part of the Kitchen Event

[G-ZUS]

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I redid my kitchen with Ikea during their kitchen event. I think the quality is really good if you ask me, Bryan Baeumler uses them often on his HGTV show. Mine is about a year old now, no issues at all. Their planning tool online makes it easy to plan the whole thing out and spits out the list of all the parts you will need.

This was my kitchen when I was all done, the quartz is from Ikea as well and is part of the Kitchen Event

Looks good, what did that cost you if you don't mind me asking? pm me if you want

[eblend]

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Looks good, what did that cost you if you don't mind me asking? pm me if you want

All in $12k, i did all the work myself. Stone was like half of that, this does not include the 20% i got back in ikea giftcards.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, that price includes a new stove, new dishwasher, new microwave and a new induction cooktop, all from Ikea (made my whirlpool).

[cidley69]

In the market for kitchen cabinets. Anyone have recent good experience with cabinet makers other than Ikea?

[ExtraSlow]

Ikea kitchen event? No. I don't know the date

[G-ZUS]

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In the market for kitchen cabinets. Anyone have recent good experience with cabinet makers other than Ikea?

I ended up going with HP woodworks for the cabinets. they are of decent quality and have had no major issues with them. However, when they get your money and install your cabinets, they ignore you

[msommers]

Legacy Kitchens

[bjstare]

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However, when they get your money and install your cabinets, they ignore you

I suspect that's because the job is finished.

[riander5]

I just bought a full ikea kitchen, was about 40% cheaper including countertops than a reasonably priced custom kitchen I had quoted.

Building it and installing over next 2 weeks. Will share pics.

Don't have the budget for full custom, I'm no aspenite. However my kids do not drink pop.. so maybe im halfway there

[ExtraSlow]

Ikea kitchen cabinets cannot be beat for value. Unless you go up to full solid wood, dovetail drawers kinda level.

[bjstare]

@ExtraSlow my ears were burning.

In case it's helpful for anyone else that comes across this thread, here's a couple pics of what dreamspace did for us (the faces are quartersawn black walnut; 4 years later, and I still regret not using a lighter stain to show more of the wood):





(ignore the poor alignment on the top of the door here, that got fixed before we moved back in)

[killramos]

All that money on cabinets and you kept that range?

[bjstare]

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All that money on cabinets and you kept that range?

Heck yes we did. It might not have red knobs, but it's actually really good - it's a Dacor from the pre-Samsung days. We'd have had to spend a lot of money to get something measurably better, and in a house we're not staying in for the long haul, it just didn't make sense.

[ExtraSlow]

I approve of that cabinetry.

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I also think appliances are the least interesting thing about a kitchen.

[killramos]

I like pretty appliances, and dated ones really turn me off regardless of how well they function.

[prae]

If you're looking for something in between IKEA and Legacy, we had an independent guy do beautiful cabinetry from https://www.ddcontractingltd.com/fine-cabinetry I cant say I'd recommend our installer (work was fine but the process of getting to the end result was a hassle), but the cabinetry was top notch for a very reasonable price. Worth paying them a visit for a discussion.

edit: to clarify, the installer we hired was unaffiliated with D&D, he just sourced the CNC-cut boxes & faces from D&D, and painted them himself.

I've installed ikea cabinetry and would generally agree, the quality is great for the price. I've also installed a fair bit of of https://cabinetsolutions.com/ and would probably choose them over IKEA for the ease of installing pre-assembled boxes.

Cabinet solutions bases with ikea el-cheapo sink & faux-butcher-block top


d&d contracting kitchen




pretty appliances for killy's benefit.


I really like the maple drawer boxes that come with cabinet solutions, a lot more than ikea's melamine-coated particleboard. But ikea's hardware, and general quality-of-construction is great for the price. if you aren't doing the labour yourself, I think the time savings of something like cabinet solutions ends up negating any additional cost versus IKEA.

IKEA cabinetry & melamine countertop in laundry, with a diy backsplash

[suntan]

Need to see if 89coupe says it's builder grade crap.

[prae]

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Need to see if 89coupe says it's builder grade crap.

I am the builder and I can confirm, am crap.

I'll also add, ikea's cleverness with drawers and small space storage is really top notch. For our small 1.5pc ensuite I did one of their floating vanities, and in that laundry cabinet, there are all these clever extra drawers.

You don't get that with cabinet solutions and even our legacy kitchen currently has none of the fancy small-space tricks that ikea employs.

[msommers]

That looks great man.

Plus that espresso setup

[Rarasaurus]

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I just bought a full ikea kitchen, was about 40% cheaper including countertops than a reasonably priced custom kitchen I had quoted.

Building it and installing over next 2 weeks. Will share pics.

Don't have the budget for full custom, I'm no aspenite. However my kids do not drink pop.. so maybe im halfway there

Are the horror stories of stock and delays now resolved at Ikea?