are you happy with the quality? We have the funds to finally renovate our kitchen (yay!), but while I want it to look great and function well, we don't want to break the bank.
I really like the gray cabinet and I like the sile stone options they sell. I just don't want it to look cheap, know what I mean? I am fairly certain our first house's kitchen was re-done at Ikea, at least for the counters and backslash. Not sure about the cabinets.
The cabinets in my apartment are ikea. They're about 4 years old and we've been there 2 years. They look nice and have no issues with opening and closing etc. HOWEVER, the base of the cabinet--a piece of "wood" that sits at the very bottom of cabinet and touches the floor--pops out very easily. Like, when I wipe the cabinets or sweep and bump into bottom on floor, it frequently pops off.
We just did a full kitchen reno with Ikea cabinets and appliances. We got our counters elsewhere. We LOVE them. We did everything in Bodbyn grey and while it's only been 9 months, it all looks great. I think we did everything for $5k, giver or take. It was during their 20% off sale, though, so it would have been considerably more.
We redid our kitchen with IKEA cabinets and pulls. We were only there for a year but we loved them. The quality was much higher than in our new house, which was also redone but through a big box store. And I think IKEA has its annual mega-sale on kitchens going on right now? Plan to go without the kids.
Also, get a good contractor who is familiar with IKEA cabinets or is willing to deal with the fact that they arrive in a million little pieces.
ETA: photos . These are weird realtor photos that are distorted, and everything interesting has been removed, but you get the idea. The total cost for 12 cabinets, hardware, toekicks, spacers, etc. was just under $3K.
Post by fortnightlily on Jan 15, 2016 15:46:55 GMT -5
We did IKEA cabinets back in 2013. Still happy with them. I think they're as good as anything else you're going to get unless you go significantly higher budget, like springing for all-wood, custom, etc. I didn't think the ones we looked at at Home Depot were any better for costing more. Plus I love the range of IKEA's options for drawers, pull-outs, etc.
Post by fortnightlily on Jan 15, 2016 15:48:23 GMT -5
Oh, and if you sign up for the IKEA Family card you get 90-day price protection. We bought our cabinets in between kitchen sales and were able to go back later for a refund of the difference.
I do not have an Ikea kitchen but the blog HouseTweaking has featured a series of kitchens done with Ikea stuff (including hers). They are interesting to read through and see what people like/don't like.
We were just at Ikea last night. We are talking about how if we have to remodel a kitchen, we'll do Ikea this time. The prices were very reasonable and the quality looked good. When we did our last remodel (about 8 years ago) we were hesitant and ultimately decided against it. We've changed our minds.
There used to be a site called Ikeafans and it had great kitchen designs on it. Ikea shut them down, though.
the base of the cabinet--a piece of "wood" that sits at the very bottom of cabinet and touches the floor--
That's called a toekick or a toe kick board. This piece in our rental apartment looks like something chewed it, and I had a time googling solutions to temporarily make it look better until I finally discovered its name.
Congrats on finally doing the Reno! It's the best feeling to love your kitchen! I gave done 3 ikea kitchens and about 12 Ikea bathrooms, and I have no issues with them BUT you have to know your stuff to 'pull off' an ikea Reno. What you see in the show rooms and catalogs are very hard to achieve if you are not a skilled renovator or contractor, and are on average double the price per foot they advertise once you do kick plates, gables, crown, etc. plus you have to pay for install or do it yourself. I would highly recommend first tLking to local kitchen cabinet suppliers, you may be pleasantly surprised at the price of their product and they usually include install in their quotes. I typically only use ikea when I'm under a tight time frame. But again, the product is good, just a massive headache. Feel free to pm if you want specific info or pics/cost of a couple of my ikea kitchens
I don't have IKEA cabinets, but I read somewhere that there's a company that will make other custom cabinet door fronts to fit IKEA's if you don't find what you're looking for in IKEA's offerings. Thought that was a nice option.
I don't have IKEA cabinets, but I read somewhere that there's a company that will make other custom cabinet door fronts to fit IKEA's if you don't find what you're looking for in IKEA's offerings. Thought that was a nice option.
Scherrs is one. There are others, too, whose names I can't remember.
the base of the cabinet--a piece of "wood" that sits at the very bottom of cabinet and touches the floor--
That's called a toekick or a toe kick board. This piece in our rental apartment looks like something chewed it, and I had a time googling solutions to temporarily make it look better until I finally discovered its name.
Congrats on finally doing the Reno! It's the best feeling to love your kitchen! I gave done 3 ikea kitchens and about 12 Ikea bathrooms, and I have no issues with them BUT you have to know your stuff to 'pull off' an ikea Reno. What you see in the show rooms and catalogs are very hard to achieve if you are not a skilled renovator or contractor, and are on average double the price per foot they advertise once you do kick plates, gables, crown, etc. plus you have to pay for install or do it yourself. I would highly recommend first tLking to local kitchen cabinet suppliers, you may be pleasantly surprised at the price of their product and they usually include install in their quotes. I typically only use ikea when I'm under a tight time frame. But again, the product is good, just a massive headache. Feel free to pm if you want specific info or pics/cost of a couple of my ikea kitchens
yo holly! welcome back!
What's up!!?! I like the new name ? how'd your kitchen turn out?? I missed all the Reno updates
Post by katietornado on Jan 15, 2016 17:27:53 GMT -5
Holy shit yes. We just finished ours. We are in love with it. I'll try and find some photos on my phone.
If you do this on your own, be prepared to make 2 or 3 extra trips to Ikea to get things that you missed / forgot. We misplaced some hinges and had to go back and get those. Then we had these extra cover panels that it turned out we didn't need. And our one wall cabinet didn't come with freakin shelves inside (they're sold separately because Ikea).
Anyway, we spent under $3K on cabinets. We had a contractor quote us $15K for custom cabinets (and that was materials only). We're just not that fancy.
As for the Caesarstone that Ikea sells, we found it to be priced similarly to our local stone place. Ikea just contracts it out, so we decided to go it our own way, so we'd have more control over the finished product. We are super in love with it. It's maintenance free, nearly impossible to stain, and so beautiful.
We did my kitchen in ikea a few years ago. We did the plain white (akrum) because I just wanted plain white. My fronts are peeling and look terrible. Even drawers or doors that only get used occasionally are. Other than that I love them.
We only did our quartz countertop and butcher block ( which I custom stained) with IKEA . Their price per sq foot for Caesarstone installed was like 25% of quotes from local contractors.
I'd imagine it varies from store to store, but ordering our counters with the store here was a nightmare. The associate just had a very hard time with figuring out square footage.
Our problem was the subcontractors they sent out to do the install. The first one installed our farm sink and there were 3/4" gaps in either side of the sink. When I complained about it they filled the gap in with PAPER TOWELS and then put white caulk on top of the paper towels.
I had to call IKEA and yell at them for sending subcontractors like that to my home.
They sent out another group of subs who did a better job, but one piece still isn't cut properly and makes the cabinet sleeve for our fridge bow in towards the fridge a bit. We just decided to live with it because it was such a hassle all around.
I can't imagine ordering an entire kitchen from IKEA. I know you can pay extra to have them help you, but the entire process just seems riddled with headaches.
Maybe try Home Depot, a local cabinet supplier and Lowe's for cabinets. We used Home Depot for KraftMaid cabinets and they were always very knowledgable. You might be pleasantly surprised at the cost from suppliers other than IKEA.