You may absolutely purchase Ikea cabinets without doors either online or in person, whichever you prefer. Each cabinet is really a collection of, say,10 items, each with a part #. At the store, a kitchen person will add the cabinet you want in a Harlig door, for example, and then go in and just remove the door, leaving the other 9 items in your cart. If you go this route, double check size, configuration, and frame color (birch or white) while they're typing it in. Mistakes happen. If you're doing this online, simply select the item you want in the configuration you want, and click on the "Show dimensions, weight and article numbers" link. Then copy each article number into the search button at the top of the page, and the item will appear. Buy it online. Repeat with the next 9 part #s. When you come to a door, just don't buy it. GW is great for some types of info, but you should really check out the Ikeafans web site for more guidance. In order to use Barker doors, you will need the measurements for the doors. You can find these on the Ikea web site if you look hard enough, or you can check out the Ikeafans link below. You'll have to look up info on hinge cup cut out size and location. Barker will cut them wherever you want them, but you need to know what to select/ask for. It is worth comparing the cost of a Barker Cabinet vs. Ikea/Barker Door. For ordinary cabs there's not that big a savings to be had with Ikea. For tall pantry/oven cabinets, or corner cabinets, the difference is substantial. Also, when ordering through Barker Door, make sure to take note of the maximum door width that differs among styles. Good Luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Measurements

We ordered replacement doors for our island from Barker Cabinet Doors Online: http://www.barkerdoor.com/ It was a simple process. We just measured our existing doors and ordered the style we wanted. They arrived quickly. (They advertise 6-8 business days, and I think they were right on.) We installed the doors with hidden hinges. If we had it to do again, we would have bought the hidden hinges from them and had them drill the holes. But they're all installed now and look beautiful.

I have Barker slab doors in hard white maple veneer and they are beautiful. I've sanded the doors but not finished them. Here's the thing. I expected there would be no seams in my doors, at least in part because the doors can only be 23" wide (unless you special order), and veneers come in wider widths. For two of the doors that was correct. For the other two, there were veneer seams that ran the length of the doors. My guess is that unless you have book matched seams (Barker doesn't offer this), you will end up with some of your doors having seams that are visible to you. Barker's seams are probably consistent with industry standards, and may be hard to detect when the doors are finished, but I see them in maple, and you will probably notice them even more in a door veneered with a stronger grain, like quarter sawn oak. Maybe you should ask them about it before you order.

I got 2 doors for our hallway cabinets from Barker. Front side paint looks good. Rear is a little dirty but worse of all was the numbers scribed on both of them. Is this normal for custom door orders? I've emailed them but haven't heard back. This is sort a bummer because we were planning on using them for our kitchen. Is Scherr's any better or should we look into a local builder?