IKEA cabinets with custom doors?
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Comments (7)I read the link of particle board boxes and plywood boxes. I as a person who receives particle board cabinets and plywood cabinets (we offer both when it is available from the companies we have). I can tell you particle board cabinets are very easy to break during shipping particularly when they are sent stacked on a pallet picked up by a forklift... The cabinet on the bottom breaks when the pallet bows from being picked up by the forklift. It has happened every time the cabinets are particle board construction. Many cabinet makers to save money do not build the back of the cabinet all the way to the floor it sits on. They stop it at the bottom of the usable interior deck if you will.... That makes the sides 4.5" longer then the back in many of the henry ford brands such as American Woodmark etc..... The back corners of the sides break off all the time on the base cabinets like that.... Many less expensive cabinets are glued and stapled together as well. The staples do not hold near as well in the particle board either.... I have worked with one ready to assemble Chinese cabinet that was particle board boxes which was glued and stapled. They are not nearly as easy to staple as the plywood cabinets that company offered at a higher price with nicer looking doors.. The particle board cabinets would chip and bubble where the particle board would crumble from the staple under the laminated skin over the particle board on the outside..... Particle board has many of the same properties of plywood but does not have the elegance of real wood.... Every house I go to for a remodel measure and quote I can tell if the cabinets are particle board because the sides are totally different in color then the doors and frames.... The sides of particle board cabinets have a man made surface referred to as melamine.... It is like wall paper with a wood pattern. That material does not look similar to the wood components that are stained... Again they may hold up the same over time holding countertops and the like but do not look nearly as nice..... Some cabinet companies you can have a finished end on a particle board cabinet which adds a very thin outer layer on the cabinet box ends that is a natural wood with the same stain. This would look better over time..... I tell people I meet if you need to save money consider particle board boxes if available. If you can afford it the long term look of the kitchen with minor moisture sun light etc will look better when all the components are the same material instead of mixing man made surfaces with mother natures.... A plywood drawer box is not as well made as solid wood box that has dove tail corners.... I would consider that very carefully. Ikea would come with a metal box which would hold up well over time.. The plywood drawer box would be the most likely to come apart over time compared to a metal box or a solid wood box.... Most companies the wood box is the only way you can get......See Morecustomizing Ikea drawers and door fronts
Comments (11)Understand that if you only had Blum to look at, you would be farther ahead. Blum is the source of all things Ikea-ey in terms of Ikea's kitchen base cabinets, the Blum drawers that Ikea sells, and the drawer heights that ARE available to you when you merely install the raw un-doored drawer that you get when you buy an Ikea (Blum) drawer. Drawer fronts are a different animal. The 3 sizes of Ikea drawers are not Blum-determined, Blum-decided, Blum-dictated. They are not Blum-ey. They are an ikea internal marketing committee decision. They are a bad choice for YOU but they are a good choice for the ikea marketing person who has to justify to the rest of ikea what to manufacture ship stock track and promote. If you were "ikea" you would sell a reduced set like this too. Do not buy these sizes. Unless they suit you. Looking in Blum brochures and catalogs you may begin to see images of these OTHER size options you have. Call Blum. See Blum web site. Act as if Blum were the only source. Then, use Ikea as a dumb hardware store that gives dumb advice but has the item you'll buy. In an ikea store, look underneath to see the overhang created when the three ikea standard size drawer fronts get clipped onto the Blum drawer. Then, look at the exact opposite: the aluminum internal drawer front (another ikea option). unixisgoodforyou, it's fine to limit yourself to the 32mm spacing of the predrilled holes on thecabinet side. This spacing corresponds to the spacing that Blum drawers use. ((Again, consult Blum not ikea)). If you wanted to put a batch of the shallowest-possible drawers inside one cabinet, the middle ones would be about 3.5" in height. Call Blum and ask about this; it's not an Ikea question. Whether or not this will mean that your highest one will be 3.5"h or 3.75" or whatever will depend on details that you will see when you purchase a single "rraw" drawer and play with it. Also, it might depend on your countertop, or on the wood bracing inside the cabinet (which I removed, in my case, because the flat steel countertop frame is my cross-bracing). Only Blum is Blum. No ikea employee is ever going to know as much as a Blum employee. Do not think about Ikea. Pretend Ikea does not exist; plan everything as though Blum were the only thing. At the last minute go buy the drawers at Ikea. End of story. Here is an example of an ikea hardware search: rationell+deep = Blum drawers and ikea drawer front (if you want a "front" of that height. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/?query=rationell%2Bdeep In the ikea search engine, i used keywords : rationell+deep Here is the SHALLOW internal drawer front. It goes onto any M height Blum drawer (of the Tandembox type) which you might purchase from any other source of M height Tandembox by Blum. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40132391 Tandembox is roughly from pages 200 to 350 of the Blum bible. Tandembox drawers come in heights N, M, B, K, etc. It is more efficient to buy one Ikea drawer instead of reading catalogs. There do exist some differences between some of the Blum Tandembox products and the Ikea version of Blum Tandembox. It might be good to know these differences. But it is not important yet. Now you are at the stage where you are planning height(s). There are no differences in terms of drawer heights or slider mechanisms. In the unadorned "raw" drawer. A "raw" drawer purchased at Ikea is a kit containing many Blum parts and no other parts from any other company. Onto a drawer you can attach ANY size drawer front, made by anyone.It could overhang or it could be sized "just right". When you buy the drawer at Ikea, it comes with the attaching clips that will hold a drawer front onto it. It's a kit. When you order Blum parts from any supplier of Blum parts, you can order these clips separately. There are millions of these clips available for free in the "As-Is" section of Ikea because the clips are unnecessary when you attach the internal drawer front. Here is a link that might be useful: SHALLOW internal drawer front that goes onto a Blum M...See MoreIKEA/Scherrs toe kick question
Comments (15)We did the same as S Half. We were going to buy wooden toe kicks and paint them and install ourselves, but decided to try an Ikea toe kick first. It looked fine and was so much easier to install by clipping them on to the legs. Our floor was extremely uneven and we had to trim them a bit but it was still much less work than making them ourselves. And it was cheaper than ordering from Scherr's. The color is not a 100% perfect match but because of shadows/light you would never notice the difference....See MoreAnyone price both Scherrs and Barkers RTA cabinets
Comments (5)I'll speak up for Scherr's. My kitchen was complicated. I needed the help of both a professional independent kitchen designer and Leon Scherr to do it correctly. If you have a simple design or you are completely confident in your computer skills, Barker's has an excellent reputation. They were having some issues with paint finish a few months ago. I hope those issues have been resolved. Personally, I found the website ordering system to be too complicated and I wasn't certain I had everything I needed. After completing the process with Scherr's, I know I wasn't getting everything I needed with the Barker's system. If you have a more complex design or need special elements such as moldings, finishes, custom colors, toe kicks, etc. Scherr's is a completely custom manufacturer. I wanted it done right the first time. I was willing to pay to get exactly what I wanted and needed the first time. That's why I went with Scherr's. It's a simple phone call. Leon was always available, always helpful and answered a million questions. Barker's is strictly do it yourself. Chad will answer email questions, but that is the extent of the customer service. There were issues that developed and being able to place phone call for a quick answer instead of a half a dozen email really saved on time and effort. I know cost is always important, but so is time and effort. I don't know if I spent more because I went with Scherr's. But, I do know that the process was painless and done correctly the first time. Call Leon, he can help you with the process and give you a good idea of the process and cost. Fill out the basic form, send him a rendering of your floor plan and it will give him an idea of what you are trying to accomplish. Scherr's was outstanding. I love my kitchen and I love these cabinets....See Moreremodelfla
12 years agoAwesome and not at all hard to do. They pre-bore the holes for you. We got the premium QS oak with just a clear coat. I have a thing for the beauty of natural wood which is why we paid extra for the premium. The extra flecks and graining dont show up so much on pics but truly wonderful in person. Here's few pics (and sorry to those who have seen them a dozen times) Oh... and we're not done. Have taken like a 5 month hiatus!
And just cause it pleases me... a closeup of some of the flecking.
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