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IKEA Sektion in person view

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

Recently saw the new IKEA line of kitchen cabinets and was seriously disappointed - as was the friend with me to whom I had previously raved about IKEA cabinets. Many cabinets looked and felt quite cheap. The under sink cabinets were all whobbly and unstable. The drawers were really not drawers, but rather were pull out cabinets. The boxes to use within the "pull outs" frequently wasted space and just seemed somewhat silly to have to use. It was quite the disappointment to view this new line!

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Danielle Gottwig

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

We'll be getting old-style doors on our sink cabinet too. I may install a pull out with a separate sliding mechanism on one side.

miruca, I get what you mean about the door sides being lower than you expected. At first, I was sure I needed lots of the deep, 10" drawers to hold my gear; without sides, the 5" looked shallow to me. I later measured (and brought bowls, etc. from home), and realized the 5" drawers were actually perfect for a lot things. But I had to measure and test it to convince myself this was true.

Functionally, I am not sure this matters too much. Very small items probably want some kind of in-drawer organizer. So it's mostly an aesthetic problem.

That said, benjesbride, there are drawer sides one can buy? How did I miss this on my 100 Ikea visits? That sounds like a nice little addition to have.

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Danielle Gottwig
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
DH was also suspicious of the sink pull outs (at least those with the taller and wider panels), which have a lot of "flex" and looked to him like the thing our son was most likely to break. I have spoken with an ikea installer who confirms that it is the single item that bothers people the most when they test run the new kitchen after installation, because they often notice the wobbliness of them for the first time at home, having missed it in-store. I did like the smaller trash-pull outs.

For us, this was the exception to the rule, however. I liked the other features very well and are planning to install sektion. I'm not sure that I understand the difference between a "real drawer" and a small pull out cabinet - but perhaps that's only because I'm looking at the endgame (it slides out and organizes things!).

Do you not like the ikea in-drawer organizers? Or do you mean you don't like the drawers-within-drawer cabinets? These are a spin off of the more standard deep drawers + narrow drawer on top cabinets, which are still available.
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miruca
Original Author
8 years ago
Historian - I like a drawer to have sufficient enough sides that I do not need to use in-drawer organizers for dishes or most other items. I did not care for the IKEA in-drawer organizers. Overall - the look, feel, and function of the new line felt like a low quality product. The wobbliness of the sink cabinets was stunning .. hard to believe anyone could miss that at least at the IKEA we were at!
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sheloveslayouts
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
We just got doors on our sink base instead of a pullout. I didn't like how the 36" pullouts felt either.

ikea offers sides for drawers, they're just optional. They're clear, so I didn't even know about them until I worked with a salesperson to buy our cabinets and she asked me if I wanted them.
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sheloveslayouts
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Here's a link to one size of the drawer sides:

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/30238859/

and a sink base with doors only

http://m.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/art/30238859/
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sheloveslayouts
8 years ago
If you didn't end up with a savvy salesperson when you went to buy your cabinets, you'd probably never catch those clear drawer sides.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
8 years ago
Of course an uninstalled cabinet feels "wobbly and unstable". When they're ganged together, screwed to the wall, and have a top on, not so much.
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