Go to the IKEA store. You won't see it. I was looking at the kitchen display today since some stuff I needed were on sale. I did not see the white box behind the dark doors. They had end panels on both sides of the cabinet.

If you google the blog "House Tweaking" you'll see her Akurum dark wood doors/drawer fronts with white cabinet boxes. She has mentioned once or twice since Sektion came out how much she wishes the dark boxes were available when they did their kitchen. The white shows through in a few places and it bothers her a bit. It probably just depends on how much that type of thing irks you. I'd probably do white boxes with dark fronts because I like the cabinet interiors to be bright to maybe make it easier to find things.

It's hard to know if it's going to bother you or not until it's installed. But, back in ye olde Akurum times, when white or birch boxes were the only option, some people used peel and stick edge banding to match their doors if there was a big contrast. That might be an option if it turns out there's a lot of white showing.

Just like kristensgc says, we changed the colour where it showed (just around our dishwasher). We just painted it, but edge banding would look much more professional. We had the fake birch boxes in our old kitchen and changed to white this time and I love having white - all my dishes look better and I can find things easier. Our kitchen is not IKEA, but same idea.

I did IKEA cabinets in a basement in my last house. The boxes were birch, the doors dark, so I used edge banding. The process was kind of annoying, but it looked great when done.

Thanks all, I will be stopping by the store just to check this out but I believe they did not have any displays of dark fronts with white boxes when I looked.

Duke girl thanks for your photos your cabinets are beautiful and your pictures set my mind at ease!

I also chose the white boxes because I like bright clean interiors, and because I expect these cabinets to last a lifetime if the color and style get tired we could easily change the fronts in future and white will go with anything.

Does IKEA sell the peel and stick edge trim? That might be perfect for any spots that stick out. Or I could just use black since the cabinets are so dark.

Whew, thanks for all your reassurances!

Yes, def edge band, finishes the look.

quick search here can tell you which type/brand size.

get more than you think you need, better off just buying the big roll up front than to order more when you run out, like we did.

I banded anything that didn't move :)

I don't think IKEA sells it. This is the kind that we bought. If you do decide to go that route, I have an extra roller and trimmer that I'd be happy to send you. I bought two of each back when I thought someone was going to be helping me renovate the kitchen.

yup, that's what we used. loved it.

I think you are probably not alone. Before switching to gray cabinets, we had briefly planned the medium brown (grimslav brown) doors. When I met with the ikea installation subcontactor, which also offers a little design help, their representative seemed to want to pair the fronts with white interiors.

I didn't really press her for why she defaulted to white with dark cabinets, but she seemed to have a preference for it.

Back in the Ikeafans day and Akurum, we used white frames with the espresso slab doors for our bathroom vanity. We couldn't see the white. As mentioned above, we would have used color matched iron-on edge banding if we had seen the white.

By using the banding, it allows you more room for error when installing the doors.

You can see all the banding in this picture: Amanda's appliance garage.

This is very helpful! I am facing the same dilemma. I've chosen the Jutis frosted glass doors and the glossy gray Ringhult panels for the sides. But I could not decide on the white vs. the brown cabinet boxes. I was considering the brown boxes, but I was concerned about it being too dark on the insides. After reading this, I'm now leaning toward the white boxes, and possibly using the edge band around the fronts -- perhaps in a metalic/gray color to match the aluminum doors. I'll be happy to share photos once it's complete. Thanks to all for your input!

I think your choice is same as Jenn L.'s kitchen. See link below. It looks awesome!

Jenn L's kitchen reveal

Our cabinets are in and they look fabulous - we don't see any white edges. I'm glad we went with the white boxes, the interiors are nice and bright. I'll probably buy some edge banding and perfect any areas that bug me later, but the only white I can see right now is the sides of cabinets where appliances are to be installed. We decided to put deco trim under the uppers, too - so when we are sitting down at the dining table we don't see all the white bottoms of the cabinets. Alternately you could get cover panels cut to fit the bottoms.

On our white Ikea interiors I put some plastic liner so that it didn't get marked up. They do have clear rolls of it at Ikea if you decide to do that.

Yes I have the liner material, I've always used it - and utensils will be in the bamboo organizers!

Can't wait to see it. That's gonna look so nice!