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Comments (66)carsonheim The cal door quote is unfinished solid maple. We were having everything site finished so it all would match but I'm thinking they offer primed doors for not much more. I hope you have as great an experience as we've had! I think it all depends on how devoted your crew is... our guys are just rock stars. They NEVER cut corners, even when I think they should! :) imjustagirl I do have some new pictures... site finishing has begun! I was planning on starting a new thread since this is getting long. Stay tuned....See MoreDesign Help - Ikea Super Hack (cross-post)
Comments (13)Marina - That media console is Four Hands. They do a lot of reclaimed and unusual stuff. And thanks for the sites for art... I'll have to start browsing now because I have a feeling it's gonna take a lot of searching to get DH and I to agree on anything right now! ;) powermuffin - I think that's utterly lovely and I love creamy walls but DH is officially dead set against any hint of yellow. Sigh. But, all is good because I'm really finally starting to embrace the blue. Maybe I'll add some pops of orange. Maybe he'll like that... jujubean - It's not discontinued... it's still there but now I'm sad because they have all sorts of NEW STUFF just in the last few weeks. Ah well, that's why I should never look again once decisions are made! Here is the link to the Hinkley (Wingate Collection) fixture. Hinkley Link And, the media console is Four Hands. Speaking of Hinkley - LOL... we picked up the rest of our lighting today. I just had to snap a photo. There are only 8 fixtures still on back-order of over 100 (we did very few can lights). Here is a 10 x 10 storage unit!...See More36" Ikea Sink base w/ double drawer front--pulls/trash?
Comments (9)Terri, I have a head cold so my thinking is not 100% clear today. :-) I'm going to hopefully answer your question and not be confusing. (I'm not sure of my chances with this!) If you are talking about combining drawer fronts (regardless of whether or not they are 18" or 36") then it would look like the first picture in this post (but wider if 36"). That would involve connecting the drawer fronts with this Ikea part: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20277436/ I don't see any reason you couldn't combine the drawer fronts and drill hinge holes to make the combined drawer fronts in to doors. We used custom fronts in our Ikea kitchen, but we were able to drill the hinge holes ourselves in a few cover panels and it was not difficult. The important thing would be to make sure you put the connectors in a place that don't conflict with the hinge holes. (Probably moving them in a little bit. Or, a possibly much simpler solution would be to buy 2 18"x20" doors and two 18" by 10" drawer fronts. You could attach the 10" tall drawer fronts permanently to the sink base, so they don't move.It shouldn't interfere much with the access to cabinet, since the sink will be taking up the top of the cabinet. Then you could attach the two 18"x20" tall doors as regular doors with hinges and you could put the handle anywhere and even use the cup pulls and make them look like drawers if you want. Maybe you don't mind the idea of pull outs under the sink. But if you are not putting your trash there, it seems like the pull outs are more inconvenient for under sink access. I personally like having the doors there. I don't think hacking the cabinet/fronts in either of these ways would be too difficult. So if you think doors would be better, you can make it work. At the very least I would consider whether you want to do a 36" pull out versus 2 18". The really wide pull outs felt really awkward to me at the Ikea store. If you do 18" pull outs you can add a small piece of wood at the bottom to make that happen as is demonstrated in some of pippabean's links....See MoreNew to Kitchens? Read Me First! (2020 Interim, Try #2)
Comments (3)All my other threads have now mysteriously re-appeared (i.e., I suspect the Houzz bug has been fixed). Let's use the first one I created and let this thread slowly fade away. Here's the one to go to: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5972404/new-to-kitchens-read-me-first-2020-interim#n=1...See MoreBuehl
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