Drawers are all the in thing right now. Somehow, I just cannot like them. Yes, I like drawers for towels etc, but, no, I do not want my pots and pans, and other kitchen things in drawers. I would just order the doors with shelfs in the cabinets. If you are really wanting drawers, then I would probably order them from the cabinet company, to make sure they are exactly right.

I do not care for pull-out drawers behind doors. They are twice the effort to get inside. I put in almost ALL drawers for my lower cabinetry. I agree with cpartist that they are super spacious and functional- especially for pots and pans. I'd put drawers everywhere you possibly can.

You're talking about putting roll-outs inside standard cupboards vs actual drawers? I would recommend not doing that if you have a choice. There is the reason Kim gave-twice the effort, but also because of the waste of space.This is a cabinet we had in our old house as seen from the back after we took it out. It was originally a standard lower cabinet that we had converted to roll-outs (a gift from my MIL). While that was an improvement over getting down on the floor and unloading the shelf to find whatever, it wasn't what I would choose in new cabinetry. Look at all the wasted space on the sides! If your new cabinets are frameless, it wouldn't be this bad, but you still have to fully open the doors to pull out a shelf/drawer.

Think about putting your dishes in lower drawers too. We've moved from this house, but in our new kitchen we have the dishes in a drawer in the island across from the DW. Love it!

You aren’t working with a real Kitchen Designer, or a brand worth using. You need to put the brakes on right now. RTA is 99% cheepchinesecrapola. Having roll outs instead of drawers is a Big Red Flag.

I am not sure what your question is.

Drawers on lowers are much more functional than pull out shelves behind cabinet doors. Most modern kitchen designs incorporate as many lower drawers as possible.

If you are having roll out drawers installed behind cabinet doors, then I would opt for having them purchase and installed when you order cabinets. I am having mostly lowers with drawers but I do have two lowers with roll outs because it was a case of form over function and there was minimal functionality lost by having two rollouts behind doors in that spot.

If you are talking about inserts - i.e. knife dividers; spice dividers and the ilk, it generally makes economic and functional sense to just buy on the aftermarket. They are less expensive and also you will be able to get exactly what you find you need for optimum functionality. I am only having a knife rack and a special insert for the silver built in by my cabinet maker. The silver insert will be lined with the stuff that silverware boxes are and hopefully, will inspire me to actually use the silver every day since I don't have to drag out the box it is currently located in :-)

As to brands, my understanding is the quality of IKEA RTA cabinets is probably better than the RTA brands you are considering.

If you can, I would design the layout with all real drawers for the base cabinets. It isn't an "in thing". It is the most practical and useful design for most kitchens. All my lowers are drawers except for my sink cabinets and a corner super susan.

My parents didn't want to spend money for drawers on an island where they were going to store pots/pans. My Dad retrofitted a roll out, which wasn't easy to use and finally gave up and ordered drawers for that cabinet. They should have just gone with drawers from the start ... they don't listen to me sometimes! ;-) At least they listened to me when I told them to install many more recessed light than they had in their last build and they are glad they did.

if its between Ikea and RTA - go IKea - get a new contractor if yours cant do Ikea - its simple, just requires some slight thought :)

Yikes! There isn't anything better than drawers unless you enjoy getting down on hand and pulling everything out of the cabinet to get to the item you need. Oh, you don't need access to that item at the back of the bottom cabinet that often? No worries, when you do, it's easy to access with the drawers. My DH, who is oblivious to almost everything kitchen related has commented numerous times about the functionality of the drawers. In particular, he loves the coffee mugs stored in a drawer below the coffee machine, and also loves the dinnerware in drawers, neither of which are typically stored in base cabinets. I do have a couple rollouts, but that's only because I needed a different height it one (20") cabinet, and to adjust the drawer height would have bothered me more than the rollout.