Ikea Cabinets- Hinges Question
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Comments (25)Remodelfla, yes you can make a 12" pullout per amberly's description. You don't necessarily have to use the pieces from a 12" cab to make the pullout, though-- you can trim the pieces from a 15" cab instead, and assemble the cab with deck screws. Either way will work, though it may be a little easier to make the cab square using the 12" cab parts. Since you are making your drawer and door fronts, you can make one tall door to use as the pullout. I would stick to Ikea's design of having one tall door as a pullout on the bottom and a shorter door on hinges on top-- pullouts up high are hard to see into without a stool. With custom drawer fronts you should not have to use any trim pieces. Moccasinlanding: Yes, you must purchase side panels for exposed sides, though you may substitute beadboard. The door and drawer fronts you use depend on how you want to configure the tall cab space. Several standard configurations are in the Ikea catalog, and if you order a standard configuration, the salesperson will tell you what you need in terms of add-ons like legs, hardware, etc. I think the planning software does that as well. However, I think two tall cabs flanking a DR window could be a bit overwhelming. How about doing base cabs with glass-fronted wall cabs stacked on top, to make each unit look like a hutch? The glass-fronted cabs could have lights inside, and hold your glassware and china....See Morequestions for Ikea cabinet owners...
Comments (21)We DIY'd the whole thing -- but we're big on DIY and were on a definite budget for our kitchen. If we had to factor in a price for assembly and install, we would have had to give up something else. I assembled all the cabinets and DH, my dad and I installed them. We have 9 base cabinets (all but one with deep drawers or pull-outs) and one wall cabinet. We didn't have any hacks/modifications, but we did pull the base cabinets out from the wall for a deeper countertop. DH had a week off of work after Christmas that year, and I had some days that week as well. So we were able to get all of it done fairly quickly. There is definitely a learning curve to it. The first cabinet probably took me 45 minutes to assemble, but after that it was very quick. Do invest in a cordless screwdriver (preferably one with a little light on it). You have lots of little screw posts to set and cam locks to tighten. Your wrists will thank you. Also, for the drawer cabinets, I installed the rails on the cabinet sides before I assembled the cabinet. That way they were flat and out in the light where I could see them and I wasn't crawling inside the dark cabinets in cramped quarters working against gravity. Definitely utilize the resources at IKEAFans - a wealth of knowledge over there. And don't hire a contracter who pooh-poohs the IKEA assembly/installation process. The system WORKS....See MoreNeed help with custom doors on ikea section cabinet. Hinge measurement
Comments (1)I bought a Haggeby white 18x30 door from Ikea for $3, and measured the distance from the top and bottom of door to the center of the cup to be 2.5". If I remember correctly, the distance from the side of the door is 5 mm. The cabinet shop that I used to do the boring had a machine to do boring for Blum hinges. My suggestion would be to take that $3 Ikea door along with the hinge to the shop that is doing the boring for you....See MoreIkea hinges -- old and new
Comments (0)Quick question - do new Ikea hinges work on old style Akurum cabinet doors?...See MoreJacqui N
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