I recently ordered our cabinets from Ikea in preparation for our kitchen remodel this winter/spring (ordered now to take advantage of the countertop sale that through the end of November). We'll be using custom doors simply because ikea doesn't offer a style we liked. Its funny that people can look at the exact same product and have completely different perceptions. We've been wanting to do our kitchen for a few years and now after deciding we will be staying in this house for the forseeable future decided we would do it now, but within a reasonable budget. The standard "good" cabinet lines are not inexpensive. Standard cabinet construction in these lines includes particle board boxes & shelves with solid wood doors (and solid wood face frames if not frameless). I looked at some "upper end" cabinets and still, the standard constructon is particle board for boxes & shelves and solid wood doors & drawers. Sure, you can upgrade to plywood boxes but for our use I don't see why we would. Our current cabinets are 30 years old with 1/2" particle board boxes that have not deteriorated - a little bit of sagging in a few spots but generally in good shape. I find it funny that ikea kitchen cabinets get a bad wrap for not being constructed of "solid" wood when in fact most kitchen cabinets are not made of "solid" wood. When I looked at the ikea cabinets I was impressed. I saw very solid boxes & shelves made of 3/4" particle board, soft close doors & drawers standard - yes the drawers are not dove tailed wood but truthfully, even though a dovetail joint is extremely strong, the main point of using it in a drawer is for aesthetic purposes. The drawers themselves are screwed to the drawer face as are the ikea metal drawers. Our current 30 year old stapled plywood drawers have not fallen apart in 30 years - I don't think dovetailed construction could have done any better than that. I can appreciate why someone would want solid wood drawers but we are choosing to spend our money elsewhere. As far as the doors, ikea has cheap ones, and they have some nice wood doors if you like the styles (I'm not sure the durability of the finish would be as good as with a typical catalyzed finish you would get in a more tradition cabinet however). Personally - I see ikea as a great value on a good cabinet box & hardware - that we can customize. For our kitchen (which I recently posted a thread on), the cabinets with all hardware minus legs & door fronts came in slightly less than $2500. Had we ordered the most expensive style door that ikea offers, the total would have been around $5500. I am expecting our custom doors / drawer fronts to run around $3500-4000 or $500-1000 more than using ikea doors. For us, this was the best value, especially since i can do the install myself. We only have 1 other piece of ikea furniture in our house and thats an entertainment center down in the basement. The quality is OK, nothing to write home about, but a good value for what we are using it for. The kitchen cabinets are constructed much better than this piece. If they weren't, I wouldn't be using them.

This whole situation must be so frustrating. Follow the $ to find the responsible party. Is this what happen? Client /homeowner hires GC to do kitchen then GC suggests a cabinet/ countertop place. Client pays GC GC pays cabinet/countertop place. Who installed the countertop/ cabinet place or GC? If the cabinet/ countertop placed failed it falls back on the GC to fix it with that cabinet company or take a loss & fix it to the client who hired & paid GC. The GC is suppose to manage their subs. If a sub fails, it falls back on GC. The GC should of inspect the sub installed work with client before releasing full payment. At least in theory this would of been the timeline. Unfortunately, the cabinet company got paid pre-maturely before the job was finished to satisfaction. I think that falls back on GC. Hopefully a Pro will chime in & explain more on the way it is suppose to work, so you can find a solution. I am not trying to start the blame game. Just trying to help figure out who needs to step up & fix this once for all. There is no excuse for those hole cuts in your cabinets. The crown into windows, bad enough the fridge...good grief! That is absurb & got me so frustrated for you, I had to write this. Focus to the responsible party client hired. I would have a factual, polite conversation with the responsible party about how to fix it all by a reasonable time. Give them a chance to fix it. Reason with the reasonible. If they are not making any effort to fix it then seek legal counsel. I would not treaten with court or lawyer until it's the last option. Focus on positive solutions. I hope some good news happens soon.

@JuneKnow, are you really live_wire_oak, who no longer has an active account on here? I see that you consistently post with ProSource Memphis and Celadon on the same threads and you sound suspiciously similar. Unless you have recently purchased, installed or have been directly involved with CLIQ I see no value in denigrating a company that is employing American workers who are trying to take care of their families and put food on the table. Have you not noticed that we are in the middle of a pandemic and millions of people are out of work? What is your motivation in trying to negatively impact this business? You did the same thing to Wellborn on another thread. Let real users share their experiences. I do believe that forum members are smart enough to do their own research and make up their own minds. @millworkman, I read this thread last night and saw Cliq's response and now see that it is deleted. I did not consider it SPAM, but their right to defend their company against anonymous persons sitting behind a keyboard and bashing their company.

How about moving the chair to the other side of the modern sideboard? Move the sideboard to the right to make room for it, but angle the chair so it faces the opposite corner angle, and leave the lamp on the left end of the sideboard — but with a chair at that end of the sideboard it looks functional. I think you need white baskets in the sideboard and anything else you can do to unite the white round rug and the big black mass (white ceramic pulls for the drawers? Black and white art on the wall? I think your green chest is too low. All of these highboys are on Chairish for under $2000 (one as low as $1400) You could that chest for storage, including shoes, and you might find having ottoman’s like these useful if you have kids who need to take shoes on and off at the door. Buy as many as you ned in all one color or a mix and they can be arranged in creative ways to be a good fit for your stairway angle They are sold by Grandinroad (called Tilda ottomans)