IKEA top range appliances UK - Good or Bad?
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Comments (23)Hi LTS So are you in Hertford then? As your previous kitchen came from David Dewing. I think you should come and see me!☺ As I say be careful with Howdens kitchens, they are the very bottom of the market in terms of quality etc. Their business model is all designed around suppling product to builders and chippys. No disrespect to your friends husband, but there are carpenters and then there are kitchen fitters, and I have several kitchen fitters that that have customers contact them directly and they tell them to come and see me as they know the customer will get a properly designed kitchen that is good value and they get to fit a decent quality product that is designed to fit the space exactly. I don't pay a commission or anything to these fitters, I just recommend them for a few fits a year. So another angle could be that we supply you with a kitchen and your friends husband fits it, I'm sure it would open his eyes to hopefully a better way! I realise that I am getting a bit ahead of myself here, but it would probably be worthwhile at least you giving me a call tomorrow for a chat. CK...See MoreFurniture and decor shopping in the UK?
Comments (61)@Nekul I have to be honest, the answer to my dilemma was: I stopped shopping haha I genuinely have bought very little since making this post, simply because I couldn't find what I'm after. The most likely places for me to spot the odd piece I like are Sweetpea & Willow (not exactly affordable), Swoon and Rockett St George. I occasionally buy from Maisons Du Monde or La Redoute but both don't offer value for money (or a great shopping experience - items lost in transit or arriving damaged). I did stumble across J N Rusticus, though, which - if that's your style - I can highly recommend. My all-time favourite is still the US based CB2 which do ship internationally but not all items and only if you spend a minimum of $5000.......See MoreComment to win a Miele appliance worth £1,000!
Comments (2419)I haven't yet owned a Miele appliance, although I have used other people's and know that they are top quality. So I would love my first dishwasher to be a Miele and maybe this would convince my partner that having a dishwasher is an improvement on washing dishes by hand....See MoreI need help with choosing my Ikea kitchen
Comments (31)Hi, we purchased Lerhyttan light grey last year for the kitchen and absolutely love it! Just in case you want a paint colour that goes well with it too, I splashed out for Farrow & Ball 'Wevet'. It's very close to white but isn't. We have a white ceiling and you can easily see a difference in colour. It keeps the kitchen looking light. We have a wooden floor and a wooden worktop, plus put in a welsh slate windowsill and then some dark blue roller blinds. It all looks fantastic. One thing my partner did is make a 'pull out' cup ard from normal drawers and doors. It is fab, so much so that he's going to make me another as you can get right to the back of the cupboard. Why Ikea does not promote these hacks I do not know. To fit everything in, my partner also designed a breakfast bar that has the washing machine underneath it on one side (opposite the tumble dryer) and then on the other side of the island is the dishwasher. It's a great use of space as he's closed up a window that looked onto my waterbutts, fence and neighbour's extension and put in more storage for me.. We played with the Ikea planning app for maybe 1/2 a year before taking the plunge. You can really make it work it you just take the time to plan it properly. He wanted to warn you about the price of cover panels though - the large ones are £127 a pop - a huge price for just a bit of coloured wood, and you'll end up using them all over. For under the breakfast bar, he got some MDF and then glued on some floor tiles, cut through the door of the washing machine and saved us approx £220! (Came to £40 instead of £260). One thing that I cannot stress enough is that it's REALLY worth looking for returns in the 2nd hand bit. You can pick up doors at a completely bargain price so always go and have a look. Ours still isn't finished as we're doing it ourselves (so please excuse the floor protector), but it looks completely amazing already compared to what it was before! Our friends love it. Lights are from Ikea too. Go for Lerhyttan. Good luck!...See MoreGabby Wong
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