Using Ikea cupboards/carcasses in kitchen
olivia38
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Juliet Docherty
4 years ago
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Comments (10)The original kitchen was quite cheap (can’t remember exactly, but I designed my extension to be 5.8m long with the kitchen in one long line. This mean that that I have 4 x 600mm units either side of a 1m long range. I went for plain cupboards to keep costs down - no fiddly extras! At the time, I couldn’t afford an “in-frame” design. When it came to the make-over, I priced up new replacement doors with companies like Dream Doors (nightmare - after spending an entire morning in their showroom, they refused to come out when I said my budget was under £5k!!!). I also liked Naked Doors and Shaker Doors online. They were pricey though... in the end I thought I’d bite the bullet and buy the doors from someone on Etsy. I think it was going to be about £2k. I then found a carpenter to get a price for fitting the doors. When I explained what I wanted, he said to forget the doors and he would make entire new fronts. Painted and fitted, it came in under £1.5k, which I thought was a bargain!!! Depending on where you are, I can highly recommend him. (I’m in the East Midlands). When I spoke to him, he said he did entire kitchens from start to finish for a very reasonable price. I’m sure with a bit of googling, you could find someone local... where are you based?...See MoreJuliet Docherty
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4 years agoOur new kitchen was Ikea and we spray painted the Ikea doors with F&B. Our builders customised the kick boards and made tailor made tongue & groove end panels and infills. As colourhappy says you get such a lot of space in the cabinets, not to mention some nifty in-built storage options, to make the most of the space. A lot of folks are sniffy about Ikea kitchens, but I think they're long lasting and good value.
The money we saved on the cabinets & doors, we put towards Corian worktops and Neff & Fisher & Paykell appliances and a Quooker tap.
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