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Swap kitchen cupboard for drawers?

3 years ago

We fairly recently moved in and our Wickes kitchen was installed a couple of years ago. The problem is the storage just doesn’t work for us. There are two double base cabinets and I wondered if they could be converted to drawers without having to replace the carcass as well. Does anyone know if that’s possible?

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Daisy England
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Yes you can. Keep the carcases and order drawers and runners.
Julie Williams
Original Author
3 years ago
Brilliant - thank you!
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