Ikea Kitchen Cabinets?

Anyone ever use Ikeas kitchen cabinets? A girl I work with said they were rated really high by Consumers.

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We will use Ikea when we renovate -- quality is excellent, prices can't be beat, and they are frameless which maximizes space... they have so many clean styles to chose from too.

Down side: They don't have anyone really to work with you. Basically you can download their program and then figure out yourself what to get. There is no expert available for you to work with. I am not sure but I think you instal them yourself too.

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my friend used Ikea cabinets and she loves them. Plus there were about half the price of other cabinets and they look great!

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My brother has them and loves thiem. I think they look nice too.

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I like the white ones - that look like they have wainscoting doors...but i have to see them in person. Thanks for the help! The prices are GREAT!

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Kathy - I just signed up for consumerreports.org and see what they said:


August 2004
CR Quick Recommendations


We tested 14 kitchen-cabinet sets from six major manufacturers. MasterBrand and Masco make more than half of all cabinets, from basic brands like Kitchen Classics and Mills Pride to premium brands like Diamond and Omega. For each, we chose 21-inch-wide base cabinets--a common stock size--with one drawer and one pullout shelf, and 21-inch-wide, 30-inch-tall wall cabinets with fixed shelves.

Our major findings:

Price doesn’t guarantee performance.

Salespeople will tell you that you get what you pay for, and to a degree, that panned out. Premium cabinets withstood heat, water, moisture, and other abuse best overall. Indeed, readers we surveyed who bought the least-expensive cabinets were likelier to have problems. We found strong lower-priced performers, however.

The ready-to-assemble Ikea (4) outperformed much more expensive units, despite its low price. High-quality drawer hardware and doors and a robust mounting strip helped. You’ll also find reasonably priced, preassembled cabinets such as the Diamond (3), Thomasville (5), and Shenandoah (6), that offer more options. But any judged at least very good should weather most wear and tear.

Most offer upgrades. Like cars, cabinets often offer upgrades à la carte or as part of a package. Upgrades often include better drawer guides and shelves and a box made of plywood, not particleboard. The Omega (1) includes those upgrades in its high price. The basic Ikea (4), Mills Pride (9), and Kitchen Classics (11, 14) don’t offer these upgrades.

Price quotes may vary. Most stores provide the total cabinet cost within your kitchen design. We've provided prices for individual sets of base and wall cabinets strictly for comparison. Home centers can also give you costs per linear foot or for a typical kitchen configuration--10 x 10 feet, say--to help you shop. Consider such figures rough estimates, since they don't account for upgrades and accessories. Price is likely to vary by region.

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Kara - this is great! Thank you!! I emailed this to DH and we're going to look at Ikea for cabinets

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WOW I love your kitchen! Beautiful!! This is the exact look we're going for! THANK YOU!! I'm showing DH these pics when I get home. He will install them himself too

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Those are the cabinets my friend has too!
They must be a popular style.
The first time I went to her house - they wer eone of the things that really stood out to me!