Hello everyone,
as the question suggests, I find it surprising that IKEA kitchens are quite affordable. How is the workmanship, meaning the quality? And what about the IKEA hinges? Do IKEA kitchens last a long time?
Best regards
as the question suggests, I find it surprising that IKEA kitchens are quite affordable. How is the workmanship, meaning the quality? And what about the IKEA hinges? Do IKEA kitchens last a long time?
Best regards
Especially with this design:
You can easily replace the two levels of the Le Mans unit with a 60cm (24 inches) base cabinet with 4 drawers (20cm (8 inches) fronts) from IKEA. Just open a drawer, and you have access to everything at a glance—no need to open a door and awkwardly try to pull out the Le Mans mechanism.
Also, it’s a good idea to do some storage planning first and determine what actually needs to be stored there based on workflows. For example, pots will most likely be stored under the cooktop.
By the way, I couldn’t find a 128cm (50 inches) wide cabinet with Le Mans pullouts in the IKEA overview—only half-carousel units, which definitely don’t utilize the entire corner space. Your drawing of the Le Mans unit is quite optimistic in that respect. I’m referring here to a post in the blind corner thread (I created the images myself).
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On Kesseböhmer’s website, there is a useful schematic drawing with exact dimensions, in this case for a Le Mans unit with a 50cm (20 inches) door. These correspond to the 115cm (45 inches) long parts in the Alno planner.
Both the 115cm (45 inches) and the 125cm (49 inches) units use the same internal mechanism, essentially inside a 100cm (39 inches) carcass. You can also see this in the Kesseböhmer table:
I’ve incorporated this into Alno top views and placed a correspondingly sized drawer base cabinet beside it.
It’s not much different for half-carousel units, by the way.
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In your plan, the 60cm (24 inches) unit with 4 drawers is definitely the better alternative, especially if storage capacity is the main argument. It’s also better in terms of usability.
You can easily replace the two levels of the Le Mans unit with a 60cm (24 inches) base cabinet with 4 drawers (20cm (8 inches) fronts) from IKEA. Just open a drawer, and you have access to everything at a glance—no need to open a door and awkwardly try to pull out the Le Mans mechanism.
Also, it’s a good idea to do some storage planning first and determine what actually needs to be stored there based on workflows. For example, pots will most likely be stored under the cooktop.
By the way, I couldn’t find a 128cm (50 inches) wide cabinet with Le Mans pullouts in the IKEA overview—only half-carousel units, which definitely don’t utilize the entire corner space. Your drawing of the Le Mans unit is quite optimistic in that respect. I’m referring here to a post in the blind corner thread (I created the images myself).
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On Kesseböhmer’s website, there is a useful schematic drawing with exact dimensions, in this case for a Le Mans unit with a 50cm (20 inches) door. These correspond to the 115cm (45 inches) long parts in the Alno planner.
Both the 115cm (45 inches) and the 125cm (49 inches) units use the same internal mechanism, essentially inside a 100cm (39 inches) carcass. You can also see this in the Kesseböhmer table:
I’ve incorporated this into Alno top views and placed a correspondingly sized drawer base cabinet beside it.
It’s not much different for half-carousel units, by the way.
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In your plan, the 60cm (24 inches) unit with 4 drawers is definitely the better alternative, especially if storage capacity is the main argument. It’s also better in terms of usability.
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daniels872 Sep 2016 07:56IKEA is currently offering a voucher worth €400 (approximately 430 USD) when purchasing a kitchen over €3500 (approximately 3800 USD). However, this offer is only valid until October 9, 2016. The friendly IKEA employee mentioned that the delivery date can be easily postponed. We will need the kitchen around mid-November.
Fortunately, the fixed window strip below the wall cabinets was installed by the shell builders with centimeter (inch) precision.
The kitchen cabinets and interior lighting are now coming from IKEA, while the rest (worktop, appliances, extractor hood, sink, faucet, etc.) are not.
Fortunately, the fixed window strip below the wall cabinets was installed by the shell builders with centimeter (inch) precision.
The kitchen cabinets and interior lighting are now coming from IKEA, while the rest (worktop, appliances, extractor hood, sink, faucet, etc.) are not.
You had written:
With different fronts—considering that the handles in your design already count as "higher-end"—full-extension drawers with more than two drawers, tall cabinets with drawers, and so on, you wouldn't get the price you mentioned even at IKEA.
So I want to say that with the planned furniture, I wouldn’t expect to pay significantly more at a kitchen studio either.
daniels87 schrieb:In your design, you have cabinets with two drawers each and a carcass height of 80cm (31.5 inches), which likely means you have relatively inexpensive fronts.
For the cabinets alone, we are paying a little over €3000, all the kitchen studios quoted significantly more
With different fronts—considering that the handles in your design already count as "higher-end"—full-extension drawers with more than two drawers, tall cabinets with drawers, and so on, you wouldn't get the price you mentioned even at IKEA.
So I want to say that with the planned furniture, I wouldn’t expect to pay significantly more at a kitchen studio either.
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daniels872 Sep 2016 09:34These are the Veddinge white lacquer fronts, which I believe are mid-range. We did not want high gloss.
The two pull-outs are for the appearance; they also contain many internal drawers.
The two pull-outs are for the appearance; they also contain many internal drawers.
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