ᐅ IKEA Godmorgon Cabinet – How to Combine and Secure It?

My wife would really like to have pull-out towel racks on the side. It would be a dream if something existed that combines both—a sturdy mounting for the countertop overhang and a towel holder. But that will probably remain just a dream.

You can tell your wife that retractable towel racks are annoying. Who wants to keep pulling those things out all the time? If she really wants one, you can find those at better kitchen supply or kitchen equipment stores. But don’t say later that no one warned you that these retractable racks can be frustrating.

Items that are extendable usually start to wobble over time. This is less of an issue for kitchen towels, though.

For example, an IKEA kitchen is hung on a rail. You can definitely use the same system for this purpose. Just cut the rail to the right length, hang the cabinet, and that's it.

Nothing will fall down from below as long as you don’t overload it excessively. Wall cabinets in kitchens are usually mounted on the wall (often just double-layer drywall), and they hold many plates and other items.

Personally, I prefer installations without any wobble, so I always use runners or, if possible, some kind of support surface.

But you can also buy a reinforced bracket or have one made by a metalworker. The trick is to find the right fit.

We installed Godmorgon with a solid wood board and shelf. We had no issues with these brackets at all.

We still had some small brackets left over from assembling the IKEA kitchen, which we screwed together with the board and the cabinet. Although the board is quite small, it is fairly heavy... Let’s see if our construction is still holding up when we return to the building site.
We no longer attached the board directly to the wall.

Grillhendl schrieb:

whether our structure will still be standing when we return to the construction site.

What does the experienced craftsman say about this concern...? "Where do you think this is going?"