ᐅ Ikea Kitchen Experiences – Looking for Your Opinions, Tips, and Recommendations!

Some friends of mine do not have an IKEA kitchen and are very satisfied! It also didn’t need to be glued together!

I had two kitchen cabinet sets from IKEA and was quite satisfied. My wife really liked a cabinet set from another furniture store, and that is the only reason we don’t have an IKEA kitchen now.

We bought an IKEA kitchen several years ago. At first, we were a bit skeptical, but in the end, we were completely convinced. It is very easy to assemble and has excellent craftsmanship.... Our next kitchen, which we might buy in a few years, will definitely be another IKEA one. So: GO FOR IT!!!!

amelie74 schrieb:
Personally, I wouldn’t buy a kitchen from a specialist kitchen retailer. Strangely, I already feel like I’m being ripped off beforehand. Overpriced and not significantly better quality.

Well, I don’t think it’s fair to generalize all kitchen retailers like that.

Of course, as in most industries, there are bad actors, but there are also many companies that work very professionally, with high quality and fair practices...

We’ve also had our experiences with the “kitchen studios” with their big, colorful brochures and constant radio ads.

“So, the regular price for your kitchen is EUR 42,000. But since we buy in large volumes, you get a base discount of EUR 8,000. Today is a special promotion day, so if you sign right away, there’s another EUR 4,000 off. And because my brother-in-law, whom I’ve never liked, tripped over his shoelaces this morning, you get an additional EUR 5,000 discount...”

It’s terrible how customers are being manipulated here with that “cheap-is-cool” mentality.

In the end, we ordered our kitchen from a small but excellent craftsman’s business (carpentry workshop), which built our custom kitchen exactly how we wanted it and in above-average quality. By the way, it wasn’t more expensive than other reputable kitchen studios.

Regards,

Dirk