ᐅ IKEA Kitchen Quality and User Experiences?

Neige schrieb:
@Alex85
4. Simple system, widely available. (20-minute drive to the nearest IKEA, most parts ready for immediate pickup.

A short drive is necessary as well; we visited three more times because something was missing.

Please do not underestimate the construction... but there is no need to overestimate it either.
We spent an afternoon building 3 cabinets including the sink.

I find that the drawers at IKEA take quite a long time to handle. The cabinet carcass is quickly assembled, and the front door is screwed on. But installing a few drawers takes longer. I think the fastest way to build is to work systematically, completing one step at a time. First all the carcass elements, then all the drawers (or someone else prepares them in another room), and so on...

We have a 3-meter (10-foot) PAX wardrobe and didn’t have to make any extra trips. All the packages were complete, and the planning was done well beforehand anyway.

This is how the "professionals" who assembled our IKEA kitchen did it. There were three of them. Two only assembled the carcasses and drawers, while one installed the kitchen cabinets.

The number of packages and individual parts is the real challenge.

At the local kitchen studio here (in the House of Crafts, you can tell right away^^), they were completely straightforward. When I asked for the price of X or Y for the third or fourth time, he gave me his catalog, explained his markup, and that way I could figure out step by step whether the extra cost for this or that was worth it to me or not.

If your local kitchen builders aren’t as open, you can certainly use IKEA’s price changes as a guideline. It always comes down to the same thing: the additional work and materials need to be paid for.

What happens if a kitchen cabinet front from a kitchen showroom breaks? Is it possible to get a replacement, or are you out of luck?

Best regards,
Sabine