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Andre-Acer_336126 Dec 2016 14:37Hello everyone!
I have a problem in my office/guest room: I have a wall that is 268cm (106 inches) long, where I would like to place a corner wardrobe (depth about 50-60cm (20-24 inches)). On the adjoining perpendicular wall, the wardrobe should continue with a depth of around 35cm (14 inches).
If I want to use the Pax system, unfortunately, with the corner unit and a 2m (79 inches) wardrobe section, the total length would be 273cm (107 inches).
The Metod kitchen system seems more flexible and similarly sized. I’m considering using it as a wardrobe instead. Has anyone ever done this? I would simply screw adjustable clothes rails to the sides.
This way, I could use the Metod corner unit, which is great because it has a width of 87.5cm (34.5 inches). So, I could place three 60cm (24 inches) Metod cabinets and the 87.5cm corner unit next to them — voilà: I would have a wardrobe width of 267.5cm (105 inches).
If I then chose the 2.40m (7 ft 10 in) tall Metod cabinets, could I stack three corner units on top of each other to reach the same height correctly?
I have a problem in my office/guest room: I have a wall that is 268cm (106 inches) long, where I would like to place a corner wardrobe (depth about 50-60cm (20-24 inches)). On the adjoining perpendicular wall, the wardrobe should continue with a depth of around 35cm (14 inches).
If I want to use the Pax system, unfortunately, with the corner unit and a 2m (79 inches) wardrobe section, the total length would be 273cm (107 inches).
The Metod kitchen system seems more flexible and similarly sized. I’m considering using it as a wardrobe instead. Has anyone ever done this? I would simply screw adjustable clothes rails to the sides.
This way, I could use the Metod corner unit, which is great because it has a width of 87.5cm (34.5 inches). So, I could place three 60cm (24 inches) Metod cabinets and the 87.5cm corner unit next to them — voilà: I would have a wardrobe width of 267.5cm (105 inches).
If I then chose the 2.40m (7 ft 10 in) tall Metod cabinets, could I stack three corner units on top of each other to reach the same height correctly?
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IKEA-Experte27 Dec 2016 23:09Hello,
basically, you can use METOD as well, but planning with a precision of 5 mm (0.2 inches) is unrealistic. Walls are usually not that even, and you won’t be able to open a door properly if the cabinet carcass is flush against the wall.
With the METOD corner base cabinet, shallower cabinets won't align flush with the front. The corner base cabinet does not have a countertop, but if stacked, it would align on top with the tall cabinet.
basically, you can use METOD as well, but planning with a precision of 5 mm (0.2 inches) is unrealistic. Walls are usually not that even, and you won’t be able to open a door properly if the cabinet carcass is flush against the wall.
With the METOD corner base cabinet, shallower cabinets won't align flush with the front. The corner base cabinet does not have a countertop, but if stacked, it would align on top with the tall cabinet.
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Andre-Acer_33611 Jan 2017 13:12@Nörgli: I would then have 20cm (8 inches) of unused space.
@Ikea-Experte: Thanks! Actually, the 268cm (106 inches) measurement is floor baseboard to floor baseboard. Each baseboard is about 1cm (0.4 inches) deep. That means I have 2.5cm (1 inch) of planning tolerance, not 0.5cm (0.2 inches). That should work out, right?
At least that was the case with my Faktum kitchen. I had 369.8cm (145.5 inches) along the wall. I planned a 370cm (146 inches) Faktum kitchen with cabinets, knowing that Faktum cabinets are typically about 0.2cm (0.08 inches) narrower than the stated carcass width. For example, a 60cm (24 inches) cabinet is actually 59.8cm (23.5 inches) wide, and so on. That gave me 7 × 0.2cm (0.08 inches) = 1.4cm (0.6 inches) plus the baseboard tiles that left about 0.5cm (0.2 inches) of space, so I could leave enough clearance on both sides to prevent drawers from scraping against the wall. It was precise work back then.
@Ikea-Experte: Thanks! Actually, the 268cm (106 inches) measurement is floor baseboard to floor baseboard. Each baseboard is about 1cm (0.4 inches) deep. That means I have 2.5cm (1 inch) of planning tolerance, not 0.5cm (0.2 inches). That should work out, right?
At least that was the case with my Faktum kitchen. I had 369.8cm (145.5 inches) along the wall. I planned a 370cm (146 inches) Faktum kitchen with cabinets, knowing that Faktum cabinets are typically about 0.2cm (0.08 inches) narrower than the stated carcass width. For example, a 60cm (24 inches) cabinet is actually 59.8cm (23.5 inches) wide, and so on. That gave me 7 × 0.2cm (0.08 inches) = 1.4cm (0.6 inches) plus the baseboard tiles that left about 0.5cm (0.2 inches) of space, so I could leave enough clearance on both sides to prevent drawers from scraping against the wall. It was precise work back then.
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