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Originally Posted by supafamous
Wife and I are looking at ripping out the kitchen we have and are considering the Ikea cabinets pretty seriously. We've looked at a few places in Richmond that build custom cabinets and they are either not as well made as the Ikea units (though it's real wood) or significantly pricier than Ikea (and even those aren't that well made).
Would like to get some opinions from those who have installed kitchens on how the quality compares with the small businesses out there (and do you know ones you'd recommend?)
Our kitchen is about a 10x12 and Ikea would run about $10-11K installed by Modus (w/ a quartz countertop) and the quotes I've been getting elsewhere have ranged from $15-22K. With the Ikea one we may even install it ourselves - looks fairly straightforward.
thanks,
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I did my ikea kitchen DIY.
Not as easy as I thought, but not super difficult.
I found prices can be very cheap to moderate, depending on the door you pick. (I picked a painted MDF door, which is one of the cheaper choice), cost me around $5,000. (around 40ft of base cabinet + 25ft of wall cabinet)
For comparison, if I used their expensive door the same setup would've cost close to $10K.
I imagine for a smaller kitchen you can do with $2-3K.
I was doing the install after work, took me around a week and a half. My guess is around 25 hours of work.
Assembling the cabinet is the easy part. Making sure your wall is straight and putting on the rail straight is the hard part...
I also put in integrated light in all the drawers. Looks fancy and expensive. Easy to install, but organizing the wires cleanly takes a while...because there are so many of them (i bought 20~ drawer lights).
Believe it or not, the most frustrating part of the work was cleaning off the tape glue residual they used on the included cable cover ....I had to use kerosene and a magic eraser to wipe each and everyone of them
The more expensive drawers from ikea feels very nice. (Smooth and solid)
TBH, nicer than a lot of custom kitchen places I shopped at double the price
The painted MDF doors feels and looks nice, but they are hardly durable. (Will dent and nicks if you hit it) But then I think any white painted door will do the same...regardless of wood or mdf.
In the end, I would recommend them if you are somewhat handy, and have the time to do it.
I think I spent 10hours+ planning and figuring out how everything fit together before I started.
Hiring a kitchen shop means they will figure out all the details for you.
The countertop costed me more than the kitchen cabinet..$5K...