RE: Replacing Kitchen Cabinets
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:19 pm
Lane,
The cabinets you saw on "Deserving Design" are most likely from Ikea. www.ikea.com I notice a ton of high design low price items on decorating shows seem to come from there. The hanging rail is the way most European cabinets are installed. In some European apartments the tenants take their kitchen cabinets with them when they move so the cabinets are designed for easy installation and removal.
I like many Ikea designs but the products are not exactly built to last a lifetime. You also need to live near an Ikea to get them. Shipping would be cost prohibitive. If you have an hyper kid or three who like to climb on cabinets early Saturday a.m. to get their own Sugar Puffs (as I do) Ikea cabinets might not be the sturdiest choice. I have old, heavy all wood carpenter built cabinets painted white with brushed nickel knobs and they look great! I often see entire sets of similar cabinets at the Habitat Homestore.
The cabinets you saw on "Deserving Design" are most likely from Ikea. www.ikea.com I notice a ton of high design low price items on decorating shows seem to come from there. The hanging rail is the way most European cabinets are installed. In some European apartments the tenants take their kitchen cabinets with them when they move so the cabinets are designed for easy installation and removal.
I like many Ikea designs but the products are not exactly built to last a lifetime. You also need to live near an Ikea to get them. Shipping would be cost prohibitive. If you have an hyper kid or three who like to climb on cabinets early Saturday a.m. to get their own Sugar Puffs (as I do) Ikea cabinets might not be the sturdiest choice. I have old, heavy all wood carpenter built cabinets painted white with brushed nickel knobs and they look great! I often see entire sets of similar cabinets at the Habitat Homestore.