I have Ikea book cases that I bought 20 years ago and they have held up
well but remember the Idea bookcases aren't very wide. All of Ikea's
products are glued sawdust. And so is Home Depot. Not bad, not good,
just is. Everything made out of glued sawdust sags in time. I have
very cheap Home Depot cupboards, about 120.00 Canadian a set and yes the
shelving sags. You don't say how much but the impression I get is that
cupboards can cost 3 to 10,000 dollars in a kitchen redo. If I was
going to spend that kind of money, I would go the library and get out a
book on building a set of cupboards, use good wood and do it myself,
whether you are a woman or a man. Basic beautiful cupboards aren't that
difficult to make. You need a skill saw, ruler, tape measure and little
else, say a hundred dollars worth of tools.



Millie wrote:

Hi, we are considering using Ikea's kitchen cabinets to remodel our
kitchen. We received estimates from Home Depot and from several custom
cabinet makers as well as Ikea, but the Ikea price fits better into
our budget and the Home Depot /custom cabinet people didn't seem to be
much better quality than Ikea, although they were more expensive.

Also, we like the new modern style better, which Ikea does and Home
Depot does not, and custom guys tell us they do not do the aluminum
frame glass doors. We could order some modern european frameless
cabinets from Italy (which is what Ikea is copying), but we are now
talking major $$$.

So the price is a plus. However, the one thing I have noticed is that
Ikea's doors are not solid wood, they are birch or oak veneer over
particle board with a solid beech edge (the beech handles wear better,
according to the customer service person I spoke to). I believe Home
Depot's doors are solid wood. Also, Ikea doesn't seem to have the
cabinet variety of sizes etc. that Home Depot and other places have,
however we have a pretty standard kitchen so that doesn't really
affect us that much. Also, we are planning on staying in this house
for 6 - 10 years, but you never can tell - so does anyone know whether
an Ikea kitchen would be a problem for resale?

Also can anyone can give us any advice on how Ikea kitchens hold up
over time? Has anyone used granite as a countertop on them- the Ikea
people say it will hold up, but I'd love to hear from someone who
actually did it...

If we do go with Ikea, we are planning on using the Nexus birch or oak
doors with the Avsikt glass doors with a granite countertop.

TIA

M.