Chris Hodges wrote:

Tony Eva wrote:

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Ikea are crap even when compared to Ikea, let alone anyone else. ;-)



OK, I'll bite: why do you say that?

I ask because I'm just about to choose Ikea for my kitchen, largely
because they seem to be the only place that offers 900mm high wall
units. However, I have just fitted a couple of Ikea base units in my
utility room, and I'm quite happy with their quality. I mean, one
chipboard carcass is much like another, and the doors, hinges etc seem
OK to me. (I'm specifically referring to the 'Tidaholm' oak doors,
some of the others are pretty crappy, but then so are some of B&Q's
cheaper foil-covered MDF ranges.)

If there's a concrete reason why I should shun Ikea and go for B&Q,
Wickes, MFI, whatever, then please tell me now before I spend the money!


I'm 1/2 way through fitting an ikea kitchen. we chose it over b&q/mfi
because:
-they had a choice of fairly plain ones
-b&q's store display ones had been put together so badly it didn't look
possible to do a proper job (either that or they were falling to bits
-mfi don't want you to buy a kitchen, they want to sell you a kitchen,
so even getting a rough idea of prices wasn't easy (look inside the
doors and you might find a salesman's crib sheet.
Huh? I walked into my local MFI, and found a complete brochure and
prices list.

I wanted some cheapo Hygena units to match some I have alredy. Not
great, bit good enough.

Cheap too.


We're happy with it so far, though I have added extra fixing to the wall
units, as we have 2 large units that aren't joined to anything for
mutual support.