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> Kitchen remodel-any good source for mcm cabinets??
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01-Aug-12 |
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Kitchen remodel-any good source for mcm cabinets??
I may be moving to a less expensive yet(very much in need of updating)apartment.Definitely a fixer upper!Any suggestions as to a source for good looking mcm style cabinets? Wandering through Home Depot,I nearly gagged at all the colonial style cabinetry!
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posted by
Tulipman
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01-Aug-12 |
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posted by
Mark
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01-Aug-12 |
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Tulip,
if you are on a budget and you are in the US, as much as I hate to say it, IKEA has some good, clean, modern designs. Waaay better than Home Depot.
If you are not in the US, I have many more suggestions for euro-style cabinets on a budget.
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posted by
Riki (USA/CH)
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01-Aug-12 |
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IKEA
Pretty much the only choice for any decent looking kitchen cabinets on a budget... unless you know how to make them yourself.
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woodywood (USA)
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01-Aug-12 |
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The doors
on IKEA kitchen cabinets are great-looking. The cases themselves are the most minimal that could be imagined. You could buy their doors, and have a local man make simple painted (or prefinished maple) plywood cabinet boxes -- and you'd have a far better product.
The IKEA cabinets hang on the walls via a European-style horizontal steel rail. This is a system never adopted in the US, for some reason . . .
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SDR (USA)
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01-Aug-12 |
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I have installed some IKEA...
I have installed some IKEA kitchen cabinets as part of my job (the steel rail SDR mentions is quite nice), and think they are a good option. As for Mark's photos, they seem to show a lot of heavy gauge sheet metal cabinets, popular in the 50's. I have a few of these installed in my garage, and wish they were still being made.
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posted by
tchp
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02-Aug-12 |
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posted by
Mark
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02-Aug-12 |
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Tulipman
I took that same walk through Home Depot about ten years ago when I had to redo a kitchen on a budget. I even went so far as to work up an estimate on cabinet costs alone: the least expensive cabinets off the shelf at HD was twice the price of the least expensive at IKEA for the same layout. And not as good quality: joints weren't tight, edges were rough. And they had frame fronts, which I loathe with all my being. Once you have frameless fronts, you never go back. SO much more room and access is much easier.
I think the cabinets hold up quite well for the price point, and it's very easy to pull one out if there is a problem down the road and just stick a new one in. They have not changed the sizes ever, to my knowledge.
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*spanky*
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02-Aug-12 |
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Habitat For Humanity
Its always worth a walk through your local Habitat store, you never know what you might find.
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posted by
nico59
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03-Aug-12 |
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Thanks,all
I had a feeling Ikea would be heartily recommended.Will definitely give them a look!
Cheers
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Tulipman
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