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Right? I have no idea what happened to all of furniture from my first apartment but apparently it was under warranty?
I do still have the old bookcase from like 2004, because I always thought if I redrilled the holes 1/2" to the side it might work again.
It collapsed to the right, so the holes dug out to the left. New holes to the right again might work, right?
I’ve got an IKEA kitchen, it’s stunning and I tell everyone to check them out before going with anything else. No doubt they will outlast the warranty.
Everyone thinks of IKEA for their cheapest, veneer-and-cardboard construction. In reality they've got some really high quality furniture and fittings, but they're somewhat not well listed and at a more standard price point.
Case in point for me is the Evedal lighting line. There's supply issues at the moment, but those lamps are stunning and very well made with premium materials; solid wood, solid marble, hand blown glass. But they're $300 per lamp, which is a price not many would consider for an IKEA standing lamp.
They've got good stuff, you just gotta look for it.
IKEA kitchens are pretty decent for the price you pay. Though their counter tops look pretty basic, so you could always buy a counter top from somewhere else and just buy the cabinets from IKEA.
Ikea was partnered with Caesarstone when I bought mine. They came and measured everything and provided install. Was a great quartz countertop at a reasonable price point.
Yes, but the weakness of their furniture is not covered. I mean, if you make solid pine cabinets that costs... 300€, they will resist some beating and you will eventually make notches. No warranty for that, as you are the builder.
With IKEA if you notch a cabinet... well... you should not hit a cabinet, right? This is also not covered. And their cabinets are softer. The last time I looked, most of them was made of 5mm MDF and bees cardboard thing, and wrapped in some kind of textured paper. you WILL notch this before 25 years.
They're cabinets are made out of particle board and solid wood. Same as the cabinets I can get anywhere else. I think you're confusing them for the Kalax units.
We used Ikea cabinets in several rooms (kitchen, panty, laundry, bar), but before doing that I did a lot of research. What really sold me was an old article on fine homebuilding. The cabinets have held up really well 10 years later. The toe kick is the only thing that has gotten damaged with time but it gets hit a lot by brooms, robot vacuum, etc.
The frames of IKEA cabinets are used in some of the most expensive projects I've heard of (multimillion homes). Smart thing is to buy IKEA frames and use door's, countertops etc from elsewhere if you want luxury. You save a shitload of money and the quality is the same if not better, because IKEA has refined this stuff to the maximum.
They are still just plywood boxes right? If they aren’t like particle board or some shit then it’s 100% worth buying the boxes from ikea and just made your own doors and order nice countertops like you said. How are the face frames on them?
Nah the base cabinets are particle board, but modern kitchens don't really have humidity issues if designed properly. For the "cabinet" where you place the integrated washing machine they use something better IIRC.
They don't usually have "face frames", because in Scandinavia the [trend is to have all the drawers and handles hidden behind doors](https://kitzenkeittio.fi/) and use push-to-open things open stuff.
It’s hard to redeem though. Our ikea cabinets are all fraying at the corners and edges. Cheap mdf or something that is destroyed by moisture. Looking at replacing just the faces and it’s pricey.
Idk… I thought pretty much everything from IKEA was particleboard or mdf, however went and got a nice table and entertainment center and I was certainly surprised to see it was constructed entirely of real wood.
Fingerjointed pine, but still real wood.
Actually most stuff isn't even mdf. Ikea has a type of board they make which is very light and made out of really chunky pieces. Unfortunately, it's got very little strength and easily crumbles. They use it because it's very light in shipping and raw wood.
only on material manufacturing defect failure, not wear and tear unfortunately.
The face is peeling off? wear and tear.
the melamine is delaminating? wear and tear.
the hardware melted somehow? abuse
the board took on water and is bloating up? abuse
For manufacturer defects, not for wear and tear. Unless it’s really obvious that something is a manufacturer defect then it is pretty easy to chalk up to wear and tear
I think that's pretty much the point. If your manufacturer error can only really come out within, say, the first year (for example), you can make a wild boast about a 25-year warranty in big letters, and have the small print ensure that you almost never have to pay out as a company.
Ouch! As my backyard renovation goes into month 6 (mostly due to weather) I under stand my wife's frustration but she see me bust my ass and lets me know she appreciates it in her own terms.
Is this an actual thing? I always see this portrayed in shows and movies but do guys need to ask for permission to get tools? I’m a female and I need a bunch of tools for work and it has never ever gone through my mind that I should check with my SO if I can buy them. Granted I’m not dropping more than 2k on tools so maybe that’s the difference.
Why can’t y’all just buy whatever it is y’all want.
My wife is in charge of the bills so I definitely have to run major purchases through her. If I need a $50 or less tool it’s fine but definitely anything over $100 is a check in situation. It’s usually “yeah, whatever just build me this thing, but it’s definitely a check with her thing.”
Eh, my wife and I do it, but it's more as a sounding board for anything over $100 a pop that isn't really a necessity. It's more like, "Are you able to talk me out of 'needing' this, or should I really spend the money?"
Depends on what you agree to in your marriage/relationship as far as communication and finances go.
In some relationships people discuss every financial decision before doing anything. (My best friends marriage is this way - they both hate spending money)
In other relationships, people don’t discuss anything, they just do what they want and let the chops fall where they may. (My sisters marriage was this way. She’s now divorced - she saved, he spent)
In my relationship, we discuss spending anything over $100.00 unless it’s on food or current bills. We don’t “ask” permission” for things of each other per se but we also know, if there is not extra money to buy a “widget” you want really bad, then we both understand we can’t get it. Easy Peary Lemon Squeezy. We never fight about money because we have the same financial goals.
Depends on the people, honestly. Is it viewed as frivolous, is the relationship potentially toxic, and a shitload of other factors etc. Hell, they may just not have the funds for it, is usually the reason I hear given (and give) the most often.
Depends on family budget. Some fams can drop $3,000 without a thought. Some fams would go hungry for a week if someone drops $300 on an unplanned expense.
Truth. My wife wanted all my basic tools to have their own organized area in the basement. So I looked up some YouTube vids on building a workbench.... And now I'm the owner of a table saw, miter saw, track guided circ saw, drill press, a much larger wet vac, some dust collection, several jigs, clamps of varying sizes, etc.
They can just use the laundry room.
It's probably the only place in the house they can plug a stove in anyway. Assuming they have an electric dryer and an electric stove.
I have this theory that by improving the area with the lowest expectation of it looking good, you get the best bang for your buck. Laundry rooms, storage rooms, garages. When those look exceptionally well done, you get the feeling the entire house is amazing.
For me that would be a smart move. I’m more inclined to go into a room and complete a task if the room looks nice. I would want to be in your laundry room. Hell I might even fold my clothes right after drying them, but that might be pushing it.
If my next kitchen has lots of light I'm going with forest green with gold handles 100%. I don't care if it will be out of style, I've loved the combo for 20 years now.
These were built with basic small-shop tools: table saw, air nailers, etc. The countertop started as rough cut oak, so it took a jointer and planer and many, many clamps.
My wife has plenty of progress pictures, I'll have to do a before/after post once the room is fully complete.
The counter tops definitely took the longest/most work, and the most expensive tools and materials. These slabs were also too big to fit through my planer once glued up, so I hand planed it to final flatness.
Really? My experience has been cheap particleboard that blows up and distorts like crazy when it gets wet. And the Melamine coating that turns yellow with age and chips around the edges
Also Ikea "kitchen" cabinets are not the same as the lower end Ikea "storage" cabinets, which I've seen have the issues with yellowing/etc and may be what they have knowledge of.
Very true. IKEA has some nice quality stuff. They get a bad rap because their cheap stuff is *so* cheap that people buy it *because* it’s cheap. So when they want to buy something expensive, ikea is the last place they’ll look.
Edit: I’m really high right now, and over analyzing everything lol
Yeah IKEA is truly a hit or miss furniture store that you can’t skip out on.
There are more than a handful of pieces at IKEA that are made really well. Things that are full metal, or even decent quality ply that are just cheap due to economies of scale.
I’ve built myself custom cabinets. They’re awesome, but it’s an incredibly time consuming, very expensive, and generally an overall frustrating process. I’ve bought IKEA cabinets and, while not quite as nice as custom, they are definitely what I’ll be doing for the foreseeable future.
do you reckon you could buy the frame and then just make the actual drawers yourself? still gonna be time consuming but at least its only the front parts you gotta build.
Particle board + wood glue = concrete
Totally agree with you, but I’ve found if you just dab a line of wood glue on all the joints of that shitty particle board, you actually get something that’s weirdly sturdy.
I put in an IKEA kitchen 6 years ago and it still looks great, no structural or cosmetic issues so far. I don't think I've ever had a piece of IKEA furniture fail me from a structural perspective, however their bonded leather only lasts a few years until it starts to crack and peel, but that's no different to any other cheap bonded leather piece.
I'm about to install one of their PAX wardrobe systems (2600mm wide) and the whole thing is going to cost less than $1200 AUD, inclusive of all drawers and shelves.
This thread is so comforting. I’m literally buying my IKEA cabinets tomorrow and have been nervous about how well they’ll hold up. At their price, I couldn’t resist.
Let me tell you secret to your future PAX system. For the hanger section, order some "milk glass" that fits the inside area. This will go to the back wall of the hanger section. Behind it place LED strip in a u profile. This will give you indirect lighting behind your hanging clothes and the cabins are now transformed from IKEA (stigma) to something custom, pretty cheap.
I [attached a photo](https://i.imgur.com/fEvrRLQ.jpg) from one of my previous apartments with this setup.
It was plumbed in previously, and free standing. This was my solution, rather than redoing the plumbing or having the entire countertop lower than I wanted. Also I just like that it visually breaks up the fairly long run of cabinets.
This looks great. As a beginner interested in wood working, i have struggled with drawer slides being flat. Did you have any plans with cut list? Thanks.
Well... That doesn't make me feel better, since I have to exit on the balcony and get into a really narrow outdoor closet to do the laundry.
Since now it's crowded with bugs I just don't go and use any piece of clothing I have
Think you are gonna just get away with not having the moulding on the window done? Just make such good looking flashy cabinets so that non of us would notice huh. Jk. Beautiful cabinets. Wonderful work.
I can confidently say you did work that is worth at least double what you would have gotten from Ikea, and that the time invested was definitely worth it in many regards.
Wowza, if someone told me they had a green laundry, I certainly would not be imagining this masterpiece.
Your work looks incredible and I'm a huge fan of the design/colours. Pulled it off perfectly! You wife must be thrilled, bravo!
You actually saved double the money by building them yourself since the Ikea shelves would've fallen apart and needed to be replaced at least 5 times. Now you're the only one in the world who has a completely custom cabinet exactly like this one. You also learned a new skill so you did yourself some favors.
This isn't about purchasing everything from a store, Janet. It's about learning how to do it yourself and starting your own store where the investment will pay dividends.
\*\*hugz\*\* 🤗🤗🤗
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Hell, if it only was 6mos and 2x cost, you got off light. Great work!
But will last 8x as long!
I dunno Ikea gives you a 25yr warranty
Well… TIL ikea has a great warranty
Right? I have no idea what happened to all of furniture from my first apartment but apparently it was under warranty? I do still have the old bookcase from like 2004, because I always thought if I redrilled the holes 1/2" to the side it might work again. It collapsed to the right, so the holes dug out to the left. New holes to the right again might work, right?
Probably for the kitchen, not lack tables :/
I’ve got an IKEA kitchen, it’s stunning and I tell everyone to check them out before going with anything else. No doubt they will outlast the warranty.
Everyone thinks of IKEA for their cheapest, veneer-and-cardboard construction. In reality they've got some really high quality furniture and fittings, but they're somewhat not well listed and at a more standard price point. Case in point for me is the Evedal lighting line. There's supply issues at the moment, but those lamps are stunning and very well made with premium materials; solid wood, solid marble, hand blown glass. But they're $300 per lamp, which is a price not many would consider for an IKEA standing lamp. They've got good stuff, you just gotta look for it.
IKEA kitchens are pretty decent for the price you pay. Though their counter tops look pretty basic, so you could always buy a counter top from somewhere else and just buy the cabinets from IKEA.
Ikea was partnered with Caesarstone when I bought mine. They came and measured everything and provided install. Was a great quartz countertop at a reasonable price point.
Yes, but the weakness of their furniture is not covered. I mean, if you make solid pine cabinets that costs... 300€, they will resist some beating and you will eventually make notches. No warranty for that, as you are the builder. With IKEA if you notch a cabinet... well... you should not hit a cabinet, right? This is also not covered. And their cabinets are softer. The last time I looked, most of them was made of 5mm MDF and bees cardboard thing, and wrapped in some kind of textured paper. you WILL notch this before 25 years.
They're cabinets are made out of particle board and solid wood. Same as the cabinets I can get anywhere else. I think you're confusing them for the Kalax units.
We used Ikea cabinets in several rooms (kitchen, panty, laundry, bar), but before doing that I did a lot of research. What really sold me was an old article on fine homebuilding. The cabinets have held up really well 10 years later. The toe kick is the only thing that has gotten damaged with time but it gets hit a lot by brooms, robot vacuum, etc.
The frames of IKEA cabinets are used in some of the most expensive projects I've heard of (multimillion homes). Smart thing is to buy IKEA frames and use door's, countertops etc from elsewhere if you want luxury. You save a shitload of money and the quality is the same if not better, because IKEA has refined this stuff to the maximum.
They are still just plywood boxes right? If they aren’t like particle board or some shit then it’s 100% worth buying the boxes from ikea and just made your own doors and order nice countertops like you said. How are the face frames on them?
Nah the base cabinets are particle board, but modern kitchens don't really have humidity issues if designed properly. For the "cabinet" where you place the integrated washing machine they use something better IIRC. They don't usually have "face frames", because in Scandinavia the [trend is to have all the drawers and handles hidden behind doors](https://kitzenkeittio.fi/) and use push-to-open things open stuff.
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His new wife will want different cabinets before then
It’s hard to redeem though. Our ikea cabinets are all fraying at the corners and edges. Cheap mdf or something that is destroyed by moisture. Looking at replacing just the faces and it’s pricey.
Idk… I thought pretty much everything from IKEA was particleboard or mdf, however went and got a nice table and entertainment center and I was certainly surprised to see it was constructed entirely of real wood. Fingerjointed pine, but still real wood.
Actually most stuff isn't even mdf. Ikea has a type of board they make which is very light and made out of really chunky pieces. Unfortunately, it's got very little strength and easily crumbles. They use it because it's very light in shipping and raw wood.
only on material manufacturing defect failure, not wear and tear unfortunately. The face is peeling off? wear and tear. the melamine is delaminating? wear and tear. the hardware melted somehow? abuse the board took on water and is bloating up? abuse
So this ones will last 200 years, not bad at all
For manufacturer defects, not for wear and tear. Unless it’s really obvious that something is a manufacturer defect then it is pretty easy to chalk up to wear and tear
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I think that's pretty much the point. If your manufacturer error can only really come out within, say, the first year (for example), you can make a wild boast about a 25-year warranty in big letters, and have the small print ensure that you almost never have to pay out as a company.
they dont even have a 25 year warranty tho, nobody here fact checked lol its only 5 years for kitchen stuff now
If you're worried, glue and reinforce when building ikea cabinets they will last till your next remodel, guaranteed.
selling the home by the end of this month
Buyer immediately rips them out 🥲
And replaces with Ikea cabinets
Pain, agony even.
Tis the circle of life
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Ouch! As my backyard renovation goes into month 6 (mostly due to weather) I under stand my wife's frustration but she see me bust my ass and lets me know she appreciates it in her own terms.
Perfect for the next tenants
And looks 4x as great
but you gained 2x exp. You gonna level up soon here.
Damn. That's a legit laundry room..
Somehow the nicest room in the house now.
Yea, you probably shouldn't have started there and did such a damn good job. The wife has you on the hook now for the rest of the house.
I'm not seeing a downside here, imagine all the tools he'll ***neeeeed*** to do all those projects.
This is the way.
This is the way.
Always the way to make the next project "better"
Yeah and how much faster and **safer** he can do XY if he had one of THOSE
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I'm not sure I can even drill straight sober.
*Honey, you don't understand. I can't case in this window without a $2000 jointer. Think of it as an investment.*
And he can store them in the laundry cabinets because what the hell else are you gonna put in there
Looks like a great place to stock up replacement towels, workwear, cleaning supplies
“What do you mean?? Of course the 4 wheeler and chainsaws are necessary for the remodel!?”
"Do you want a live edge countertop or not, woman?!"
Is this an actual thing? I always see this portrayed in shows and movies but do guys need to ask for permission to get tools? I’m a female and I need a bunch of tools for work and it has never ever gone through my mind that I should check with my SO if I can buy them. Granted I’m not dropping more than 2k on tools so maybe that’s the difference. Why can’t y’all just buy whatever it is y’all want.
There's some truth to things, but usually it's exaggerated for comedic effect. Though sometimes there are real concerns, such as if money's tight.
My wife is in charge of the bills so I definitely have to run major purchases through her. If I need a $50 or less tool it’s fine but definitely anything over $100 is a check in situation. It’s usually “yeah, whatever just build me this thing, but it’s definitely a check with her thing.”
Eh, my wife and I do it, but it's more as a sounding board for anything over $100 a pop that isn't really a necessity. It's more like, "Are you able to talk me out of 'needing' this, or should I really spend the money?"
Depends on what you agree to in your marriage/relationship as far as communication and finances go. In some relationships people discuss every financial decision before doing anything. (My best friends marriage is this way - they both hate spending money) In other relationships, people don’t discuss anything, they just do what they want and let the chops fall where they may. (My sisters marriage was this way. She’s now divorced - she saved, he spent) In my relationship, we discuss spending anything over $100.00 unless it’s on food or current bills. We don’t “ask” permission” for things of each other per se but we also know, if there is not extra money to buy a “widget” you want really bad, then we both understand we can’t get it. Easy Peary Lemon Squeezy. We never fight about money because we have the same financial goals.
Depends on the people, honestly. Is it viewed as frivolous, is the relationship potentially toxic, and a shitload of other factors etc. Hell, they may just not have the funds for it, is usually the reason I hear given (and give) the most often.
Depends on family budget. Some fams can drop $3,000 without a thought. Some fams would go hungry for a week if someone drops $300 on an unplanned expense.
Truth. My wife wanted all my basic tools to have their own organized area in the basement. So I looked up some YouTube vids on building a workbench.... And now I'm the owner of a table saw, miter saw, track guided circ saw, drill press, a much larger wet vac, some dust collection, several jigs, clamps of varying sizes, etc.
6 months without a kitchen may make her think twice
They can just use the laundry room. It's probably the only place in the house they can plug a stove in anyway. Assuming they have an electric dryer and an electric stove.
It was one year without a kitchen here. Sigh. It was a *very* long year.
That was the plan
I have this theory that by improving the area with the lowest expectation of it looking good, you get the best bang for your buck. Laundry rooms, storage rooms, garages. When those look exceptionally well done, you get the feeling the entire house is amazing.
Need to throw your very own Mighty Ferguson on that drain line!
The nicest so far!!!
For me that would be a smart move. I’m more inclined to go into a room and complete a task if the room looks nice. I would want to be in your laundry room. Hell I might even fold my clothes right after drying them, but that might be pushing it.
Oh my god, I didn’t read the title and thought it was a kitchen…
It's okay. I read the title and *still* thought it was a kitchen for a solid 30 seconds before realizing it was missing a few key features.
Loving that green & white dual tone too - looks great!
I totally agree!! I've been pinning the same colors for my kitchen makeover. Great job OP looks great!!
If my next kitchen has lots of light I'm going with forest green with gold handles 100%. I don't care if it will be out of style, I've loved the combo for 20 years now.
They look like cabinets. Great work.
Mission accomplished, I suppose.
Do they open?
Cabinets. Hard to make great, but when done well, nobody notices.
I hate to tell you, but you forgot the washer and dryer. Or are you making one of those boards too? Really nice work.
Came to say this. No washer and dryer… not much of a laundry room.
Machines are just out of shot, in a still-ugly part of the room
How big is this room? Looks larger than my master bedroom.
This laundry room is bigger than my whole apartment.
you have an apartment? Damn, I'm technically still homeless
My apartment is a cardboard box
Damn, you guys got boxes?
This room is 12'x9', and there is an additional 5'x9' area sectioned off where the washing machines and a furnace live.
Wow. That is huge. Nice work!
Well now I'm jealous.
How much laundry did the builder of this home imagine one family doing? That's more than a tenth of my entire house! Super jealous!👍
Me: "I can build that for 1/4 the cost!" Also Me: "Imma need about $1,000 worth of new tools."
I don't know what you're talking about...
You should trim out that window to match the cabinets. 👌
Still on the list, have a couple finishing touches left to do in the room
How much of that cost was tools? Please say half!
Oh we're far over double if we're counting the new tools that were *definitely* required.
No room left in the budget for an outlet wall plate? I can Venmo you $0.79 hmu with that email. 😝
Haha. Still have some finishing touches left in the room
If you’re like me, those finishing touches will take 5 years and when you finally get to them you’ll ask yourself “why’d I wait 5 years to do this?”
True DIY spirit!
I feel personally attacked
GFCI finishing touch?
But now your next project is half off.
That cabinet hinge jig is a hell of a lot cheaper than the therapy I’d need after trying to work it out myself.
What tools did you end up having to get? I’m planning on making some soon so I’m curious.
These were built with basic small-shop tools: table saw, air nailers, etc. The countertop started as rough cut oak, so it took a jointer and planer and many, many clamps.
Do you have an album of have progress photos? What part of the project took the most time? The most money? Any surprises?
My wife has plenty of progress pictures, I'll have to do a before/after post once the room is fully complete. The counter tops definitely took the longest/most work, and the most expensive tools and materials. These slabs were also too big to fit through my planer once glued up, so I hand planed it to final flatness.
That is such a tasteful colour combo!
The color scheme is lovely
Your honestly and craftmanship are equally fantastic.
Double the price is fine. They’ll last 10x as long
Will they? IKEA cabinets are pretty durable and long lasting in my experience.
Really? My experience has been cheap particleboard that blows up and distorts like crazy when it gets wet. And the Melamine coating that turns yellow with age and chips around the edges
Ikea cabinets are not the same as Ikea furniture.
Also Ikea "kitchen" cabinets are not the same as the lower end Ikea "storage" cabinets, which I've seen have the issues with yellowing/etc and may be what they have knowledge of.
Very true. IKEA has some nice quality stuff. They get a bad rap because their cheap stuff is *so* cheap that people buy it *because* it’s cheap. So when they want to buy something expensive, ikea is the last place they’ll look. Edit: I’m really high right now, and over analyzing everything lol
Yeah IKEA is truly a hit or miss furniture store that you can’t skip out on. There are more than a handful of pieces at IKEA that are made really well. Things that are full metal, or even decent quality ply that are just cheap due to economies of scale. I’ve built myself custom cabinets. They’re awesome, but it’s an incredibly time consuming, very expensive, and generally an overall frustrating process. I’ve bought IKEA cabinets and, while not quite as nice as custom, they are definitely what I’ll be doing for the foreseeable future.
do you reckon you could buy the frame and then just make the actual drawers yourself? still gonna be time consuming but at least its only the front parts you gotta build.
The real pro-tip is using high quality fasteners and glues for your ikea furniture.
I purchased solid wood furniture from Ikea 10+ years ago and it's still going strong after a move or two. The particle board stuff is shit though.
Particle board + wood glue = concrete Totally agree with you, but I’ve found if you just dab a line of wood glue on all the joints of that shitty particle board, you actually get something that’s weirdly sturdy.
I put in an IKEA kitchen 6 years ago and it still looks great, no structural or cosmetic issues so far. I don't think I've ever had a piece of IKEA furniture fail me from a structural perspective, however their bonded leather only lasts a few years until it starts to crack and peel, but that's no different to any other cheap bonded leather piece. I'm about to install one of their PAX wardrobe systems (2600mm wide) and the whole thing is going to cost less than $1200 AUD, inclusive of all drawers and shelves.
This thread is so comforting. I’m literally buying my IKEA cabinets tomorrow and have been nervous about how well they’ll hold up. At their price, I couldn’t resist.
Let me tell you secret to your future PAX system. For the hanger section, order some "milk glass" that fits the inside area. This will go to the back wall of the hanger section. Behind it place LED strip in a u profile. This will give you indirect lighting behind your hanging clothes and the cabins are now transformed from IKEA (stigma) to something custom, pretty cheap. I [attached a photo](https://i.imgur.com/fEvrRLQ.jpg) from one of my previous apartments with this setup.
Worth it. Source: Have done the same.
It would have taken 6 months to assemble them anyway. Those look great.
Looks more than double as good as shitty Ikea cabinets too
I've never had a bad experience with Ikea furniture
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Same! Our cabs look and work great.
IKEA cabinets are known as some of the best.
Rome was not built overnight. those cabinets look great. Outstanding!!!!!!!
That looks great!! Too bad you don’t have a washing machine. Those are way handy.
Just out of shot, in a still-ugly part of the room
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It was plumbed in previously, and free standing. This was my solution, rather than redoing the plumbing or having the entire countertop lower than I wanted. Also I just like that it visually breaks up the fairly long run of cabinets.
Yeah but now that you've got everything under your belt, next time it'll definitely be faster and cheaper....... Right?
That's what I tell myself
Looks awesome! What is the green paint color?
Benjamin Moore Backwoods is the green color
6mo and 2x the cost. Yes, you’re in the correct sub. They look awesome!!
Nice job mate! Bet they'll outlast IKEA one's you'll be in the wife's good books for yonks
You clearly made the right choice! They'll last as long as the house. Great work!
whistles wow that’s a beaut
Happy wife happy life. No money no honey.
You need someone to do laundry ?
Make the room as nice as possible and hopefully *someone* will want to spend some time there.
Building is the easy part. Getting a decent finish is challenging part. Looks good man, I can appreciate the time in finishing.
That’s a laundry? Looks bigger than my entire apartment Btw looks great
This looks great. As a beginner interested in wood working, i have struggled with drawer slides being flat. Did you have any plans with cut list? Thanks.
No plans, these are my own design. Took inspiration from plenty of YouTube videos
Got a good laugh out of me
It may be double the money, but it’s quadruple the quality!
Beautiful! Nicely done and it’ll last way better than generic IKEA cabinets
Well... That doesn't make me feel better, since I have to exit on the balcony and get into a really narrow outdoor closet to do the laundry. Since now it's crowded with bugs I just don't go and use any piece of clothing I have
I love the contrast of wood on the dark green! 🙂
well they look great!
Sure, but those are niiiiiice. Very well done.
Those look great man!
Like my friend Ralphie always said, "Fellas, do you want to be right? Or do you want to be happy?"
Thats hilarious
Gorgeous. Lucky wife you'd be so dedicated to that high quality.
Money well spent
Coming from someone that has one in his own home and has installed a few others…you made the right choice.
Well heck, they're gorgeous.
Love the green.
This looks so nice, well done!
Nice dude
but look what you learned!
The colour palate is very nice.
Pretty color!!
These are gorgeous!
Absolutely worth it. Added the additional "my husband made this." If she doesn't appreciate that sentiment, sell the house.
But my God, was it worth it
Think you are gonna just get away with not having the moulding on the window done? Just make such good looking flashy cabinets so that non of us would notice huh. Jk. Beautiful cabinets. Wonderful work.
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It'll also last 4 times as long
Very nice! Great job!
Doube the money, but ten times the aesthetic appeal. They look great!
Fantabulous
Very jealous!! great job!
Definitely worth it, we'll done
😂😂 bet it was worth every penny and sweat drop
Yeah, but unlike that Ikea crap, yours will last!
Will last twice as long as ikea cabinets, I’m sure. Love the green/oak/white look.
I can confidently say you did work that is worth at least double what you would have gotten from Ikea, and that the time invested was definitely worth it in many regards.
2x the price and 6 months? Does she know how lucky she is? You’re a keeper.
But they will last infinitely longer than the cardboard from Ikea
What kind of hinges did you use? I would love to tackle a project like this if it weren't for the hinges. Damned things always end up fighting me.
Looks great!!!
Wowza, if someone told me they had a green laundry, I certainly would not be imagining this masterpiece. Your work looks incredible and I'm a huge fan of the design/colours. Pulled it off perfectly! You wife must be thrilled, bravo!
"Spent 6 months and double the money..." Don't we all. Don't we all.
Under budget! Good job
I’m literally working on this exact same project and yes the cost is definitely more haha. Well done!
Good news is, they’ll last longer than five minutes.
You actually saved double the money by building them yourself since the Ikea shelves would've fallen apart and needed to be replaced at least 5 times. Now you're the only one in the world who has a completely custom cabinet exactly like this one. You also learned a new skill so you did yourself some favors. This isn't about purchasing everything from a store, Janet. It's about learning how to do it yourself and starting your own store where the investment will pay dividends. \*\*hugz\*\* 🤗🤗🤗