Thread: My Ikea Kitchen Install project

I just wanted to comment on what a nice job you have done. I must admit I'm somewhat biased because the Lidingo kitchen is exactly the one we have been eyeing off as well whenever we go to Ikea for a perve.

I'm wondering what they are like to work with as u-Shaped kitchens...??? Are they better as galley or L-shaped kitchens or can you work them to be suited to a u-shaped kitchen?

For those of you wondering why the heck you'd swap a galley kitchen for a u-shaped kitchen, I've attached the old a new floor plans which will no doubt convince you that the u-shaped is the way to go.

Cheers,
Lotte

Mine is a u-shape. As mentioned I had to modify a corner cabinet and a drawer cabinet by around 30mm for it to allow the dishwasher to fit. No drama though. The drawers had plenty of room at the back and the spinny thing in the corner unit still fitted. I trimmed the same of the back edge of the bench top so the leading edge was level with the pantry. Select oven first though as they do not do a 900mm oven base unit. A friend just got caught out with that one.

Originally Posted by gregt

Mine is a u-shape. As mentioned I had to modify a corner cabinet and a drawer cabinet by around 30mm for it to allow the dishwasher to fit. No drama though. The drawers had plenty of room at the back and the spinny thing in the corner unit still fitted. I trimmed the same of the back edge of the bench top so the leading edge was level with the pantry. Select oven first though as they do not do a 900mm oven base unit. A friend just got caught out with that one.

This may sound a bit silly (I think my brain space has been taken over by placenta), but I don't actually understand how you modified these cabinets? What did you then do with the doors?

Also, we've got a 900mm oven and rangehood, but it's the freestanding type. Thanks for the tip though )

Cheers,
Lotte

You can't cut down the doors. Forget that idea. What i needed to do was make an opening about 610mm wide for the Dishwasher. I only had 580mm and it would not fit so on the base cabinet side panels and base panel I cut 30mm off then put the backing on as normal. Make sense?

Originally Posted by gregt

You can't cut down the doors. Forget that idea. What i needed to do was make an opening about 610mm wide for the Dishwasher. I only had 580mm and it would not fit so on the base cabinet side panels and base panel I cut 30mm off then put the backing on as normal. Make sense?

Ahh yes it all comes together now! You're quite the clever cookie. I must admit that I'm impressed.

Cheers,
Lotte

Daren,

How did you go with your 1200 x 900 shower? Remember the one for two people. Either your very Water Wise or use the shower as another entertainment area!

Originally Posted by gregt

Do you mean the corner high cabinets? They still only have the 3mm backing so need something solid to screw through into a stud. Screw them top and bottom. This is a pic of the Applaud laundry cabinet. A lot plainer but cheaper. Also found some of the old kitchen.

ah, ok the corner cab pictured is a wall cabinet. I understand now.

thats quite a change from the old kitchen to the new

the lidingo does look 'classier' than the applad, too.

Originally Posted by gregt

Daren,

How did you go with your 1200 x 900 shower? Remember the one for two people. Either your very Water Wise or use the shower as another entertainment area!

I've got one picked out, it's a Marbletrend unit. The bathroom is pretty much planned out, but for some reason I got sidetracked onto doing the kitchen first.

must remember that water-wise angle

Originally Posted by LotteBum

I just wanted to comment on what a nice job you have done. I must admit I'm somewhat biased because the Lidingo kitchen is exactly the one we have been eyeing off as well whenever we go to Ikea for a perve.

I'm wondering what they are like to work with as u-Shaped kitchens...??? Are they better as galley or L-shaped kitchens or can you work them to be suited to a u-shaped kitchen?

For those of you wondering why the heck you'd swap a galley kitchen for a u-shaped kitchen, I've attached the old a new floor plans which will no doubt convince you that the u-shaped is the way to go.

Cheers,
Lotte

U shaped are good.. heaps of bench space.

I'm thinking of not even having corner cabinets. Just having two units meet at the corner instead.. I figure I'll never use the space at the back of the corner, and I don't like those spinning metal things.. and it will work out cheaper as it is one less unit to buy.

Thanks for all the invaluable info on this thread!

I have a question... do ikea offer end pieces? I am considering the end piece (15mm each) option as suggested wisely prior, but is there an option if you have say a 100mm gap? when you are trying to fit cupboards between existing walls in a galley style manner?

sorry for the late reply had trouble resizeing the pics . this is my new kitchen ikea aplad with essa stone ciro bench tops

About $4000 for the cabinets and $3300 for the bench top with the undermold sink cut out .and the custom make stainless splashback cost $160 to get the stainless rapped around my villa board template .

Rob