We did our Ikea kitchen just over 10 years ago. Everything still looks brand new. We are not easy on them by any stretch. I regularly kick drawers and doors closed. My kids are far from gentle or coordinated, etc. The Ikea appliances have all been replaced in that time, but the cabinets are solid. I even got creative and used some matching cabinet doors as shelves. One holds my microwave and is right next to the cooktop. Our rice cooker and air fryer are underneath. No sag, no bubbling, none of the complaints people seem to warn you about. 10/10 would recommend. More on reddit.com

Well first...you need to edit the "cheap" out of your title and replace it with "inexpensive."

What your about to read needs me to legitimize myself. Im a 3rd generation tradesman with at least 12 years of school equalling 3 journeyman tickets. Im a Journeyman Painter, Journeyman Carpenter and a Journeyman Electrician.

Cabinet companies can go fuck right off. They are running an overpriced racket gouging the fuck out of customers. I will ONLY install Ikea cabinets. I use my background to properly trim them out to avoid ikea's plastic toekicks and overpriced gabels.

The boxes, hardware and doors are hands down better then industry standard AND backed by a 25 year garuntee. ..and thats from Ikea, not Joe's custom cabinets. "Building" takes far less time then me building a custom set and once the rail system is up, the install like a breeze.

To summarize... Fuck cabinet makers, IKEA is legit.

Edit: also everyone seems to think you hang the cabinets through the backerboard which is 1/8th shitboard. Thats not the case. Ikea created a rail system where all the cabinets are hung onto a hidden rail system. It's extremely secure.

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I’ve done four IKEA kitchens now. I can’t believe that’s true, but here we are… I love the boxes and the inserts and the flexibility of the pieces. That being said, a few caveats: I would recommend getting white doors only, as we have very visible white gaps behind our blue doors and we’re now trying to prime and paint the boxes to match the doors (eye roll). The first three kitchens had white doors. In our third kitchen, we got custom (white) doors from Scherr’s, which was a great choice and elevated the look. That was a good call. We also had a situation where the whole kitchen was built, but one door was on a mysterious back order so it was about three months without one corner cabinet door. Islands can be tricky - just keep that in mind if it’s relevant to you. Also, would highly recommend building your kitchen with one planner then reviewing with a different one to get two sets of eyes on it. More on reddit.com