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I've yet to find ANY cabinet maker with reasonable prices (RTA or otherwise) that have better drawers than IKEA. Their drawers and adjustability are amazing.

Other manufacturer relies on 2 screws going through the drawer box and into the face plate, with a few mm adjustment each way and a pain in the ass to assemble in the first place

Additionally, IKEA has super high tolerances on their parts, they WILL fit perfectly if instructions are followed. Their lamination (look at corners and edges) is superior to most RTA cabinets that I've found where the fronts aren't real wood.

I've built 3 IKEA kitchens, I would love to find an RTA supplier with similar quality where I can truly custom order the width of the cabinets, but until I do that I will ALWAYS pick IKEA. Possibly with third party fronts, if IKEAs choices aren't to my liking.

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I redid my kitchen with ikea and would go with them again. They have a design tool on their website where you can price everything out, add/subtract bells and whistles, and make sure everything fits. IKEA’s cabinets install on a rail system, so if you can hang that level, install should be easy. I paid for install because I didn’t have the time and the wife wanted it quicker. The delivery/pickup process and exchanges for ikea were simultaneously streamlined and annoying. For the same price point, Home Depot is also going to be in the mdf-range of cabinets. There is at least one company that makes ikea-fitting door and drawer fronts (Semi Handmade). They were too expensive for me on the initial kitchen buy, but may be a refresh upgrade for me. Drawers on the bottom (besides sink and corners), cabinets up top. Soft close is nice to have. Think about crown/bottom moulding for upper cabinets during the design phase; I didn’t and regret it. More on reddit.com

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