Excessive costs for the kitchen?!

Arrgh, of course I meant countertop and not workplaces. hehe.

Ikea is great, but you need manual skills, creativity, and you shouldn't expect the 110% solution with bows, because that won't happen, as you will have to do quite a bit of "tinkering"... at least if you don't have the standard L- or I-kitchen that just stands against the wall.

I'll join in here again... the post is called "excessive costs for the kitchen"...

From the beginning, we planned our kitchen so that we wouldn't use any cost-driving components. Our Nobilia kitchen from a regional kitchen studio consists only of straight sections. Nothing goes around corners, countertops end before the window... all room dimensions are chosen so that standard base cabinets fit exactly. We didn't want any wall cabinets because of the window. For comfort, we have almost everywhere fully extendable drawers (just counted: 25 pieces). It was important that large coffee mugs fit in the top drawers ;) not every manufacturer had that. Additional space is provided by an adjoining pantry, furnished with simple IKEA wooden shelves. The refrigerator is built into a wall niche...

I just checked... our kitchen cost exactly 4,700 EUR installed in 2017... but that was only the cabinets. Extractor hood (approx. 300), stove (approx. 600), refrigerator (approx. 800), sink (130) and faucet (100) we bought ourselves beforehand... and it was installed by the kitchen studio for a small extra charge (I think about 100). We don't have a dishwasher... but it's technically prepared for one.

Nice that you are satisfied. However, I have to disagree with the height of the drawers; other manufacturers (especially with 6 levels) can do the same or better. I don't want to know how much stuff you store or how much is stacked down at the very bottom...

... it's not that simple with the top drawer. It often only has about 8 to 9 cm of usable interior height, and some coffee cups just don't fit. And also chose an affordable solution by 2017 standards, which works very well. I only notice the relatively large line spacing .. that must be about 160 cm - right?

Yes, drawers of course do not have the usable interior height for tall cups. But the kitchen has 0 drawers and exclusively pull-outs, and this works exactly the same with other manufacturers. With 6 sections, for example 2-2-2. And in a 1-2-3 base cabinet I can store cups just the same, just 10 cm deeper, and I can store cutlery sensibly in return...