Feedback on the Ikea kitchen

Hello, so I really like the kitchen a lot. I love fitted kitchens. Everything always looks totally tidy there!!

I can very well understand your decision-making process towards an Ikea kitchen. After visiting quite a few kitchen studios, the category of kitchen salespeople ranks pretty low in my personal opinion in terms of social standing. We also ended up at Ikea and have been using our kitchen for nearly 2 years now and are still satisfied. But one thing you definitely have to do is get advice on your design on site from a kitchen consultant at Ikea. They can give you good tips and also fix some pitfalls. (For example, I have doubts about whether the drawer under the stove top works depending on the stove top). You can save your planning that you created at home on the website online and then access it together with the consultant in the store so that you can continue working on the design. Very practical. I also have to say that we were very well advised by the consultant. I would never have thought that.

One small tip: have Ikea create a kitchen measurement for you. It costs 90€, but is deducted when you purchase the kitchen. This way you have the assurance that it fits.

Sorry, in case I'm misusing the thread now: Can you actually choose stone slabs as a countertop at Ikea? I can't find them anywhere...

They offer quartz stone slabs in various looks and colors. Custom-made options are also available. We also have a real wood countertop that was custom-made for us so that the countertop fills the windowsill up to the window. In addition, the cooking island should be equipped with a large continuous slab (210*140cm). However, it wasn’t exactly cheap...

Overall, I think the kitchen is great. But did you also consider planning for a dishwasher? And honestly, I don’t really like the narrow drawer in the middle of the short side. I would probably move it to the right. However, you should be careful in the corner so that all the drawers can still be opened and don’t rub against the handles.

The corner issue is relatively well solved at Ikea - the dead corners are 67.5 cm. The dishwasher is next to the sink. We have also done a bit of re-planning (the water connection unfortunately wasn't 100% where we thought...) The 20 cm unit next to the stove was for symmetry and for oils and such. We have also made small adjustments and realized that light oak doesn't look like oak, so we are now leaning towards a real wood countertop or the kitchen in white and wood-dark brown. I will post the current status and the other version again this evening.