That relativizes your bad opinion about Ikea. You could have chosen between drawers or doors. And the electrical appliances can be taken from another manufacturer. But all this has nothing to do with Faktum or Metod.
I had Faktum for 10 years, Nobilia for 2 years, and now for a few months a Metod. My personal opinion is indeed that Metod has declined, simply in terms of structural quality. Everything feels less high-quality in use. Others may see it differently, but my personal experience would prevent me from buying a new Metod.
I had for years a similarly green kitchen with black appliances. Taste is of course subjective. In any case, I loved it and looked forward to having it every day. The color never became too much for me and I still liked it after 5 years. I then had to leave it behind and hand it over to my dad as an office kitchen. My heart still bleeds when I sometimes see it again. So a clear yes to green kitchens. :)
I’m glad to hear that. I also contacted a friend who has had a green kitchen for several years, and she told me exactly the same. She also says she loves it like on the first day. We’ll calculate it for ourselves.
I also like design #3 best. Green is a color you can look at for a long time. We have very different tastes, but I think you will be able to live with the green for a long time as well. What I’d test: can you easily see fingerprints on it? If yes, avoid that front. With two toddlers, you’ll go crazy otherwise (that’s also something I’d test on the other fronts).
Probably less with the green than with the white. In the previous house, we had black, and you could actually see everything on it, but our child was quite restrained with fingers. Of course, that might not stay that way, so that’s another good argument. The Sylt in the light tone has similarly matte-smooth fronts like our black one. It is already prone to fingerprints.
What strikes me in all three designs is that the cooktop and sink are separate. Do you really want that? Carrying a full pot of cooked noodles to the sink – then a child runs between your legs and you pour hot noodle water on them. My horror scenario. I would place the cooktop further back, under the tall cabinets (which of course would have to go). And use the island purely as a work island. Maybe install a small second sink there (very practical when chopping vegetables, etc., so you don’t have to wash your hands and vegetables elsewhere all the time). Would that still be possible in terms of installation? Then the cooktop is near the big sink, and you really have an island you can make use of. You rarely stand at the stove, but very often at the work surface. Therefore, the cooktop can move a bit out of the prime zone to the edge, and the work area into the prime zone I mentioned.
I believe that can no longer be changed structurally, the ground floor slab is already finished. But I find it okay like this. We had the same situation with the previous Nobilia and it never bothered us. The distance between sink and cooktop isn’t far, and kids playing don’t wander around unsupervised while cooking. In the past, this distance was never an issue.