Ikea Kitchen Experiences – Your Opinions, Tips, and Recommendations Wanted!

I am generally very satisfied with my 5-year-old Ikea. Because of the rather affordable price, you can also indulge in brand-name devices. However, what I am not a big fan of are the kitchen faucets, as they had to be replaced twice. Otherwise, tip-top!

I agree with that. IKEA is absolutely my favorite when it comes to home furnishings ... the price-performance ratio is great and the furniture lasts forever ... I can recommend IKEA for almost everything ... okay, I have experienced that when you shop at IKEA and know exactly what you need, you still buy more and you can definitely notice that in your wallet.

We consciously decided against Ikea five years ago. The quality is decent mid-range, but when I factor in the labor time (and sweat) for assembly and installation, it’s not as cheap as it seems.

At that time, we chose a brand kitchen that we selected and ordered through a small internet retailer specializing in kitchen planning. The kitchen is from Wellmann (a brand of Alno AG) and was pre-assembled cabinet by cabinet, delivered directly from the factory by truck. Surely, there are similar offers for other brands as well...

Planning the kitchen in the evenings by email and phone over about three weeks was enjoyable and worked out great; the contact person took a lot of time and had some good tips for us.

In the end, this way of buying a kitchen including appliances was cheaper than Ikea and significantly cheaper than all the offers from numerous kitchen studios, which drove us crazy with their discount battles and price games... Maybe worth a try sometime?

We have had an Ikea kitchen for 5 years and it is still flawless. Only the electrical items are from other manufacturers. The quality difference is definitely more noticeable there.

I would also like to buy a new kitchen for the new apartment soon. I have only heard good things about Ikea kitchens but I am still not quite sure... and since I am arriving here quite late, I would also like to know how the author of the thread got on

I know a lot of people from a shipping company that delivers for IKEA and also assembles (if requested by the customer) ... The assemblers there are all not really enthusiastic about the IKEA kitchens. They clearly say that the quality has massively declined in recent years (despite price increases, of course) and now assemble these kitchens very reluctantly.

I myself had an IKEA kitchen until 6 years ago, which was barely 5 years old when I moved out of the apartment back then. In the area above the stove (i.e., to the right and left of the extractor hood), the undersides of the cabinets were half swollen (due to the heat and moisture generated while cooking) and that despite a good extractor hood. For me, it is absolutely clear: never again an IKEA kitchen. (MY subjective opinion!!)