Planning kitchen appliances. How to proceed. Market is not clear

Well.. I wouldn't sign for all the furniture. For example, I would never buy a sofa there. The affordable Freistil line from Rolf Benz would be, for me, something like the midfield with a very good price/performance ratio.

The IKEA hinges are from Blum, right? I thought the hinges weren't bad. But that they are THE BEST... wow!

Then nothing. That's why I wrote on the last page that you can be happy with Ikea if you find a front you like. Your kitchen sounds interesting. How big / long is it?

IKEA is quite flexible with countertops nowadays. In our kitchen we have three depths between 63 and 125 cm.

Well, even Blum has several gradations.... so they probably aren't the absolute best of the best. But that's not so important, if they are from Blum at all, that's already something valuable!

So our kitchen is completely integrated into the living space, one side 2.65m with 4 ceiling-high and flush-mounted tall cabinets as described before, next to that a long side along the window with 4m and then the cooking island with 1.20m x 2.40m.... the kitchen area is about 15m²

For that, we will install several Besta variations from Ikea throughout the house, it’s just incredibly flexible and you can create so much extravagant stuff with it, keyword Ikea Besta Hacks!

Regardless of the kitchen. The nice thing about IKEA is that they have many pieces of furniture that are not so bulky. Not that huge. These upholstered corner sofas, for example, which nowadays often look like lounge landscapes, just take up unnecessary space, and they’re not comfortable to sit on either. Much too low and too deep. You can find more delicate ones at the elk as well. Or a hallway dresser that’s only about 30 cm deep. Or Kallax, put it against the wall, add a door in front, and for little money you have a nice cabinet. Or kitchen chairs that don’t look like armchairs. That’s what I love about that store. Karsten

Which hallway chest?

Even though this is slowly going off-topic, my favorites from Ikea are the Algot shelving system and also BESTA. Algot for floor-free, meter-long storage in the garage, Besta for flexible solutions suitable for practically every room; we have Besta in the children's rooms.

From my point of view, Ikea kitchens are of higher quality than, for example, Nobilia. So qualitatively mid-range. You have to live with the modular dimensions and find a front.

Wow, that is really wrong. These cheapest foil fronts are only practical because you can buy new ones later. The drawers are also NOT comparable to Nobilia.