If you have white kitchen cabinets...

[Anonymous]

What brand do you have? How long have you had them and have you had any trouble with chipping? I have my heart set on white (not cream of off-white stain), but I was looking at a friends' cabinets that aren't that old and they are chipping.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Our white cabinets under the sink were chipping on top (where water would hit them).

Other ones were fine.

[Anonymous]

This is why we went ahead and just got our cabinets professionally painted (stripped, sprayed, and brushed). They look great and, if they chip (only had one little chip near the sink), we just touch it up real quick.

It's not worth getting custom white cabinets (at least at our price point) if they're going to chip anyway.

[Anonymous]

IKEA. We've had them a year and they look brand-new. That's because they are basically plastic.

[Anonymous]

We have Crystal Cabinets. They have held up great. No chipping.

[Anonymous]

IKEA Abstrakt white. Had em six years, still look like new. No yellowing or chipping. And they are indestructible — everything wipes off them. They are very high-gloss, though, so if what you want isn't a modern look, they wouldn't work. IKEA kitchen cabinets are a ridiculously good value. They use high-end Blum hardware. The drawers and hinges are as good as you'll find from any manufacturer. The cabinet faces themselves vary the dependent upon price. Abstrakt was one of the most expensive, and it's held up beautifully. I'm sure some of the cheaper ones would have been chipped by now. But even IKEA-expensive is anywhere-else-cheap.

[Anonymous]

I painted my kitchen cabinets. I tried to do it correctly--thoroughly stripping, sanding, several thin coats of high-quality cabinet paint. They look very good (although I wish I had gone a bit glossier), but they are chipping around the knobs of some of the cabinets that see heavy use. This is annoying (given the amount of time & effort it took to paint them), although it will be pretty simple to sand these areas and repaint when it really starts to bother me.

If I were getting new white cabinets and wanted a no-maintenance option, I'd get Ikea, no question. I don't think any painted cabinet is going to be no-maintenance in a working kitchen.

I have seen plenty of traditional kitchens with Ikea cabinets, so I don't think you have to have a modern look for Ikea to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IKEA Abstrakt white. Had em six years, still look like new. No yellowing or chipping. And they are indestructible — everything wipes off them. They are very high-gloss, though, so if what you want isn't a modern look, they wouldn't work. IKEA kitchen cabinets are a ridiculously good value. They use high-end Blum hardware. The drawers and hinges are as good as you'll find from any manufacturer. The cabinet faces themselves vary the dependent upon price. Abstrakt was one of the most expensive, and it's held up beautifully. I'm sure some of the cheaper ones would have been chipped by now. But even IKEA-expensive is anywhere-else-cheap.

+1 for abstrakt white!

[Anonymous]

We have the cheapy, Heartland ready-to-install cabinets from Home Depot that we installed ourselves.

LOVE them. Have yet to chip, scratch, yellow, stain. We have had them for eight years.

[Anonymous]

Custom cabinets, 3 years old and chipping a tiny bit. I still love them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IKEA Abstrakt white. Had em six years, still look like new. No yellowing or chipping. And they are indestructible — everything wipes off them. They are very high-gloss, though, so if what you want isn't a modern look, they wouldn't work. IKEA kitchen cabinets are a ridiculously good value. They use high-end Blum hardware. The drawers and hinges are as good as you'll find from any manufacturer. The cabinet faces themselves vary the dependent upon price. Abstrakt was one of the most expensive, and it's held up beautifully. I'm sure some of the cheaper ones would have been chipped by now. But even IKEA-expensive is anywhere-else-cheap.

+1 for abstrakt white!

Did you hire a IKEA kitchen expert to put them together for you and install them? I read in the WP a few weeks back that IKEA kitchen cabinets are difficult to put together even for contractors. The reason being according to the article is because they don't come together like traditional cabinets. I mentioned to a builder that we might consider IKEA for our kitchen redo and he didn't seem all that enthusiastic. In fact he told me that was the first and only time he's ever had an issue with a client over a job.

Glad to hear they have worked out for you. If you hired someone, could you reveal who that person is?

[Anonymous]

Mouser custom cabinetry. White. No chips. holding up extremely well with 2 kids under 6

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why we went ahead and just got our cabinets professionally painted (stripped, sprayed, and brushed). They look great and, if they chip (only had one little chip near the sink), we just touch it up real quick.

It's not worth getting custom white cabinets (at least at our price point) if they're going to chip anyway.

I've been looking for a company that does just this- Can you please share the name of the company that painted your kitchen cabinets?

[Anonymous]

Poggenpohl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IKEA Abstrakt white. Had em six years, still look like new. No yellowing or chipping. And they are indestructible — everything wipes off them. They are very high-gloss, though, so if what you want isn't a modern look, they wouldn't work. IKEA kitchen cabinets are a ridiculously good value. They use high-end Blum hardware. The drawers and hinges are as good as you'll find from any manufacturer. The cabinet faces themselves vary the dependent upon price. Abstrakt was one of the most expensive, and it's held up beautifully. I'm sure some of the cheaper ones would have been chipped by now. But even IKEA-expensive is anywhere-else-cheap.

+1 for abstrakt white!

Did you hire a IKEA kitchen expert to put them together for you and install them? I read in the WP a few weeks back that IKEA kitchen cabinets are difficult to put together even for contractors. The reason being according to the article is because they don't come together like traditional cabinets. I mentioned to a builder that we might consider IKEA for our kitchen redo and he didn't seem all that enthusiastic. In fact he told me that was the first and only time he's ever had an issue with a client over a job.

Glad to hear they have worked out for you. If you hired someone, could you reveal who that person is?

We used the IKEA recommended contractor. If your contractor is familiar with Eurostyle cabinets, you should be fine, but I wouldn't discount the IKEA contractor – it's all they do, you know? They were familiar with every single piece.

There are also independent kitchen designers who will design an IKEA kitchen for you…

The contractor we used was up in Maryland, Hapsburg construction. I don't know if they go as far south as you are. I thought they were great. I got an independent floor contractor to do the tiled backsplash and tiled floor.