Ten years after buying our house and installing an Ikea kitchen, it is time to refresh everything. The cupboard doors and the worktop are looking especially tired. However, we were saddened to discover on going back to Ikea the other day that all of their cupboard sizes have changed, and that it won’t be a simple matter of replacing like for like.
Our options seem to be to have a builder make for us a series of custom doors
Finding pre-fab doors that fit old Ikea cupboard sizes
Making new doors ourselves
Now, if my dad was still with us, the solution would have undoubtedly been the last option, as he would have built the doors and mounted them himself. The thing is, I have no such patience/talent/time. If forced, though, I could probably manage the job alongside Mrs SR who is WAY more precise and meticulous than I am.
What say you? Have any of you had an Ikea kitchen before for which you had to change things, but found a problem with sizes? Are there outlets that make doors to measure or have Ikea-type sizes on hand? Would you not even consider such things, and just crack with the job yourself?
Advice/comments appreciated.