My 5 Regrets... | IKEA Kitchen 1 Year Review

so it's been a little over a year since I finished this Ikea kitchen renovation how did it hold what would I do did I know now that's what I want to talk to you about today the reason why we even need a video like this is because Ikea has a reputation for making cheap and flimsy products but that wasn't my experience with this kitchen I think if you install it well this kitchen should last you a very long time let's be clear about what is Ikea in this kitchen the cabinets the door fronts the cabinet hardware and this one single track light above the sink I'll point out the parts that are flimsy we're here to make basic pizza dough it's the cabinet backing it's like thick cardboard that you tack on with some nails if you constantly bump this of course it's going to go right through eventually if I install another Ikea kitchen I would reinforce this during the assembly before you put up the cabinets just so you can future proof it thank you that's it though I'm finding that the rest is is pretty rugged but again it comes down to the quality of your install I'm also happy to report that there's been no staining on the door fronts and I've I've spilled all sorts of things on the door fronts [Music] there is one cabinet that gets by far the most use I store all my plates and cups in it along with the cutlery so it's opened several times a day under a lot of strain everything works perfectly still closes as softly as it did on day one if I'm really going to nitpick though I would say the one imperfection right now is the screw on the back of the door pull sometimes both of these will open at the same time and to save time I'll just push the cabinet door to close everything at once the screw that holds the door pull makes contact with the drawer and it left this scratch if these bumpers were a little bit thicker that would be perfect [Music] let's talk about my experience in this kitchen and what I would do differently after one full year this list isn't entirely about Ikea some of it is and some of it comes down to the kitchen design wherever possible I would opt for door hinges that open wider the standard hinges aren't ideal if you want to have pull out drawers in your cabinets the door partially blocks the opening of the cabinet even when it's swung wide open for narrower cabinets like this one which is 15 inches wide it's not easy to reach or see the items in the back a pullout drawer would make this so much more useful it's still possible to swap out the hinges but the money is already spent going forward I would plan out the use of these narrow cabinets during the design stage before making the investment a lot of microwaves have an optional trim kit you can buy separately it makes the microwave look built-in but it's not cheap the trim kit itself can be more expensive than the microwave that's unfortunate for me because mine is still in the box it won't fit in the cabinet I have a 24 inch wide cabinet for my microwave so I bought the 24 inch trim kit without measuring anything well it doesn't fit and I can't return it because it was a special order I'm not terribly devastated because I still like the way it turned out but that was money well wasted I screwed in a 2x4 in the back to prevent the microwave from sliding back every time I shut the door so it's held in position very nicely [Music] if there's any way to salvage this trim kit please let me know I would be more than happy to put it to use just before we go any further if you're getting any value out of this please help me out with a like it really helps small channels like mine get noticed on the algorithms so I didn't build a spice rack for this kitchen my plan all along was to use this middle drawer here for that purpose the problem I encountered almost on day one was with taller bottles let's look at the olive oil for example it sits up on the countertop not because it's on display but because it's too tall for the drawer I have sugar that lays flat for the same reason if you're going to install this hidden Upper Drawer you should just be mindful of the height that you're going to lose and plan for that accordingly if this really continues to bug me I might convert that narrow drawer into the spice rack it's it's got good height and it would free up this middle drawer for more pots and pans foreign foreign [Music] let's talk about the white sink I will never install a white sink ever again it's so much work to keep white coffee stains it sauces stain it almost everything it seems will stain it I use Clorox with bleach to remove the stains so it's possible to keep white but it consumes so much of my mental energy it's 100 percent not rental friendly for a landlord so definitely don't install it into any income property foreign [Music] this I bought the grid for it and that's helped a lot because it allows the water underneath to drain freely and not get caught up on whatever's in there overall I never want to install a white sink again because it requires so much effort to keep it looking good I've I've installed a black sink in a rental and you know what after a couple years that doesn't look that great either so I think going forward I'm sticking with the tried and true stainless steel sinks the next time I build a kitchen I am 100 putting down heated floors I thought about this long and hard for months leading up to it but I just didn't think it would be worth the investment now that I've gone through one full winter with this kitchen I can see how the heated floors would have improved my life obvious benefit is the comfort you feel on your feet when you walk on it but actually it's all that radiant heat from it that I wish for more it's like a giant hot plate radiating heat into this open concept room where I spent literally a hundred percent of my waking time in so as it gets colder I don't have to turn on the furnace and heat the entire house just so that I can be warm in this one room the the radiant heating is providing heat specifically to where I am and it's much more energy efficient that way I'll know this for next time

Channel: Raymond Wong

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Length: 7min 53sec (473 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 07 2022