Hope I'm not teaching you how to suck eggs here: IKEA cabinets are OK providing they are put together and installed well. Most bad kitchens I've encountered are a result of bad installation. My neighbour at my previous house had a kitchen that was on sale at £250 ($500) it was installed by a really good person and has lasted 15 years.
You can get granite coating for worktops which give the same look/feel of granite but are a fraction of the cost. ::a -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristyne McDaniel Sent: 10 May 2007 00:39 For the kitchen, it looks like I'm going to be assembling IKEA cabinets. We can't afford the custom cabinets that were originally in the spec anymore. Or the new appliances. And the granite counters are giving way to IKEA's oak butcher block at 1/10 of the cost. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

