Kitchen cabinets of the past were so simple, with their plain slab doors, you'd think they'd be affordable today. Nope. Those ones were the most $$$$. The only cabinets we could sort of afford were the ugly ones, you know, like in your very first apartment where the former tenants got evicted for reasons involving a whole lot of cops.
Then we thought: why not try Ikea??? We love just about everything there, so why not their kitchen cabinets? So I researched them online and found out they had a pretty great rep! Seriously! And everyone IRL who had Ikea kitchens loved them too. Sold!
Plus, they were having a kitchen saaaale -- cue choirs of angels singing on high!
We visited their kitchen department and the first thing I saw was their catalog, with this photo inside:
It was like getting a $1000 gift card to the Christian Louboutin store, hand-delivered by Idris Elba and Tom Hiddleston. Okay, okay, not that awesome, but still pretty awesome, especially because they were also affordable!
I made changes, though: in our kitchen the wood grain cabinets were to be on the bottom, and the ivory ones on top. This, because I read someplace that light-colored cabinets would draw the eye up, making the room seem bigger and brighter. Whatever. Our pokey little kitchen needed all the help it could get.
Man, Ikea: making non-rich people's dreams come true! Seriously though, to this day I'm grateful for whoever decided to plop down an Ikea within driving distance. Our fantasy of a non-ugly kitchen seemed actually doable!
Then we thought: why not try Ikea??? We love just about everything there, so why not their kitchen cabinets? So I researched them online and found out they had a pretty great rep! Seriously! And everyone IRL who had Ikea kitchens loved them too. Sold!
Plus, they were having a kitchen saaaale -- cue choirs of angels singing on high!
We visited their kitchen department and the first thing I saw was their catalog, with this photo inside:
It was like getting a $1000 gift card to the Christian Louboutin store, hand-delivered by Idris Elba and Tom Hiddleston. Okay, okay, not that awesome, but still pretty awesome, especially because they were also affordable!
I made changes, though: in our kitchen the wood grain cabinets were to be on the bottom, and the ivory ones on top. This, because I read someplace that light-colored cabinets would draw the eye up, making the room seem bigger and brighter. Whatever. Our pokey little kitchen needed all the help it could get.
Man, Ikea: making non-rich people's dreams come true! Seriously though, to this day I'm grateful for whoever decided to plop down an Ikea within driving distance. Our fantasy of a non-ugly kitchen seemed actually doable!
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