SO Many Boxes

Kitchen reno update:

The second load of 5 (three more to go!) was delivered 8:30 a.m. this morning. We decided, after a lot of discussion, to go with RTA cabinet boxes from Ikea after a ton of research and talking to others who have done a similar project about their take on the quality.

Initially, we thought we could supplement our current cabinets with additional cabinets from the original company we used when we did our first kitchen reno. But, we became increasingly concerned that the color from old cabinet to new wouldn’t match and our kitchen would end up looking like a multi-white-shaded zebra 

We then began thinking about replacing ALL of our cabinets, instead. Because the cost to do so would double our renovation budget, we opted to save money where we could without sacrificing quality. To that end, we went with the pricier all wood boxes and will get quotes for custom cabinet doors from another company.

The downside is, the money we saved will go into time spent as we put close to 20 cabinets together. Another downside is that Ikea is no unicorn where back orders are concerned. We only have five more cabinets — and all their bits — on back order, but the best estimate we can get out of them is somewhere in between 3 and 6 months. And because you can’t start a kitchen renovation without your boxes, it means, our living room is going to look like this through Thanksgiving.

Yay 

(JohnR and I going through the checklist of items and inspecting them. Fun fact, they give you 48 hours to do so, so I guess that puts a lid on our Sunday!)