I’ve built IKEA cabinets quite a few times, and they are actually super easy to put together and feel incredibly sturdy. As with most things IKEA, the directions can be somewhat lacking, but there were a few tutorials tha… See more

The next task in constructing our IKEA kitchen cabinet desk was cutting the butcher block countertops to size. Our particular desk was too long for one countertop but too short to fit two without cutting anyt… See more

I’m very happy with how our IKEA kitchen cabinet desk turned out – it really gives the look of a custom built in desk without the higher price tag. We added new lamps (similar), which really help with task lighting. I had origin… See more

Price and Value
This entire project came in at around $2,000, which was less than I was quoted for custom built in cabinets, but we could definitely had done it for less. If I could do it again, I wo… See more