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Tulipman
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02/08/2012 1:11 am  

I may be moving to a less expensive yet(very much in need of updating)apartment.Definitely a fixer upper!Any suggestions as to a source for good looking mcm style cabinets? Wandering through Home Depot,I nearly gagged at all the colonial style cabinetry!


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Mark
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02/08/2012 1:30 am  

I don't have any sources, tulip..
but I have some snappies!
http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/kitchens-1950s-0609#slide-1


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02/08/2012 2:09 am  

Tulip,
if you are on a budget and you are in the US, as much as I hate to say it, IKEA has some good, clean, modern designs. Waaay better than Home Depot.
If you are not in the US, I have many more suggestions for euro-style cabinets on a budget.


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02/08/2012 3:46 am  

IKEA
Pretty much the only choice for any decent looking kitchen cabinets on a budget... unless you know how to make them yourself.


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02/08/2012 3:52 am  

The doors
on IKEA kitchen cabinets are great-looking. The cases themselves are the most minimal that could be imagined. You could buy their doors, and have a local man make simple painted (or prefinished maple) plywood cabinet boxes -- and you'd have a far better product.
The IKEA cabinets hang on the walls via a European-style horizontal steel rail. This is a system never adopted in the US, for some reason . . .


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02/08/2012 3:54 am  

I have installed some IKEA...
I have installed some IKEA kitchen cabinets as part of my job (the steel rail SDR mentions is quite nice), and think they are a good option. As for Mark's photos, they seem to show a lot of heavy gauge sheet metal cabinets, popular in the 50's. I have a few of these installed in my garage, and wish they were still being made.


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Mark
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02/08/2012 4:57 am  

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Spanky
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03/08/2012 12:03 am  

Tulipman
I took that same walk through Home Depot about ten years ago when I had to redo a kitchen on a budget. I even went so far as to work up an estimate on cabinet costs alone: the least expensive cabinets off the shelf at HD was twice the price of the least expensive at IKEA for the same layout. And not as good quality: joints weren't tight, edges were rough. And they had frame fronts, which I loathe with all my being. Once you have frameless fronts, you never go back. SO much more room and access is much easier.
I think the cabinets hold up quite well for the price point, and it's very easy to pull one out if there is a problem down the road and just stick a new one in. They have not changed the sizes ever, to my knowledge.


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03/08/2012 1:39 am  

Habitat For Humanity
Its always worth a walk through your local Habitat store, you never know what you might find.


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Tulipman
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04/08/2012 12:36 am  

Thanks,all
I had a feeling Ikea would be heartily recommended.Will definitely give them a look!
Cheers


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