Hello there, doggone. I'm not going the IKEA route, but I did get some open toekicks w/ my kitchen design. I don't have dogs, but I have a feisty little cat, and I just know the open toekick is going to be a problem -- the collection of junk the cat has chased under my sofa is tremendous. While I love the look of little legs on the cabs, I don't need catnip mice, balls of string, or errant cherry tomatoes rolling all the way under the cabinets. My solution is going to be to have my GC (or me!) put a backerboard about three inches behind the legs (and I'll paint it black or brown so the furniture leg detail stands out). That way the junk will be within reach of the dustbuster (or broom, or whatever.) I'm sure you can do that with the IKEA cabinets as well (even if you have to make little 3 inch high boxes to sit under the cabs behind the legs). So that's my compromise. Good luck with whatever you do!

We went with Ikea and legs. We love the look and everyone who has seen it comments on how nice it looks. Yes things roll and lots of dog hair accumulates under but I sweep once a day and haven't had a problem yet. (The dog gets a little impatient when his ball rolls under and he can't reach it though)

These are not my pictures, but I thought it was such a great idea that I saved them and plan to do this in my kitchen. These are removable! She sticks them on with velcro and then can just pull them out of the way for cleaning. I love this idea.

It will add to your housekeeping, but a good pass with the swiffer once daily should be all you need. If you really love the look, go for it.

Go with legs. I recently removed my old cabinets with recessed kicks only to find 20 years of rat droppings (as well as a couple dead rats) under the counter. Kicks or legs, things get under there. The difference, you can clean under there with legs (a roomba goes under great), you cannot clean under a kick. With kicks all the spills, rodent mess, etc will live under your cabinet until the next remodel.

@Shannon_WI it is useful for others wondering the same question, which is how I got here. Look mommy a TROLL. (As that was a troll comment.)

Im debating the same. Prefer legs but it adds a significant cost to the vanity for some reason uknown