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Ikea kitchen cabinet doors - frosted to clear

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

We are planning a kitchen reno using IKEA cabinets, and I would love to have some clear glass cabinet doors. We've decided on Ringhult white glossy look, but the matching (Jutis) doors come only in frosted glass. Does anyone know if it's possible to/how to a) defrost the glass, b) replace the frosted glass with clear, within the same frame, c) buy replacement clear glass doors - where and how much? We need only three 15" x 30'' cabinet doors like that, and we live in Toronto, Canada, so shipping from LA or similar would be highly impractical. Thank you!

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  • 10 years ago

    Thanks, Patricia, but we're definitely going for clear glass cabinets. These cabinets will be for our top level row - our ceilings are 118'', so in addition to base cabinets and 40'' uppers, we still have space for another 15 to 20'' of upper-uppers, and these are the ones I want to have the clear glass doors. Basically, they are going to be so high that they won't serve much function but rather some visual appeal - like in the image below (except more modern look all through the rest of the cabinets; I just really like the glass uppers).

    That said, if we'd go with glass for the mid-uppers, we'd likely choose frosted as you're suggesting.

    So the issue still remains: how do we un-frost the frosted glass?

  • 10 years ago
    You might want to look at the doors from Semi Handmade or one of the other companies that build alternative doors and panels for IKEA.
  • 10 years ago

    Thanks! I'd actually contacted a few of those IKEA hacking companies already (including semihandmade), and they either do not deal with glass at all (as is a case with semihandmade) or can not offer the white in the same white as IKEA does. I've also reached out to some glass shops (not related to anything IKEA), and that seems to be the most viable option - if IKEA frame will permit simply exchanging the glass. We'll see!

  • 10 years ago
    Matt H- were you able to find a solution, and if so, would you mind sharing? I'm in the same boat!
  • 9 years ago

    Me too. Please share any solutions you found. Thank you!

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Can you get doors that come with no glass at all? That way you can take it to a glazier's and get clear glass installed.

  • 8 years ago

    Hey Matt! Did you ever get this figured out? Has anyone had a chance to figure this out?

  • 7 years ago

    fololwing for any updates...

  • 7 years ago

    I’m also researching the same issue, any advice on removing or de-frosting the glass would be great.

    we live in Australi, so companies that do ikea hacks like Semihandmade don’t seem to exist here yet!

  • 6 years ago

    Anyone has had any luck removing the frosting?

  • 6 years ago

    IKEA AXTAD has a simple matte white frame with clear glass. I am replacing our JUTIS frosted doors with these and will have the frames repainted gloss white if they don’t look good next to the adjoining RINGHULT doors

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Looking for same solution for our up high display cabinets any solutsolutions yet?



  • 5 years ago

    Take the doors to you local glass company. They can replace the glass. We did this for a kitchen, we wanted a couple of glass inserts. It was not that expensive.

  • 5 years ago

    I have experience with glass and you can’t de-frost glass, it’s an etch that permeates the glass itself. Your best bet is going to a glass/mirror store and have the glass switched. Bring your doors along, they can easily replace the glass to clear.