Ikea Sektion door front help

9 years ago

Ikea Sektion experts, can you tell me about the Grimslov medium brown? Who has seen them in person? Are they really as red/orange and fake looking as they appear in some photos? The previous Adel medium brown cabinets (supposedly the same cabinet) look much browner and less orange than the current Grimslov ones in photos. I like the photos of the Adel brown cabinets. We really want a wood stained shaker door front. The Bjorket cabinets look awfully yellow in the pictures, which will probably not go well in our house. We don't want black or white cabs either. We live a long way from Ikea and will make an appointment, so I won't have the luxury to buy a door front and bring it home to see in our house light before we purchase during this current sale. I like the idea of Ikea and I have a plan that mostly works with their cabinets (aside from a pesky corner), I just don't know if we like any of the door fronts well enough to proceed. Purchasing door fronts elsewhere really blows the cabinet budget, and in fact Scherrr's told me they don't offer a stained door, so we'd have to finish ourselves (not something we want to do).

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Terri_PacNW

9 years ago

Let me see if I can help. I've spent some time in Ikea lately.

The brown wood grained ones are definatly a med-dark brown. There is a bit of red undertones, but I would definately say they read as brown.

The newer shaker style remind me of the maple ones I put in my mom's kitchen 15 plus years ago. Those have a honey stain, which was basically one color up from natural.

It does not read yellow to me. Its definately a "light natural" wood tone. Blonde, but not yellow.

You can certainly play with the design and then pick your fronts when you see them in person.

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sheloveslayouts
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
When I was at IKEA today I remembered this post and snapped a picture of the fronts for you. The lighting at IKEA will skew the color, of course but I do think the grimslov would be too orange for my taste.

The Bjorket didn't appear yellow to me, but I quite like that door; it was my 2nd choice.

i really like the look of that new slab natural wood front.
mtnmom9 thanked sheloveslayouts
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mtnmom9
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks benjesbride! I think we are going to make the trip to Ikea this weekend to see for ourselves. In the meantime, I'm waiting back for cabinet pricing from a local distributer (which I expect to be at least double Ikea cost).
sheloveslayouts
9 years ago
Have fun! (And get there as early as possible if you anticipate having questions for an employee. Our IKEA is bananas at 1pm on the weekend.)
mtnmom9
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks. I'm sure the kitchen department is extra busy this month too!
mtnmom9
Original Author
9 years ago
Made the big trip to Ikea today. We really liked the quality of the cabinets themselves, especially the drawers, pantries, and price tag. But sadly we really didn't like any of the current door fronts. Grimslov medium brown did look very orange.
writersblock (9b/10a)
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Try cabinetsnow.com. Vsalz (vsalzmann since Houzz) got gorgeous walnut doors for an ikea kitchen from there that only needed some tung oil:

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2422346/finally-finished-walnut-quartzite-idea-kitchen-with-pics?n=90