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writergirl5000

Ikea cabinets accurate measurements?

4 years ago

I'm about to do an Ikea kitchen with Barker Door fronts and have a question (particularly if you have experience installing an Ikea kitchen):


What the heck are the actual measurements of the cabinets? lol


On the site, for a, say, 30" x 24" x 30" base cabinet, they say that the actual size of the cabinet frame is 33 1/2" long and the actual size of the door front is 33" 1/2" long (although, sometimes the numbers don't match at all which I suppose is a mistake).


Does this mean that, pretty much uniformly, if you get a 30" long cabinet, it will actually be 3 1/2" longer and, if need be, you have to cut the cabinet down to size and have Barker do 33 1/2" long drawer fronts? And if you order a 24" long cabinet, it will actually be 27 1/2" long and you might custom cut it down to, say, 24" long and order a 24" long drawer front from Barker?


Or are the 30" long cabinets ACTUALLY 30" long (frame and door fronts) and there are just uniform typos all over the site?


Many thanks!

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