Last week we showed you the first official photos of IKEA's new modular SEKTION kitchen cabinet system, which replaced longstanding, uber-popular system AKURUM. To really understand the differences between the two cabinet systems, we turned to Dan Goldman of Brooklyn's PANYL. Dan recently built a kitchen using the new SEKTION, and this week he is sharing his experience with us — beginning with how SEKTION diverges from its predecessor. We discussed some of these differences between AKURUM and SEKTION in our January post, but Dan visited IKEA last week to dig into the nitty-gritty details a little more. Here's what he confirmed for us: "SEKTION still has seven standard base cabinet widths: 12", 15", 18", 21", 24", 30" and 36". Note that that the 12" base cabinet can only accept a door or a selection of pull-out utility hardware (more on that below). Wall cabinets are available in the same widths, in addition to 9"-wide HÖRDA open cabinets. A key component in planning any IKEA kitchen is the relevant buying guide.

You can pick them up in-store, but you can also download the SEKTION buying guide here, which has tables showing the complete range of cabinet frame options and their measurements," Dan says. "In the AKURUM system, the base cabinet width dictated the drawer configuration," Dan notes. "Narrower cabinets could have either three or four drawers, while the wider cabinets only came with four drawers. shop front doors peterboroughThe heights of the drawers were arbitrarily fixed."garage door suppliers northern ireland "On the other hand, SEKTION drawer fronts come in four heights: 5", 10", 15" and 20. lamborghini with butterfly doors for sale

You can mix and match any drawer combination adding up to 30" in all but the 12" wide and 21" wide base cabinets," Dan tells us. This is one of the "truly whiz-bang features" of the IKEA SEKTION drawer system, as Dan notes: the ability to nest drawers within other drawers, or behind doors. "This is done using two types of drawer assemblies, and their associated drawer-fronts," Dan says. electrolux french door ice maker not working"MAXIMERA, whose sliders allow the drawer to extend further, and FÖRVARA, which only allows the drawer to extend 3/4 of the way out of the cabinet. kitchen cabinet doors dorsetMAXIMERA comes in high, low and medium depths, while FÖRVARA comes in low and medium depth."garage door service bend oregon

Dan continues: "To configure a regular, external drawer (i.e. the drawer front closes against the front edges of the frame), you would pair either a MAXIMERA or a FÖRVARA drawer assembly with any of the available drawer-front styles. The only difference here is the amount of drawer extension. To set up an internal drawer, you would also choose either a MAXIMERA or a FÖRVARA drawer assembly, but you would pair it with an UTRUSTA drawer front in the corresponding size. The UTRUSTA drawer front retracts into the interior of the base cabinet frame. When closed, the UTRUSTA drawer front is flush with the front edges of the cabinet frame, allowing the outer MAXIMERA drawer front to close over it." Dan also notes that owners of IKEA PAX wardrobes will be familiar with the the look of drawers nested behind doors. SEKTION also has terrific utility drawers with assorted interior fittings. "The 12" wide base cabinet can be used with a hinged door, or with interior fixtures such as a slide-out metal storage rack or slide-out platform for trash bins," Dan says.

"Height extension kits are available for the wider base cabinets that allow the entire height of the cabinet front to slide out, revealing variously-sized waste containers. You can also purchase a special UTRUSTA bracket that allows you to mount a 24" or 30" door onto a MAXIMERA or FÖRVARA drawer assembly." Thanks so much for sharing your expertise, Dan! Make sure to check back later this week as we take a look at the SEKTION kitchen Dan and his PANYL team built and learn all about the assembly process — a must-read if you're considering SEKTION for a future kitchen renovation! Visit PANYL online → PANYL is an e-commerce company based in Brooklyn, NY that sells self-adhesive furniture wraps. PANYL's easy, fast and fun-to-use products allow you to personalize and upgrade the look of your kitchen cabinets and other furniture items.As we wrote a few months ago, IKEA is retiring their AKURUM cabinet system and replacing it with SEKTION, a more modular system that promises to be even easier to work with and customize.

At the time we wrote that post, we hadn't yet seen the new system in action, but that was then, and this is now, and now we have all the details, pricing info on sample kitchens, and plenty of photos ahead of the official February 2 launch. Cabinets: Available in four heights — 15, 20, 30 and 40 inches — and two depths — 15 and 24 inches. Note that the 15-inch depth increased from AKURUM's 12-inch depth, so there's even more storage space now. Door Fronts and Drawers: Available drawer heights range from 5 to 60 inches, and come in at two price points depending on their features. Door fronts and drawers can be put anywhere in the system and in any configuration. For example, you can choose to have one larger door front cover multiple drawers. The cabinets are available in both brown and white finishes. A few of the new names to be aware of include: Since every kitchen is customizable, the exact price is going to vary. However, IKEA has provided a few examples — shown in the slideshow — of 10'x10' kitchen setups to give us a ballpark price.