Buying guides
Bunnings kitchen makeover: new doors for your cabinets
Doors, drawer panels, end panels and kickboards to fit Bunnings kitchen cabinets: finishes, profiles, prices and how to quote.
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Kitchens
Plain answers on finishes, profiles, planning and prices for IKEA METOD kitchens, PAX wardrobes and BESTΓ units, written by our team in Sydney.
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Finishes
What are Slim Shaker doors?
A Shaker door with a 20 mm frame: how it compares with Mini, Midi and classic Shaker, where it works, finishes and prices.
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Kitchens
An IKEA METOD kitchen makeover with new fronts
Keep the METOD cabinets, hinges and drawers and replace what you see: sizes, planning, panels, samples and the swap itself.
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Kitchens
How to measure for kitchen doors
Standard IKEA and Bunnings sizes versus custom sizes, the 3 mm rule, measuring existing doors, corner doors and hinge choices.
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Kitchens
IKEA kitchen hacks: 10 ways to make METOD look custom
Ten ways to make an IKEA METOD kitchen look custom, from scribed cover panels and matching plinths to profiles, two-tone and stone.
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Finishes
Timber-look kitchen doors: five woodgrain options compared
Formica, Polytec, Laminex AbsoluteGrain and NAVURBAN compared on grain, profiles and price, with real projects and how to sample the grain.
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Kitchens
IKEA hinges and custom doors: what to buy and what we drill
Which hinges to buy for custom doors on IKEA cabinets, what comes pre-drilled, Blum hinges for custom sizes, and the hinges we don't supply.
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Buying guides
Can you replace just the kitchen doors? What to check first
Keeping the cabinets and replacing only the doors, drawer fronts and panels: the checks to make on cabinets, sizes, hinges and measuring.
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Finishes
Kitchen cabinet colour combinations from real kitchens
Colour pairings from kitchens we have made, with the exact Dulux, Taubmans and Porters colours, and how to test a combination before you order.
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Kitchens
How to plan an IKEA kitchen with custom doors
Seven steps from an IKEA Kitchen Planner layout to an installed kitchen with Customea fronts, including the 3D planner, quotes, samples and timing.
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Finishes
Shaker vs flat cabinet doors: choosing a profile
The six Shaker profiles we offer, which finishes come flat only, what a Shaker door costs over a plain one, and how to judge them at full size.
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Finishes
Thermolaminated vs 2Pac kitchen doors: how they differ
Any paint colour or a fixed palette with woodgrain? We compare our painted 2Pac and Polytec Thermofoil doors on colour, profiles and price.
