[Ellen Weber]

We are definitely going with Ikea Cabinets and prefer the Adel Birch. However, I truly dislike the glass cabinets. Since the kitchen will be quite tall (we can fit two sets of cabinets on top of one another) I was thinking of maybe using a horizontal cabinet from another of the lines and have that as glass. Has anyone mixed Adel Birch with anything else and think it looks good?

[torrus]

I don't have any design info but want to make you aware that the horizontal cabinets do not line up with the vertical ones - ie. a 30x15" horizontal is wider than a 30x30" vertical cabinet (+ 3/8").

[erikakn]

Ellen,

The question of stacking horizontal cabinets has come up alot. Here's something from another post I recently wrote:

There are two kinds of horizontal cabinets.

1) The horizontal cabinets with garage style doors (including glass doors) are either are 15" tall and 30 3/8" or 39 1/8" wide. Known as (solid door) WH3015, WHZ3915, (glass door) WGHZ3015, WGHZ3915

2) The fan/refridgerator cabinets do come in widths exactly 30" wide (the same width as the regular 30" wide wall cabinet). They do NOT use garage style doors however. For example, a WFR3015 is 30" wide and 15 1/4" tall. It uses two 15" x 15" doors. Unfortuantely, AVSIKT and RUBRIK glass doors do not come in 15" x 15".

So, as Torrus noted, it's not possible to perfectly align horizontal cabs with garage style doors above your regular 30" wide wall cabinets. However, you can stack the fan/fridge style cabs--they just don't work with garage style doors.

The garage style doors are actually exactly the same as regular doors. They just use an additional pair of Ferrari lifts to support the doors. And those hinges come with the WHZ/WGHZ cabinets.



As for combinations, you're in luck with ADEL Birch. It looks great with everything and it takes paints beautifully. One of my favorite painted kitchens is devonindustry's ADEL Birch kitchen. She painted the bottom cabs a rich dark grey. She's muralist and really knows paint! Her kitchen is worth studying because she's managed to get horizontal garage style doors over her vertical cabinets. Maybe they're from a different line. She's mixing them with PERFEKT wine cubbies and the like too...



Check out MonicaE's NEXUS Yellow Brown combined with AVSIKT and white side panels.



I'm combining ADEL MB with AVSIKT and ABSTRAK White.



I haven't peeled off the protective blue film yet but I've got white doors wrapped with ADEL MB panels in the dining area. I mounted wall cabinets as a floating sideboard.

Re: Mixing Kitchen Cabinets 

--Erika

[Gloria]

Hi Ellen, welcome to IKEAfans!

Varde (not part of the Akurum line but one of IKEA's freestanding kitchen lines) also looks good with Adel Birch but I don't think the sizes will be right for stacking.

The Avsikt glass doors with the aluminum edging does look good with just about everything but it is a very modern look which you may or may not go for.

The 30"W horizontals don't line up with the 30"W regular cabinets but who says they have to line up? You could stagger the horizontals.

Another way is to add a bit of filler between the vertical cabinets to create the illusion that they line up. There is a picture around here where someone did that.

HTH
Gloria