[aemison]

I think this is a pretty common refrain: we want to have white cabinet doors, but we also want real wood, because the melanine foil just feels wrong for our house (built in 1914). We had been looking to paint Tidaholm (picking it over Fagerland for aesthetics), but after reading about Kate1234's experience, and testing replacing the Tida glass on an as-is door (we want just plain glass in the doors), we think we're going to try Scherr's.

Tomorrow we'll be placing our order at the Atlanta Ikea, and having them break the order into two lists: one with the cabinet doors, plinths, and cover panels, and the other with everything else. We'll buy/pick up the latter list, and just keep the door/plinth/panel list in case we do want to get them from Ikea (Atlanta Ikea does not keep any Tida in stock--takes 3-4 weeks to get them after ordering) -- and we'll send that list to Scherr's to get the quote from them.

Does anyone have any advice for dealing with Scherr's in terms of making sure that the right hole pattern is drilled? How are they in knowledge about Ikea-sized drawer fronts, cover panels, and plinths?

Thanks for any advice you can give!

[woodswell]

Read this message from Sadiegirl, who is a sales person for Scherr's:
Greetings from the "Dakotas"

She says:

I am in the process of putting together a listing of all the cabinets with accompanying door & drawer front sizes which should be very helpful. Then all I will need to know is the Ikea order code for each cabinet. Glory hallelujah when that day gets here!!

So you may need to just send her your list of cabinet doors, plinths, and cover panels - nice, huh?

[NBeth]

It probably doesn't matter at this point for you but Stat and Applad are painted MDF, not foil. Both would look fine in a 1914 house, I think.... but then I am a bit biased...

P.S. Welcome from a happy Stat user

[aemison]

The Stat is a little too glossy (and the finish a bit too thick) for us.

It looks like going with Scherr's doors will save us about $1000 over going with Tidaholm. That's before sanding/painting either of them, and we expect Scherr's ready-to-paint to be cheaper to paint and look better when done.