Hellobee Boards

We had older ones in our last apartment and they were fine. Several friends have them and are very happy.

We recently renovated our kitchen using Ikea cabinets. So far they're very sturdy (they have a 25 yr warranty). Here's a picture of it sort of in-progress (missing the hardware and a bunch of trim pieces). We installed it all ourselves, it wasn't that hard, actually.

We have Ikea cabinets and we love them! Good friends of ours have the butcher block counters, and they look great.

Love the soft-close feature.

@abbydabbydoodlebug: gorgeous! that's the hardware we used too

Another thing - there are tons of cabinet options/sizes, and some great functional interiors. We have a tall cabinet with 5 pull out drawers inside, and two corner cabinets with swing out shelves like this: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00116741/

@lavender: not really - they have an awesome 3d planner tool online - as long as you get the dimensions of your room spot on, it's literally just dragging and dropping cabinets into place. If it poses a problem (too close for the door to open, etc) it will warn you.

Then when you're done, you just log in at the store and they can print out an order list to give to the warehouse so you're not searching for every little hinge, etc. We rented a U-Haul, but I learned later that it would have only been $100 for delivery.

Here's our whole kitchen in boxes at the store (six carts)