western australia

Our cupboards are on the wall

@JudyEv (340118)

Rockingham, Australia

October 13, 2023 7:18pm CST

Yesterday, we built the second of two overhead cupboards which we’ve put in the laundry. They are from Ikea. Instructions from Ikea are always in pictures with no text at all. If you follow the pictures very carefully and don’t go guessing then everything fits as it should. The first cupboard took us quite a while but the second only took most of the morning. Lifting them into position was a bit tricky too as the laundry is very pokey. Having the counter top to stand on was helpful.

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@AmbiePam (92783)

• United States

14 Oct 23

They look good to me. You must be glad to get that out of the way, and done with.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Oct 23

Yes, it's good to have them safely installed.

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@kareng (59186)

• United States

14 Oct 23

They look nice! I'm sure you will enjoy them!!

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@kareng (59186)

• United States

17 Oct 23

@JudyEv I'm sure you have moved everything in now and enjoying the organization!!

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

I have plenty of things to put in them.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 23

@kareng I also through out some old video tapes that we don't really need to keep and can't even watch unless we get them changed. One less small box to worry about.

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@allknowing (136481)

• India

15 Oct 23

How do you open them?

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Oct 23

You give them a little push and they open. There is a magnet in the clip behind each door.

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@allknowing (136481)

• India

15 Oct 23

@JudyEv I do not get it You mean you push and the door opens towards you?

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

@allknowing Yes. I don't know how to explain it really. The door is held closed by a magnet. You push the door a little which I suppose breaks the magnet and a spring in the catch opens the door towards you.

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@wolfgirl569 (106323)

• Marion, Ohio

14 Oct 23

They look nice

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

Thanks. They will hold quite a bit. The top shelves will store things I need to keep but rarely use.

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

14 Oct 23

I like the white. It brightens the laundry room up.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

Thanks. I'm really pleased with them and they'll give me quite a bit more storage.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Oct 23

@RubyHawk Because I can't reach the top shelves anyway, I am planning to gradually get rid of items until I have most things within reach.

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 Oct 23

@JudyEv Can’t have too much storage.

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@Kandae11 (55036)

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14 Oct 23

Looks very neat and light. I suppose you also have to attache knobs on the cupboard doors.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

No, they don't have knobs. A magnet affair keeps them closed and when you give them a gentle push and a spring mechanism opens them.

@much2say (55616)

• Los Angeles, California

14 Oct 23

Nice! Hubby wants something like this, but since I'm short I wanted something down below somehow

(we don't have any counters in the laundry room).

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@much2say (55616)

• Los Angeles, California

19 Oct 23

@JudyEv I would love to have all that storage!!

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Oct 23

There is a counter and cupboards beneath but the extra storage will be handy although I'll need the small stepladder to get to the top shelves.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Oct 23

@much2say We really have a lot of storage here although we've used the robes in the spare bedroom, which we use as our office, for storage too. There are three bedrooms but we don't have people staying over very often.

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@RebeccasFarm (89883)

• Arvada, Colorado

14 Oct 23

Oh they are very smart looking..that was a good job to get them up there and level..yeah I hate pokey Judy..I know precisely what you mean..though this apartment I am in now was a novelty at first..it is very clausto for me now.

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@RebeccasFarm (89883)

• Arvada, Colorado

16 Oct 23

@JudyEv Oh that'll be handy then and serve the good purpose Judy. I know what you mean about that.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Oct 23

With this cupboards I think I'll be able to empty one cabinet from the spare bedroom. Once I get rid of that the room will look more spacious.

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@LadyDuck (471547)

• Switzerland

14 Oct 23

Very similar to those we installed in our laundry room. They look nice. They are heavy to lift once assembled.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

It was quite tricky to lift them up but luckily they slid on to the support quite easily.

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@LadyDuck (471547)

• Switzerland

16 Oct 23

@JudyEv They are heavier than we imagine, even empty.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (61136)

• Centralia, Washington

14 Oct 23

Wow. You two are amazing. Getting those cabinets properly secured on the wall was a hard feat.

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@sallypup (61136)

• Centralia, Washington

16 Oct 23

@JudyEv I wish you two had been at my house the day we mounted our big glass fronted clock on the wall. That was a horror moment when hubby finally got it on the screw and gingerly let go of it.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Oct 23

@sallypup I hear you so clearly! We had to slide this down the wall and hope it 'caught' on the holder.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

We've done quite a lot of similar stuff over the years . Vince measures three times and sometimes still has to drill an extra hole but we got there in the end.

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@Deepizzaguy (102889)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

14 Oct 23

Nice looking cupboard that are inside of the laundry.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Oct 23

Thanks. It will be useful to have a bit more storage.

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@Deepizzaguy (102889)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

15 Oct 23

@JudyEv You are welcome.

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@porwest (90911)

• United States

21 Oct 23

Looking good. I have never hung cupboards, so I wouldn't have the first clue. I guess if I need to I could YouTube it.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

23 Oct 23

The Ikea ones come with all the instructions. You do have to buy the fittings to attach it to the wall as walls can be constructed of varying materials.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Oct 23

@porwest I hear you loud and clear but maybe the extra years Vin and I have lived have made us more likely to go to the instructions sooner rather than later.

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@porwest (90911)

• United States

23 Oct 23

@JudyEv I am terrible at reading instructions, which usually means I wind up looking at them AFTER something goes wrong and my wife looks at me in disgust, "If you'd have read the damn instructions..." Sometimes the words uttered, "How hard can it be?" turn out to be the worst words you can utter.

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@freelancermariagrace (28011)

• Philippines

14 Oct 23

Wow. Looks neat and beautiful!

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

Thanks. We're very pleased with them.

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@freelancermariagrace (28011)

• Philippines

16 Oct 23

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@lifecoachjerusalem (1287)

• Israel

15 Oct 23

I was thinking that I also need to put more cabinets in my kitchen, and have them hanging on the wall. This is wasted space in my apartment. I wonder how long they will hold up on the wall? Let us now if they are sturdy enough for heavy stuff.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

I think they are quite strong but I won't risk putting really heavy stuff in them. I have other places for that.

@kaka135 (14931)

• Malaysia

14 Oct 23

It's nice to have the cupboards on the wall - good for utilizing the space. I always like to have these overhead cupboards, but I thought it can be very pricey to ask someone to make one. I never thought we can actually buy them from Ikea and mount it ourselves. I think lifting them up is quite hard. You have done a very good job to do these yourselves.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

We've assembled a lot of Ikea stuff now and as long as you go slowly and follow the instructions exactly, they go together well. Lifting them up was a bit tricky but we managed.

@ptrikha_2 (46955)

• India

14 Oct 23

Quite good work done ! I wonder how the smooth edged stuff like this can be assembled. I wonder if you had to make sure that nothing slipped! May be IKEA wants its customers to be very smart and Intelligent like JudyEv !!

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Oct 23

They are very cleverly designed. Every piece locks in and the pieces end up very stable. But of course it helps if you're very smart and intelligent like me.

@RasmaSandra (79886)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

14 Oct 23

Those cupboards look really nice,

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Oct 23

Thanks. We're pleased with them.

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@1creekgirl (41433)

• United States

14 Oct 23

They look really nice! We've never bought anything from Ikea since we don't have a store anywhere near us.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Oct 23

There is only the one store in our state too and it's about an hour away. We don't go there very often.

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@LindaOHio (178764)

• United States

14 Oct 23

They look really nice. We have cupboards above our washer and dryer too. Have a good weekend.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

It's always handy to have a bit of extra storage.

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@Beestring (14561)

• Hong Kong

14 Oct 23

They look nice. I like most of Ikea's products.

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@JudyEv (340118)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Oct 23

I love the ingenious way that they are put together.

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