Wow, is that a Fridigaire Flair? Are you going to keep that?

I don't have a suggestion for you, but I do have a caveat: Ikea is in the process of discontinuing its current Faktum/Akurum kitchen line, to be replaced by a whole new system called Metod/Sektion early next year.

I would think very hard about buying cabinets now, given that it may be hard to get any extra needed bits by then. In other places Ikea has said that they would continue to stock parts for the older system for two years, but I don't know that I'd put much faith in being able to get a particular part later on.

So if you were planning to do the kitchen now, I'd say go ahead, but with that much of a time gap, I don't know.

There is an Ikea between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. I would ask its kitchen department people if they can give you a name.

I forgot to mention there is a company in Sarasota that apparently works throughout the state of Florida. The name Kitchen Craft LLC., Sarasota. I have never used him but I see his van parked outside the our local Publix quite often.

This post was edited by jerzeegirl on Thu, Jul 10, 14 at 9:05

I believe IKEA contracts with a local company for installation of their cabinets if you do not wish to install the cabinets yourself. You may wish to check on that! That company is guaranteed to have the experience, but I would check their reviews as well.

The company that Ikea Sunrise (the local store for WPB) uses is a flatpack assembly company rather than a kitchen specialist. I suppose they've installed a lot of kitchens, but I definitely would not expect much in the way of design help or clever suggestions from them.

Thanks, all. I have the name of someone and will be contacting him.

Please let us know how it works out for you, raynag.