Hi there,
It is great to have a 4G glass panel for door, but have it ever cross your mind to use sintered stone to furnished your door? We have homeowner who opted for stone for their counter top but not the entire cabinet as to have a uniform look as there is not much of an option in the past till now. 
We have sintered stone that comes with a thickness of 4mm, designed to clad on your aluminium door frame or even a full size door so to speak! 
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I am building my own cabinet after surveying those offered locally if they make according to my design and specification it will cost me nearly 30-40k. I did consider IKEA but their standard size unable to fit in my cabinet area without looking odd.

The reason is their Subcon charged mobilizing cost+ management cost, which also added up the total cost. those who supply and install solid tops already expected those requests will have the capability to fulfill it with minimum cost, so is not apple to apple comparison.

Not everyone will know how to value IKEA product, they think all are made equally compared to those local vendors. if IKEA's product is so bad in value why can they keep opening stores worldwide, why do we see any cabinetmakers able to achieve what IKEA had.

Ikea uses 18mm E1 or E0 grade particleboard. most cabinet makers only offered 16mm e2 grade unless specified. their doors are all vacuum PVC MDF boards which why those doors cost a lot more compared to standard melamine edge banding doors.

Vacuum PVC door will have minimal joints between edging will create fine looking finishing.

well, I always tell my friends who are renovating, Ikea cabinet system is a world standard system you can always use them as a benchmark to compare(they provide 25years warranty too which brand can do that?).


Not everyone will know how to value IKEA product, they think all are made equally compared to those local vendors. if IKEA's product is so bad in value why can they keep opening stores worldwide, why do we see any cabinetmakers able to achieve what IKEA had.

No offense but I think you misunderstand my statement, maybe you should re-read my statement.

Anyway, how many people can afford solid wood furniture in Malaysia do you have the same buying power compared to us?

Melamine is mechanically more stable than solid wood the issue is that if the finishing of melamine is bad it will tend to have exposure to moisture and cause it to swollen.

IKEA furniture has different grades too(wardrobe 10years, kitchen 25 years), it depends on what you are comparing to. What is most important to the majority of people is the value of the product.

As long you always put down tableware gently then should be ok, also daily cleaning to maintain it
But for quality about the brand then I'm not sure about it

Interesting. My wife is interested with Blanco granite Silgranit sink. Should we avoid this?  Anyone has any experience with Blanco Silgranit sink? Thanks in advance

Perhaps you have a cheap/bad quality SS sink previously, my current SS sink has better scratch resistant.
Sorry if I said anything wrong about the maintenance of a granite sink, but pretty sure you will have your glassware break easily if you don't handle it well

I'm having Itto handmade SS sink with nano tech, seems better than the Kohler SS sink you had. Btw perhaps you could recommend the brand/model of granite sink you're using since not every brands of granite sink will be the same.

Hmm I think you don't understand about nano tech SS sink, may refer to video above for explanation.

Yeah you might correct about the pricing which your Kohler is expensive than Itto or any other nano tech sink, but, at least it won't have those issues you mentioned on your Kohler sink, remember that a engine modified car can be much faster than a BMW

You're making wrong assumptions about SS sink as well, since you don't have a SS sink with nano tech.
Anyway let's just stop it here, conclusion is as long you're satisfied with your product and doesn't give you any trouble, then it's a great product; if it cause you trouble, it's a bad one regardless of its price.
Btw you can search the specs online if you want to know, it's not that difficult after all.

Peace