The Impending IKEA Storm

We're still putting small tweaks around the house (hello new knobs on the knob-less living room closet), but most of our work has been visualizing what we might want an updated kitchen to look like. At times if feels like we're rushing, but with Ilana having some good time before school starts (with probably little time after it starts), we figure it might be now or never (or at least 2 years from now). We've made one decision: IKEA cabinets. We've also nixed the crazy butterfly sink (though we like yours, Abby). Now, it's down to the actual cabinets and figuring layout. And though we can do this at home, it's much more fun to do it IKEA:


Perhaps it's because we like to go compare two different items in person, perhaps it's because we like to find the 21" cabinets not listed in the catalog, or perhaps it's because we like the IKEA employee to tell us we need 2" to separate two of our cabinets, thus screwing up our entire plan.