#IKEA Is Totally Changing Their Kitchen Cabinet System. Here s What We Know About SEKTION.

Update! (January 21, 2015)

We now have final sizing and pricing info for SEKTION in the United States. See pictures, pricing, and more details here:

IKEA's New SEKTION Kitchen Cabinets Are Here! We've Got Sizes, Prices, and Photos

We're big fans of IKEA's kitchen cabinet system, AKURUM. It offers value, a great warranty, and modern design for a fraction of the price of custom and semi-custom cabinets. I installed AKURUM cabinets while renovating my own kitchen and have been very happy with them (see how they look ).

But there have been murmurs and rumblings about the demise of AKURUM, and IKEA has officially announced the news: AKURUM will be replaced by a new kitchen system, SEKTION, starting February 2015. Read on for more details and lots of photos!

Quick Facts: IKEA is replacing its popular kitchen cabinets with a new system, SEKTION. SEKTION will go on sale February 2, 2015. It will not be compatible with AKURUM, the current cabinet system.

Note: All photos in this post are of the METOD cabinets available in Europe. We expect the SEKTION cabinets to look quite similar but there could be some differences for the American market.

What's So Great About IKEA Cabinets?

IKEA's kitchen fittings and cabinets are sold in modular elements of cabinets, drawers, and fronts, so you can assemble an entire kitchen yourself and customize it, to a point. It's a painstaking process and a lot of work to plan a kitchen and assemble each cabinet — but the cost savings are often enormous for those building new kitchens and renovating.