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I'm relieved I came across this video after visiting my local IKEA store today. I just finalized my kitchen cabinet and countertop orders. While my design doesn't include the first four items mentioned in the video, it does include the last one. After watching the video, I've decided to modify my design by replacing the wire basket with drawers. This video is very helpful for sure.

100%. Doing the same action hundreds of times adds up, opening two things when it could easily be one is backwards! I'm also not a fan of drawers inside tall cabinets, rather just have the drawers with drawer fronts and a shorter door above them. Practicality is for people who use their kitchens, designer kitchens are often for those who just want to show off and have food delivered 😉

I'm currently remodeling my kitchen.  No way will I have the trash and recycling pull-outs under the sink.  I've lived here 25 years with this old kitchen, and I'm sure it's been many hundreds of times that I or someone else has said "Excuse me" to get the person at the sink to move over so that we can access the trash.  An absolute pain in the neck.  In my new kitchen, the pull-out is going next to the sink, to be easily accessed by someone standing at the sink or anyone else who walks up and needs access, without the person cutting the veggies or washing the dishes having to move over.  So, trash and recycling on one side, dishwasher on the other, and cleaning supplies/detergents/etc. underneath.  Perfect.

Practical before pretty my dad use to say.😊

Creating a kitchen based on functionality is design! The best design. The way you speak of your needs and assess the options to suit your needs, I’d say all your decisions are the sign of great design. Nicely done!

I find it amazing for how many people it is about looking good and not about function. When I planned my kitchen, it was all about function. And then at the very end I selected 3 possible "colors" and let my girlfriend decide which color she wanted. Like: Do you want glossy grey or not so glossy grey. Design done. When all the cabinets have the same color and grips that is enough for "good design".

Agree on everything except the big drawer under the sink… we love it!  Bonus functionality is to get the auto-open!!!
Every other kitchen we visit, we tap with our knee out of habit and it’s weird when it doesn’t open.

I really love this video. It is as if you were in my head to find all these design mistakes (I'm actually designing my kitchen) ❤

I like the push opener on upper cabinets. I went with bilsbro (not push opener) on the base cabinets. What I’ve noticed is I tend to still pull open rather than push the uppers. Your videos were extremely useful when I built my kitchen & saved me hours of assembly time & frustration.

So good thank you!!!

good ideas!!

Video is very helpful 👍

Great informative video

The only drawer within a drawer that I would have is for things that aren’t accessed daily or that I want somewhat hidden. For example, my plan if I remodel is to do a drawer within a drawer for utensils, but the hidden drawer will be where I put my sharp knives and possibly cutting boards and measuring cups and spoons, with the bottom of the main drawer where I have flatware and other utensils. I’m also planning to do a 15” deep drawer behind a tall pullout. My shorter instant pot will be on the bottom of the tall pullout at the back with the taller food processor and blender at the front. The 15” drawer behind (which even though full extension will only come just to the front of the cabinet not extending beyond the edge of the cabinet) will hold the blades for the food processor that I rarely use but don’t want to discard, my electric knife sharpener which I only use a few times a year, etc.

For the inside utensil drawer, I used magnets to draw the smaller drawer out

I built my Ikea kitchen several years ago.  I agree on all your points.  I went with the two slide outs under the sink, and due to plumbing interference, just didn't put the back cage in.
I only used the drawer within a drawer on one set of cabinets across from primary sets which had 3 drawers, small, med, large.  I have regretted that.  I should have stuck with the same pattern.
The only thing that the wire frame drawer is good for is clearing the door hinge at the bottom. (I don't have all the pull out issues you show, but we don't pull that out often)  In the vertical doored cabinets, adding drawers are restricted by the hinges.

I do agree that the pullout under the sink could block the way if other people try to put garbage while others is doing dishwashing. I personally am not bothered too much as we are only 2 in the house. But I had to cut the support to use only for the two 10 inches front panel and only make the top one fixed. Ikea gave the brackets when you buy the ventilated heavy duty top bar. My sink is 10 inch deep, so making the top front panel fixed is a good way. Due to plumbing underneath, I had to cut out the back metal to avoid hitting the p-trap. So I have an undermount sink 60/40 from Kraus, to support it besides silicone which will not hold forever, Ikea sell the support bracket for inside cabinet microwave or the like, I use it to put a 3/4 plywood under the sink and level it to fit tight under sink so it will never fall even if you have both two bowls full of water. Anyhow, I love it because of hiding the garbage and recycle bins making it handy. Just finished doing grout for backslash, it will not be long I can show some pics. Still watching your channel. Keep it up for sharing more, you have my kudos for so many kitchens installation, i have done only one and it's plenty enough.😂

Good video as usual.   Those Ikea garbage bins you showed are a joke.  We would have to empty those 3x a day!  Utensil drawers are essential.  I'm curious what you think about the newer shallow drawer  vs. the old.  My 10 year old kitchen had maybe an extra inch more on the low drawer compared to Sektion.  It is a little tight now for things like a ladle.

It never occurred to me to have all drawers the same height.