A well-furnished kitchen will give your house full-fledged elite vibes. However, let’s get some facts straight here: Remodeling a kitchen is not one of your usual DIY tasks. You should definitely think twice before deciding to handle everything yourself.

This blog will discuss one of the most vital parts of remodeling a kitchen: cabinets.

Have you decided to assemble and install your IKEA kitchen cabinets yourself thinking, “How hard can it be to assemble a cabinet?” and “I am going to save money by doing the job myself.” Well, good on you, but is it really worth going through all the hassle of doing everything yourself?

Assembling and installing kitchen cabinets is much more taxing than you can imagine, especially if you get them from IKEA. Since every item from IKEA is flat-packed, the furniture comes with numerous small pieces. You must keep track of every screw, bolt, and dowel required for assembly.

If you’re not willing to deal with all that, you need to call in the professionals to help you out. Here’s why it’s better to hire professionals to assemble and install your IKEA kitchen cabinets.

They’ll do a Quick Job of It

The popularity of DIY home improvements is on the rise these days. Hence, you may find the idea of building and assembling cabinets at home intriguing. However, it’s not a good idea to mess with the kitchen fixtures on your own, especially if you have never done something like this before.

It’s not just about fixing some screws here and there to assemble and install your IKEA kitchen cabinets. There is a whole lot of planning and designing behind a professionally installed fixture. Just figuring out what to do and where to start may take you ages, let alone the actual assembly and installation.

Imagine starting the whole process yourself and getting stuck in between, with no idea how to move forward! Sounds chaotic, right?

When you hire professionals, you not only save your own time but also get the job done faster. Thanks to their extensive knowledge and experience in fixture installation, they can set up your kitchen cabinets within no time.

You Don’t Have to Worry About Damaging Your Cabinets

Kitchen fixtures, like cabinets, are usually expensive but a worthy investment to make your kitchen functional and stylish. If you have bought a lavish cabinets set recently, it’s not wise to risk all that money by trying to install them without any experience.

Installing IKEA kitchen cabinets with no prior experience increases the risk of damage to the parts. What’s more, it’s not just the parts that you can damage - you can hurt yourself, too. Allow me to explain.

As explained earlier, IKEA cabinets come with many parts and pieces. The whole thing can come crashing down at any moment if it’s secured poorly onto the wall. Or perhaps, the wooden cabinet box might split if you over-tighten a fastener. There are a whole host of other errors you can make that can spell disaster for you.

Please remember that the damage incurred by you during installation cancels out your warranty. Hence, even the most minor error can cost you much more than hiring a professional to do the job efficiently.

There Is No Risk of an Incorrect Installation

People experienced in handling fixtures and furniture in their homes might think installing kitchen cabinets is not a big deal. However, it is more difficult to assemble and install your IKEA cabinets than other fixtures.

IKEA’S rail system is usually tricky to level on the wall. Plus your cabinets might still twist even if you perfectly plum out the suspension rail. This is because the walls of a house are rarely plum, and the cabinets placed on an uneven wall means the drawers or doors won’t line up properly.

To sum up, cabinets placed crookedly on the walls lead to cracked countertops and a misaligned backslash. Why risk messing up when professionals can quickly install your cabinets without any miscalculations?

Professionals Have All the Required Tools and Material

We usually have a few basic tools like hammers and screwdrivers lying around our homes for quick fixes of machinery, equipment, or anything else that breaks down.

However, those basic tools do not suffice when it comes to assembling and installing cabinets. Although IKEA cabinets come with the label ‘ready to assemble,’ you will still need the right tools if you decide to install them yourself.

Some tools required for DIY installation are safety glasses, a try square, an awl, a jigsaw, measuring tape, a miter box, a circular saw, a crowbar, wood shims, etc. And that’s not all! You might have to make multiple trips to IKEA if some parts are missing or you face design issues on the fly.

Sounds like a lot? Well, this is one of the main reasons it’s better to let the professionals handle everything on your behalf except travelling to Ikea which should be done by the customer since technicians will be busy handling the installation.

You Won’t Have to Arrange Any Additional Labor

Cabinet installation involves a lot of tasks, including plumbing, fixing legs, doors, and drawers, aligning rails and cabinets, drilling into the cabinet, etc. Plus, cabinets are usually heavy to handle. Yes, it’s all technical and wear some work!

You will need help to manage the whole process properly. But even if you get help from family or friends, your effort could go to waste if the cabinets are not appropriately set in one go.

Instead of bothering your family members or friends, it’s better to get a cabinet installation company to help you out. That company will arrange all the labor required, saving you the physical effort involved in assembly and installation.

Contact Us for Quick and Accurate IKEA Cabinet Installation

Let our expert team at Any Assembly assemble and install your IKEA kitchen cabinets the right way. We handle everything, from unpacking your cabinets to the actual installation.

You just have to get in touch and leave the rest to our team. It will save you countless hours of manual labor and the risk of getting it wrong.

Get a quote for our Home Furniture Installation services in the D.C tri-state area by calling us at

MD (410)-493-4488, VA (703)- 596-0086, DC (202)-684-6782.