Custom fronts · IKEA METOD

Fronts for your IKEA METOD kitchen — cut to size near you.

We give you a ready-made technical drawing with exact dimensions and hinge positions. Take it to a local cut-to-size shop — choose any material they offer, extend the front over the plinth, and pay a fraction of the price of branded fronts.

Plans for your whole kitchen: €49.

Digital product — PDF and DXF files delivered to your email after purchase. We ship no physical goods.

Open the configurator →How it works

2D drawing preview

From idea to finished fronts — without the middlemen.

Three steps

Configure your fronts

Add front after front to your project — METOD cabinet size, hinge side, and an optional extension.

Get the drawings

You receive precise PDF drawings — dimensions, hinge cup positions, everything ready to make.

Order locally

Hand the drawings to a local cut-to-size shop and pick any material they offer. You pay far less than for branded fronts.

Import from IKEA

Your IKEA METOD plan — any material, made to size, for less.

Already designed your kitchen in IKEA's planner? Paste the shopping list — we match custom fronts to the same sizes. Choose the material and finish for the whole kitchen, and pay less than stock fronts.

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A concrete example, honest numbers.

What it costs

Example: a 10-front kitchen (lacquered MDF)

Branded made-to-measure fronts (published price examples)from ~€2,000

Cut-to-size shop + fronteli drawingsincluding fronteli drawings: €49~€680–930

You save~50–65%

Our column uses published cut-to-size rates of 700–1,000 zł/m² (≈ €160–230/m²) for lacquered MDF, as of July 2026; shop prices vary across the EU. Polish IKEA-front makers list from around ~€580 for the same kitchen — sometimes less than a local shop, but only within their own material catalogue and typically on a seven-week lead. With your own shop you pick any material (laminate runs roughly half the price) and usually wait less.

A premium look from IKEA boxes.

Why fronteli

Your material

Veneer, lacquer, reeded — any material and finish you choose. No catalogue limits.

No middlemen

You order where a carpenter sources — at a cut-to-size shop — so you skip their markup and the freight from across Europe.

Checked on a real door

We measured the hinge-cup spacing on an original IKEA front and an UTRUSTA template — not just worked it out from a catalogue.

Extend over the plinth

Cover the legs and plinth or run the front taller — a built-in look, not a flat-pack one.

It started with our own kitchen.

Who is behind this

We built our kitchen on IKEA cabinets, but paired it with a stone worktop, handles from outside IKEA, and fronts — some extended, some in veneer. All together it cost less than the carpentry alone would have.

The hardest part was ordering the worktops: getting the sizes right and the drilling exact. Fronts are the same problem — millimetres and hinge-cup positions decide whether a front simply screws on.

fronteli is that part of the job done for you: a drawing your local shop can cut and bore from, so the front arrives ready to mount — at a price you agree locally.

Krystian Lieberfounder, fronteli · Olsztyn

Frequently asked questions

FAQ

Where do I get it made — do I need a carpenter?: You don't need a carpenter. You take the drawing to a cut-to-size shop — one that cuts board to size, edge-bands it, and drills the holes. It's the same kind of shop a carpenter would order cut fronts from, so going direct means you skip their markup. (A carpenter can make it from the same drawing too, if you prefer — usually pricier.) How to find one: search maps or the web for "cut to size", "panel cutting service" or "MDF cut to size" plus your town — most cities have several, and there are mail-order shops that ship nationwide. When you ask for a quote, name three services: cutting to size, edge-banding, and Ø35 mm hinge-cup boring. Confirm that last one up front — not every shop bores cups, and it is what decides whether the front arrives ready to mount. Our PDF and DXF are everything the shop needs to quote and to run the machine.
Which hinges do I buy, and where?: Standard 35 mm cup hinges (European-style) — the same ones IKEA uses in the METOD system. IKEA's own UTRUSTA hinges fit too, including any you already have. Get them at any DIY store, a furniture-fittings supplier, or the same shop that cuts your board. The drawing marks the Ø35 mm cup positions, so the shop bores them exactly where they belong.
Will it really fit — and what if the dimensions are off?: The free 2D preview shows the outline and dimensions before you order anything, so you can check them against your cabinet. The hinge positions aren't copied from a catalogue: we measured the cup spacing physically on an original IKEA front and an UTRUSTA template (July 2026), and paid drawings are generated only for checked sizes — if we're unsure, we block the order rather than send a wrong drawing. Always confirm the dimensions with your shop before cutting and drilling.
How much does it cost?: The drawings cost €49 — a one-off, for the whole kitchen, however many fronts it has. The fronts themselves are paid separately at the shop: for a ten-front example kitchen in lacquered MDF, published cut-to-size rates come to ~€680–930 including our drawings, and laminate runs roughly half that. For comparison, branded made-to-measure fronts start at ~€2,000 for the same kitchen, and Polish makers who ship start around ~€580. Your own quote depends on material, finish and region — ask two or three shops.

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