The house we moved into has newer ikea cabinets, installed in 2009. They're MDF or something similar. The cabinet in the bathroom is delaminating from humidity. I've noticed the cabinet over where we keep our electric kettle is also starting to fall apart from the steam. Overall, I'm unimpressed and wish they'd just kept the original wood cabinets
Yeah, there are a couple of places where the laminate is peeling because of humidity. We took out a cabinet in the bathroom that was also having issues from humidity. Not why we took it out, it was a huge cabinet that blocked
all of the light from reaching the shower but the water damage didn't hurt our decision
for the bathroom door, you can use double doors. If you leave them opening the same way, you'd only have to close one side to access the full laundry. Or have them open swinging out and no worries. Another option is to use a solid folding door that opens away from that area.
I'm having problems picturing what you're suggesting here
Your cabinets aren't bad actually. You won't get the money out of it if you replace them. Your best bang for the buck will be a DIY tile back splash, and replacing that countertop with builder grade stone or solid surface. You can get a reminant for under a grand in a kitchen that size. If you don't want to spend that much, you can pick up some better looking formica for $300. Go with the bamboo floors throughout. Drop some field tIle in the bathroom and call it a day.
This is close to what we decided on. We're keeping the current cabinets, maybe painting them. We ordered a faux marble laminate countertop yesterday (happy Valentine's Day!) that will be installed for $600). We'll replace the sink with a smaller single bowl one, opening up more counter space. We also picked out our tile backsplash yesterday and I'm going to sign us up for one of Home Depot's free tiling classes so we can DIY. We're installing a woodplank vinyl throughout the entire house, it can even go in the bathroom.
Unfortunately the counter will take about 4 weeks so we're at a little bit of a standstill since I don't want to paint in the kitchen until we pull the old counters with their attached pseudo backsplash out. I might paint some of the other rooms to keep moving or see what I can do about painting the cabinets