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Practical Building Tips for your IKEA Laundry Room Design

Bursting hoses, low-lighting and water hammers are all obstacles — here’s how to avoid them. If you’re just beginning your IKEA laundry room design, there are some building tips you absolutely must know. Our entire team thinks so. Why’s that? Because these are practical tips that will make any laundry room layout more efficient, functional and safer. These tips include knowing the available IKEA cabinets; safety issues; countertop choices and lighting options, among others. And they may very well increase your overall enjoyment of doing laundry — while simultaneously improving the functionality of your home. “Laundry rooms these days are migrating upstairs from basements, where they’ve traditionally sat in most homes. [...]

Holistically Designed IKEA Laundry Rooms bring it all together

Separate multi-zone areas to fold + dry + soak + wash Ever wish your entire laundry room was as intuitive as your washer/dryer? Lots of people do. That’s because laundry area inputs are simple: Plop baskets of random dirty laundry near the washer. Easy. The output however is the real work: Soaking, washing, drying and sorting/folding the input. Holistically designed IKEA laundry rooms with multi-zone areas address those needs. This includes storage for the things needed for these tasks— think laundry baskets, ironing board, etc. — and minimizes obstacles that could really hamper the process. “Today’s IKEA laundry rooms are much more practical! These spaces are more utilitarian than ever, with [...]

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DIY Remodel becomes an IKEA Kitchen Classic

Modern Design Ideas for an Outdated Kitchen Using IKEA Cabinets For IKD customer Sommer, the results of her DIY IKEA kitchen remodel were literally night and day. Sommer, who lives in Eastsound, WA, explains: “We wanted to update the look of our 111-year-old kitchen with a fresh, clean feel while keeping a coherent flow with the rest of the house.” With that, she had a few specific design wishes, including wanting a modern, high-end look with lots of drawers and no upper cabinets; establishing as much light as possible in this previously dark, cramped space; and maintaining a visual flow between rooms — particularly with light and white elements — while avoiding [...]

5 White IKEA Kitchen Examples That We Love

A Brief Listing of Some Recent Spectacular White IKEA Kitchens Whatever the size and shape of your kitchen, IKEA cabinets have it covered, though unless you are a kitchen design expert, it can be tricky to seamlessly incorporate them into your space. Our designers created five personalized kitchens using IKEA cabinets that meet all the requirements of a modern home. White kitchens are thoroughly modern, easy on the eye, and easy to keep clean. Our kitchens are designed with practicality and ease-of-use in mind. As always, we considered alignment of oven, sink and work surfaces, plus the ideal configuration for every space. Here are our five white IKEA kitchen design examples, created [...]

How Thick Is IKEA’s SEKTION Cover Panel in the Showroom?

No IKEA kitchen design is complete without cover panels. Like Ana wrote in a post about achieving a paneled look, cover panels can do everything from supporting countertops to creating custom cabinets and islands for our customers. These extra pieces match the finish of your IKEA cabinet doors. IKEA’s new kitchen line, SEKTION, offers matching cover panels just like AKURUM did with their PERFEKT panels. We discovered something about the SEKTION cover panels that you simply must know before you start designing your IKEA kitchen. And, we hate to call people out, but – even sales associates in the IKEA kitchen showroom didn’t know this for sure! SEKTION Cover [...]

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How to Hack an IKEA Wall Cabinet to Create a Custom Blind Corner

An In-Depth Look at How Blind Corner Wall Cabinetry Can Improve Your Kitchen Design One of a kitchen designer’s first challenges is figuring out how to deal with corners and design functional corner cabinets. Next to kitchen drawers, wall storage is one of the most important aspects of any kitchen, and knowing how to maximize space, especially in the corners, is tricky. So if you aren’t quite sure what to do with corner cabinets, don’t feel bad. You are not alone! If you don’t leave enough room for your cabinets near the corners, you won’t be able to open the doors very far and you’re going to feel unhappy with your [...]

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How to Keep Your DIY IKEA Project on Track

Five Practical Tips from IKEA Customers Just because you’re beginning a DIY IKEA kitchen (or other room) project doesn’t mean you have to go it alone. In fact, there are plenty of IKEA customers who’ve navigated their own DIY project and learned a few things along the way. Therefore, this article shares some of those tips with you now. As you’ll see, these five customer tips are suitable for any style IKEA kitchen, as they are practical, cost-effective, and universal. Overall, you can use these tips to feel more prepared as you begin your IKEA kitchen and to give you a starting point for your own IKEA project. They will save [...]

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One Customer’s Quest to Complete His IKEA Kitchen Installation During COVID

Dogged persistence got him through this IKEA kitchen installation project! Finding an IKEA cabinet installer is not always easy. There are a lot of factors to consider, and sometimes there are unforeseeable issues that come into play as well.Those can really impact an IKEA customer whether they are first-time kitchen remodelers or experienced DIYers. Barry from North Port, FL, is one such IKEA customer. He had quite a quest in finding a qualified IKEA cabinet installer for the IKEA AXSTAD cabinets for his traditional-style IKEA kitchen remodel project. “We chose IKEA AXSTAD cabinets for this project.We’re not using IKEA appliances, countertops, sinks or faucets — just the cabinets and undercounter lighting. [...]

IKD reaches milestone of 3000 IKEA designs

Our design team reflects on some of the highlights of our many IKEA designs As design experts, we here at IKD know what it takes to create a great IKEA kitchen: Dedication, passion and teamwork. And since IKD began offering IKEA kitchen designs online in 2008, our team has incorporated these qualities into every one of our projects, from kitchens, baths and closets to home offices, wardrobe and wine storage. “I like designing in a space where we can incorporate many solutions and design components that will make a kitchen not only beautiful but highly functional and organized,” IKD designer Paulina says. Put another way, we expertly use IKEA SEKTION cabinetry [...]

Three IKEA kitchens cabinet designs under $5,000

These designs prove that saving on your budget without sacrificing style is easy! Customers often ask us if IKEA's kitchen cabinets are as inexpensive as everyone says. They know that IKEA's a great brand and their cabinets are well-built -- but how do they compare in price to Home Depot or Lowes? Or other brands? It's hard to know especially since IKEA just offers the cabinet price -- no assembly or installation. While the other brands include both. There's very little info or references about IKEA's complete kitchen cabinet pricing. So we decided to help by showing a series of IKEA kitchens that we've designed with the actual cabinet costs. Of [...]

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