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IKD’s Cabinet Storage Checklist for Your IKEA Kitchen

Some kitchen storage needs are universal. Make sure you’ve considered them all by using our kitchen storage checklist. With IKD, no two IKEA kitchen designs are exactly alike. However, there are certain elements that every kitchen needs, or you can’t really call it a kitchen. You’d have to call it “an appliance and stuff room” or something equally ridiculous. When imagining your IKEA kitchen redesign, it’s only natural to focus on aesthetics. You want the new cabinets, granite countertops, better lighting, and hardware without decades of dirt built up in the crevices that your mother-in-law says you should just take a toothbrush to but no one actually has the time for [...]

How to keep motivated – and inspired – during your IKEA kitchen renovation

Keep your priorities straight and goals in mind during your IKEA kitchen renovation. Let’s talk about the moment you decided you needed a new kitchen. Was it when you walked in the door for the first time and saw the worn countertops and dated cabinets? When your family grew? When you had people over and realized you needed more seating? Now, let’s talk about everything you’ve decided you need since then. A waterfall countertop? A wet bar? A smart fridge? Kitchen renovation can be a slippery slope, and blowing the budget or experiencing severe renovation fatigue is often a direct result of homeowners losing sight of why they wanted a new [...]

How to Budget Your IKEA Kitchen Remodel: It Isn’t All Cabinets

A lot goes into remodeling a kitchen, and the design and supplies are just a fraction. We include an extra items list in our IKEA kitchen design package because many people forget to account for things like cabinet rails, hinges, and trim in their kitchen budget. It may be that they genuinely don’t know everything that goes into a kitchen remodel, or they get so excited they only have eyes for quartz countertops and shaker-style doors. We never want our customers taken by surprise, so we wrote an article detailing the budgeting aspects of an IKEA kitchen remodel—even the ones we don’t personally handle. 5 Key Elements of an [...]

Seamlessly Blend Upscale Elements into Your IKEA Kitchen Design

How does IKD take IKEA cabinets and transform them into high-end kitchens? Let us count the ways. IKEA’s marketing department targets middle-class consumers between the ages of 20 and 34. Most of this demographic will have a career, maybe a young family, and want (and deserve) a nice home. IKEA provides a nice kitchen straight out of the box; just take one of their showrooms, copy, and paste. We work with IKEA customers who want more than nice. Our customers want elements of that IKEA showroom kitchen with a more personalized touch; they need help working around an architectural anomaly like a kitchen chimney or soffit; or they aren’t sure how [...]

3 IKEA Kitchen Designs that Solve Real Accessibility Problems

No one gets left out when IKD creates an IKEA Kitchen Design. IKEA makes affordable kitchen products for the masses. With our IKEA knowledge and design skills, we transform those mass-produced products into custom kitchens. Often, homeowners come to us because they want a unique touch during their kitchen redesign. Sometimes, however, a homeowner needs a unique design solution. Because we are professional designers, we understand what it takes to design for aging in place, ADA specifications, and even children. Keep reading to discover three ways we’ve made it easier for customers to navigate their kitchen. How IKD Designs Accessible IKEA Kitchens 1. IKEA Kitchen Designs for Aging in [...]

IKEA Kitchen Organization Tips from IKD Pros

Consider how you use your IKEA kitchen when creating a functional design At Inspired Kitchen Design, we help ensure our clients don’t jump into an IKEA kitchen renovation unprepared. The only thing worse than redesigning a kitchen on a whim is designing one that doesn’t work for you. This happens more often than you might think. We have customers who see a kitchen on HGTV, Pinterest, or in a showroom, and they fall in love. They don’t always stop to consider whether this “perfect kitchen” is perfect for them. For this reason, IKD always asks kitchen design customers to consider three vital questions: How do you use your kitchen? Who uses [...]

Rev-A-Shelf Adds Functionality to Visually Attractive IKEA Kitchen Designs

If you aren’t using Rev-A-Shelf, you aren’t getting the most out of your IKEA kitchen. In this article: What to do if you feel lost in your new kitchen design. How Rev-A-Shelf makes organizing easy. Why IKD designer Yessica creates no-door internal organizer designs for customers. Most kitchen designs focus on the exterior—the layout, cabinet fronts, color schemes, countertops, etc.—but once the magazine-worthy design is installed, homeowners often feel…empty. That’s because their cabinets are empty. You may have a brand-new kitchen that looks amazing, but it quickly becomes stressful and cluttered if you don’t know how to organize it. Wouldn’t it be great to have some professional guidance on the interior [...]

IKEA Installer is Building its Name One Kitchen at a Time

How a new cabinet installation collaborative is helping IKEA customers get a professional-style IKEA kitchen Before beginning your DIY IKEA kitchen project, keep one thing in mind: Even the most experienced IKEA customers elect to hire professional installers instead of attempting to assemble and install their IKEA cabinets themselves. Why’s that? It’s not necessarily a reflection on your installation skills. It may be due to a lack of time (people work and families are busy); prior poor experiences attempting a DIY (it might have taken longer than hoped or (gasp!) there were issues with the measurements); or perhaps a lack of qualified IKEA cabinet installers are in your area. Or maybe, [...]

IKEA and Semihandmade: A Match Made in Kitchen Design Heaven

Looking to add custom flair to your IKEA kitchen design? Semihandmade has flair to spare. In this article: IKEA fronts vs. Semihandmade custom fronts Five reasons our design coordinator prefers designing with Semihandmade How Semihandmade can benefit your IKEA kitchen design Our kitchen design customers want more from their IKEA kitchen designs. After all, if they were happy with grabbing the same ready-made kitchen off the shelf as everyone else, they wouldn’t seek a professional designer at all. IKD customers want custom designs but don’t want to pay an obscene amount for their kitchen renovation. We keep kitchen renovations affordable by designing with IKEA SEKTION cabinet combinations, and then we encourage [...]

Avoiding Common DIY Mistakes in IKEA Kitchen Design

Three Key IKEA Kitchen Design Mistakes and Professional Solutions In this article: A second look is important for your IKEA kitchen design. Filler size matters. Give your kitchen range counter space. Sometimes, unusable space is useful. One reason our customers love IKEA is because of their DIY-friendly products. First, you build a desk. Next, you build a bookcase. Suddenly, you feel like you could take on anything – including a complete kitchen renovation. The truth is, you probably can take on a kitchen renovation if you have a complete and accurate design to follow. Many IKEA customers find the online home planner challenging to use. It also doesn’t allow for much [...]

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