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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 [...]

Make 2024 the Year You Focus on Laundry Room Organization

Organizing tips and products for your IKEA laundry design In this article: Say goodbye to laundry room clutter How to utilize IKEA organizers IKEA internal organizers vs. Rev-A-Shelf internal organizers Laundry might never be fun, but an IKEA laundry design can get you as close as possible You would be hard-pressed to find a homeowner who actually enjoys doing laundry. It’s the same mismatched socks and dirty underwear week after week and hours spent folding and putting away just to wear the clothes again and then wash and fold them again. And if you have kids, you know it’s all going to end up thrown across the room while they’re looking [...]

Two IKEA Mudrooms Focused Completely on Storage and Organization

Designing well planned areas that draw the line between inside and out. If you’re looking to re-imagine storage options in your home using IKEA cabinets — either while remodeling or with a new construction — IKEA mudrooms are the answer. They draw the line between inside and outdoors and allow you to enjoy both stress-free. So what do customers want in mudrooms? Number one, homeowners tell us they need dedicated and well-designed storage to better organize outdoor clothes and gear and to do so in a streamlined way. “For storage, customers prefer doors over drawers to better hide things, like shoes, boots and sports equipment for the kids. People have busy [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Need a Second Look at Your IKEA Mudroom Design?

Having IKD review your IKEA mudroom design can save you time, money, and Tylenol. Creating an attractive, built-in mudroom can be a fun (or at least satisfying) weekend project if you have a straight forward design and easy-to-follow instructions. Otherwise, it’s a headache. IKEA is a favorite store for DIYers since their products are affordable, high-quality, easy to assemble, and hackable. However, installing a custom mudroom takes more than an idea and determination; it takes design knowledge. We can take your vision and help you get the look you want while ensuring the new addition is structurally sound and optimized for storage. Whether you have nothing more than an idea and [...]

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 Mudroom Designs with Storage Galore

Some people think they have to choose between a mudroom and a closet; we say, “Why not both?” Who doesn’t like getting more bang for their buck? These IKD customers decided to go all out on their mudroom design by adding plenty of extra storage, essentially receiving two designs for the price of one. They saw an opportunity to create a more organized entryway and more storage for other items in the home. In the image above, the homeowners removed the coat closet to install the IKEA storage bench seat and wall hooks, but they made up for the loss with wall-to-wall cabinets that offer more storage than their closet ever [...]

Three IKEA Mudroom Designs Doing Double-Duty

Think the mudroom is just for shoes and coats? These IKEA mudroom combinations prove that’s not the case. Since housing prices skyrocketed during the pandemic, we’ve noticed a trend of homeowners choosing renovation over moving house. Those with starter homes may build an addition instead of purchasing something larger, while many homeowners simply seek more creative ways to use their space. IKEA is always creating products designed to maximize space, and IKD, in turn, uses those products to design space-optimized, magazine-worthy rooms. Our customers are often shocked by how much valuable space is hiding in their homes – and this is never truer than when we design mudrooms. Three Multifunctional IKEA [...]

IKEA Mudroom Designs for Warm Weather Environments

Not everyone has to deal with winter coats and slushy snow boots – but a mudroom still comes in handy. In this article: How mudrooms are used in warmer climates The benefits of having a custom-designed mudroom Five examples of custom IKEA mudrooms designed by IKD Why a Mudroom is Essential in Warm Climates Not all homeowners require space for bulky coats, snow boots, and scarves. Many of our mudroom customers just need a place to store their going-out gear so they can come home, relax, and easily find what they need when it’s time to start over again. In fact, about half of our mudroom designs are for warm-climate customers [...]

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