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An Avid Baker Designs a Huge Island in His L-Shaped White Kitchen

A review of how a homeowner, installer and IKD worked together before remodeling You want to remodel your existing kitchen ) because you know it’s not being maximized to its full potential. Perhaps you’re an avid baker and need better workflow and storage, or you enjoy entertaining friends and family. Great. You even have a design theme in mind, using IKEA cabinets to create plenty of new storage. The problem is you’re not interested in installing your IKEA kitchen cabinets yourself. And since you’ve decided not to hire a general contractor (meaning you’ll need to take accurate measurements; order the right cabinets and take inventory, among others), you know you’ll need [...]

Designing a Gloss White, Minimal IKEA kitchen in a Mid-Century Home

A review of how working with the right design professionals led to a successful white kitchen remodel. If you’re an IKEA customer who knows what they want, but your current space is far from what you need, it can quickly become overwhelming — and costly. Combine that with supply chain issues that impact IKEA inventory and delivery times and your entire kitchen project runs the risk of being further delayed or completely derailed. Not good! But fear not. By being resourceful it’s quite possible to transform even the most outdated layout — you just need professional design help and a solid plan. This is precisely what happened to IKD customers Bernice [...]

A Tidy Blue and White IKEA Kitchen Design

How IKEA’s BODBYN cabinets and custom design solutions overcame limited space for a family of four You’ve remodeled your kitchen before using white IKEA  kitchen cabinets, so you think you’ve got a pretty good grasp on what it takes. But that was a while ago and you’ve got a new home now and a small kitchen. Add to that a growing family that’s quickly outgrowing the space and you can see the need to remodel. But what do you do? If you’re IKD customer Fay from Alameda, CA, you adapt and overcome. “Our kitchen footprint is very small, so we needed it to function well for a family of four. The [...]

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 [...]

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How custom doors can improve an all-white IKEA kitchen

A study in using Semihandmade Classic Walnut doors to full effect. This article is based on and inspired by an actual IKD design. We created a customer narrative to make it fun and easier to understand. Any IKEA customer wanting to truly enjoy their kitchen and ready to remodel will relate to this next story. Imagine your kitchen not only doesn’t reflect your style, but still reflects that of the previous owner. Now imagine that kitchen is all white with wasted space. This was the challenge facing Nancy from River Vale, NJ, whose original 168-square-foot kitchen was overrun with white countertops, white appliances and white cabinets – even white flooring! “I [...]

Outdated Layout Gets a Makeover Into All White IKEA Kitchen

Designing a white IKEA kitchen is easy with a creative design collaboration Sometimes nostalgia is good - just not when it involves a white IKEA kitchen that needs to be fresh and stylish. This was the case for IKD customer Elsie from Miami, FL, and her husband, who were faced with a kitchen layout that desperately needed a makeover. “This kitchen is part of a townhouse that my husband and I purchased. Originally it felt like you were walking into the 1980s. Everything was very outdated. So we did new floors, we took out the popcorn ceiling, we did new bathrooms, new doors, new everything,” she says. After researching HOUZZ for [...]

A bright and warm white IKEA kitchen in Yellowknife, Canada

Overcoming geographic issues can produce a stunning white IKEA kitchen At Inspired Kitchen Design, we help homeowners get the perfect IKEA kitchen design for their homes. But we also do different sorts of projects, too. Charlotte and Mark’s kitchen was one such project. They’re no strangers to the remodeling process because they’ve made it their livelihood. As owners of HenryDesign Build Live, they buy and renovate rental properties in the Northwest Territories, Canada. This was the kitchen they needed our help with: And, here’s the finished IKEA kitchen: What a difference removing a wall (and installing an IKEA kitchen) makes! But like we said, this was no ordinary [...]

Why the little white IKEA kitchen is so popular

An expert reviews what makes white kitchens so appealing Being trendy is très cool but trends come and go faster than a speeding bullet. The next thing you know you’re flipping through your middle school yearbook asking, “Why didn’t somebody stop me from getting that spiral perm? My apologies to the environment for using all that AquaNet.” With a kitchen renovation, the stakes are higher. This 2013 article in Popular Mechanics estimates that a “minor” kitchen renovation costs on average $18,500 in the United States. Click through if you feel like having a minor cardiac event at the cost of a major kitchen reno! Sure, IKEA kitchens are very affordable. It’s the number [...]

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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 [...]

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, [...]

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