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Success With a Full House IKEA Design Project – Part 1

The keys to using IKEA cabinetry for a a complete house remodel project Most folks remodeling their entire home don't realize that IKEA cabinets can be used for laundry rooms, mudrooms, offices, closets and more. In Part 1 of our two-part series, our design team will show you how an IKEA design idea can be expanded throughout the entire home. We’ll walk you through a full house project we recently completed for IKD customers Jack and Linda from Palm Springs, CA. Jack and Linda represent a very unique (and successful!) project for IKD. They’re a couple that was ready to retire who had the perfect piece of property to retire, so [...]

Designer Tips: How We Design and Organize an IKEA Kosher Kitchen

Understanding the essentials to a quality kosher IKEA kitchen Designing a Kosher IKEA kitchen requires detailed planning and a thoughtful layout. The design team at IKD recognizes that an IKEA Kosher kitchen includes proper food storage and preparation separation, dishwashing areas and overlapping work triangles. This can be a critical request for customers and make their kitchen work more efficiently as well. One of the key components to designing and organizing an IKEA Kosher kitchen is to include proper storage for the utensils, silverware, glassware, plateware and pots and pans, and even separating appliances or installing two of each appliance (including dishwashers, refrigerators and double ovens) in a larger space. Our [...]

Galley Style IKEA Kitchen Offers Flexibility and Function

Galley-style kitchens like this present unique challenges and can produce very unique results! When choosing your IKEA kitchen design, sometimes less is more. This was the case for Los Angeles, CA-based IKD customer, Aja, and her family who recently completed this galley-style kitchen as a part of a full-house renovation. “Our kitchen is a small, galley-style kitchen that is not an open concept (at all),” she says. However, that did not stop the family from having some big design ideas. These ideas included, requesting a breakfast nook area for the kids; a pantry and laundry space; and lots of storage. With a budget of approximately $30,000 - $40,000 (including upgraded electrical, [...]

Family Makes IKEA Kitchen Remodel A Natural Fit

Customers who entertain will get plenty of ideas from this remodeled kitchen For IKD customer Timothy from Sykesville, MD and his family, his renovated IKEA kitchen design took a natural progression. Literally. “When we moved into our house, the kitchen was extremely dark with the floor, cabinets, countertop, and a lack of natural light. We wanted to make the kitchen as bright as possible using natural light and the materials chosen,” he says. To address this, the family selected IKEA cabinetry, including IKEA AXSTAD drawer fronts in matte white; IKEA AXSTAD glass door in matte white IKEA MAXIMERA drawers in high, medium, and low configurations; IKEA FORBATTRA toe kicks in matte white, [...]

Storage solutions that fit your IKEA kitchen and budget – part 2

Our team breaks down the must-have storage items that will make your IKEA kitchen In Part One of our two-part blog called “Storage Solutions That Fit Your IKEA Kitchen – and Budget” we looked at some base cabinetry storage options. Those options included door-and-drawer combinations; all-drawer bases; bases with full-height doors; and bases incorporating moveable wire baskets. In the follow-up here, the IKD design team would like to focus on storage items that’ll add efficiency and value to your kitchen: Wall organizers, recycling centers and trash pullouts. Those may seem like sometimes-overlooked storage items, but trust us when we say that these will make your workflow (and budgeting) easier – and [...]

Family maximizes space in 1950s-style IKEA kitchen

Galley-style kitchens like this offer great opportunity for the whole family The family that designs together stays together. This was the approach for IKD customer Alexandra, from Hurley, NY, and her family when they set out to preserve the original galley kitchen footprint for this new IKEA kitchen in their 1950s modern home. “We liked the existing layout, but we needed more storage and wanted to improve the space’s functionality. We cook every day, but the kitchen is also used as a passage to other parts of the house. It took us some time to think about different design solutions to clarify the space, but it was a process that the whole family [...]

IKEA kitchen maximizes space, style and storage

Credit: Let There Be Light Photography Knowing what you want is half the battle with kitchen designs. This was certainly the experience for IKD customer Evelyn from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, who knew from the start she wanted IKEA cabinetry for her new kitchen. “I’ve always wanted IKEA cabinets. I love the look of them and have always explored the show kitchens when in an IKEA store. I know they’re good quality, functional, flexible and economical,” she says. This was crucial because she and her husband were looking to remodel a small, outdated and inefficient kitchen into one with light, open space; plenty of storage and a large island. She explains: “My [...]

Why IKEA kitchen customers design with IKD

Walking through the IKD online design process step-by-step When potential customers come to us to design their IKEA kitchen, it’s because they’re researching kitchen design ideas and kitchen design service options. But mainly they want something more from their kitchen design. They've saved and planned for their new kitchen for months, maybe even years. And after researching kitchen design ideas, and debating whether to choose between IKEA RINGHULT or IKEA BODBYN to go along with IKEA’s SEKTION cabinetry framework, for example, they realize they could design it themselves – or even use IKEA’s design services – but something feels uncertain. Limited even. Maybe they had difficulty navigating IKEA’s notoriously buggy Kitchen [...]

IKEA kitchen maximizes space, style and storage

Maximizing storage in a small IKEA kitchen is a matter of working with what you have Knowing what you want is half the battle with kitchen designs. This was certainly the experience for IKD customer Evelyn from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, who knew from the start she wanted IKEA cabinetry for her new kitchen. “I’ve always wanted IKEA cabinets. I love the look of them and have always explored the show kitchens when in an IKEA store. I know they’re good quality, functional, flexible and economical,” she says. This was crucial because she and her husband were looking to remodel a small, outdated and inefficient kitchen into one with light, [...]

Outdated space becomes stunning modern IKEA kitchen

SEKTION cabinetry can be the foundation of a a dynamic Mid Century Modern design For IKD customer Lindsey from Atlanta, GA, her recent IKEA kitchen remodel was a classic case of “out with the old and in with the new.” How else to describe a previously cramped and outdated space that has turned into a large, Midcentury Modern kitchen? Lindsey explains: “When we remodeled our kitchen we did it as part of a larger renovation that opened up the living room/dining room/kitchen into one large room and vaulted the ceilings.” Specifically, the kitchen measures 17 feet long from the wall to the edge of the peninsula and about 8 feet [...]

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