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Tips for Designing a Black, Modern IKEA Kitchen

Move over, little white kitchen. White may be a timeless color choice for your IKEA kitchen, but black has its place too. Everyone knows black is the classy color choice for any event. Someone just told Lyle here that green & yellow together is the new black That’s why you see so many articles claiming that something is “the new black!” No good can come from this mindset. In the 1970s, someone said, “Goldenrod and avocado are the new black!” and some kitchen designer covered my childhood home’s kitchen in those colors, from the linoleum to the wallpaper and even the appliances. It already looked [...]

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Get an award-winning IKEA kitchen installation in Michigan

IKD speaks with a leading IKEA installer in Michigan It’s time for another edition of Kitchen Installation Confidential. This time we’ve interviewed Michael, the owner of Apple Renovations, based out of Westland, Michigan. He’s another one of our Install Connect-approved IKEA kitchen installers, and he’s here to share some secrets of kitchen installation. #1: Why do your customers hire you instead of using IKEA’s installation services? Well, the plus side of IKEA is that they have an outstanding, very clean, European look. The products aren’t just better than comparable offerings elsewhere, they’re also well stocked so you can get started right away. It’s why they lead the industry. But [...]

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IKEA kitchen hack: class up a DIY desk with a custom lap drawer

Practical solutions for incorporating a custom lap drawer IKEA’s desk options are as endless as its kitchen options. You can purchase one of its ready-to-go options, or you can make use of their “table bar system.” Pick out the tabletop and legs, and you’re ready to go! Unless you want to add storage. Unfortunately IKEA doesn’t sell a separate, individual lap drawer for their mix and match desk tables. Luckily, making one yourself is pretty easy. This is particularly smart for a kitchen, because you can have the SEKTION drawer front for the lap drawer match the other kitchen cabinet doors and drawer fronts. The lap drawer is a low IKEA [...]

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Semihandmade doors make this IKEA kitchen a knockout

Using custom cabinetry to create a personalized IKEA kitchen layoutAlyx and her husband’s lake home was a new build in upstate New York, so they started with a blank canvas. They hired an architect to design their open-concept home, and brought in IKD to figure out the IKEA kitchen details.In a word? Stunning. […]

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