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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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How to Save Money on an IKEA Laundry Room Installation

Insider Tips from IKEA Installers on Saving Money During Your Laundry Room Design Installation In this article: Learn about the different levels of DIY. Building cabinets and making a trip to IKEA can help you save. Doing DIY demo and cleanup may be easier than you think. A professional design is cost-effective. If you’ve decided to use IKEA for your laundry room design, chances are affordability is important to you. IKEA is renowned for stocking on-trend products at a price that makes them accessible to most homeowners. However, most homeowners don’t want a laundry room design that looks like it came off the same shelf as their neighbor’s. That’s where we [...]

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Design Your IKEA Laundry Room Online with a Professional Designer

Customize Your IKEA Laundry Room for Any Space and Style with IKD In this article: How IKD has perfected the art of online IKEA laundry design Maximizing laundry room storage through effective design Considering how you use your laundry room Designing a laundry room to suit your taste You may be surprised at how effective online home design can be. What comes to mind is a designer you’ll never meet hundreds (or thousands) of miles away, and you wonder how they could ever get to know you well enough to design a laundry room – or any room – you’ll truly love. But that’s exactly what IKD has done for thousands [...]

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Maximizing IKEA Laundry Room Space with SEKTION Cabinets

Learn How SEKTION Cabinets Can Enhance an IKEA Laundry Room Design In this article: The benefits of designing a laundry room with SEKTION cabinets Internal organization options for SEKTION cabinets How to customize SEKTION cabinets Why IKD is the right designer for your IKEA laundry room design with SEKTION cabinets Our IKEA laundry room design customers share a common goal: maximize storage while making the room look beautiful – and do it without breaking the bank. As professional, affordable designers and IKEA experts, we know how to tick all these boxes. IKEA’s SEKTION cabinets give us the tools to design custom, versatile laundry rooms. Our designs focus equally on form and [...]

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How Good is the IKEA Kitchen Planning Service? (2023 Update)

Comprehensive Guide to IKEA’s Updated Kitchen Planning Services 2023 Update: We first wrote about IKEA’s planning service back in 2016. That was before COVID, before video chat became the norm, and before IKEA bought out Traemand. In short, a lot has changed, and we wanted to update this post to reflect the ways in which IKEA’s services have changed. 2016: Today’s guest post is by Ray S. IKEA offers a $199 in-person kitchen planning service. An IKEA kitchen planning professional visits your home, takes measurements, and spends 4 hours sitting with you to plan the kitchen you’ll use for the next 20 years. Is it better than working with Inspired Kitchen [...]

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IKEA Mudroom Transformations with Semihandmade Doors

Maximizing Mudroom Design with IKEA Cabinets and Semihandmade Customization In This Article Creating IKEA mudrooms that are affordable Choosing custom door fronts to add style and function IKEA cabinet hacks create clever storage options You’re an IKEA customer and you want something different with the new mudroom you’re planning — but you don’t know where to start. Maybe there’s an awkward existing floor plan; or you have very unique storage ideas that require a deft design touch; or you need to accommodate the needs of your growing family (including your dog, “Fido” is a family member too!).  “IKEA mudrooms offer a unique opportunity to add value to your home with unique [...]

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3 Laundry Room Design Tips from IKD Customers

In this article: Homeowners want a laundry room designer who listens. How we work with multiple vendors to make a unique IKEA laundry design. Why appliance details are essential for a built-in laundry look. How we use IKEA SEKTION cabinets in creative ways. Embracing Customer-Centric IKEA Laundry Design If your IKEA laundry designer isn’t customer-focused, they’re doing something wrong. There is nothing we enjoy more than getting feedback from our design customers. That’s how we know what we’re doing right and what we may need to re-evaluate. There are a few common reasons customers choose IKD over other options for their home design, including laundry room design. For example, we: Pay [...]

A Small Laundry Room Isn’t a Big Problem with IKD

In this article: Why homeowners turn to IKD for an IKEA laundry room design. Pain points of small laundry rooms. How IKD designs small laundry rooms to function in a big way. IKD can create a functional IKEA laundry room in less than 50 sq. ft. of space It’s fair to say that U.S. laundry rooms are a bit of a luxury. In Europe, it’s common for the washer to be in the kitchen with only a drying rack instead of a dryer. In the U.S., the average laundry room is 6’ x 9’. Even if you can’t imagine having a washing machine where your dishwasher should be, it goes to [...]

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How Customizing IKEA Cabinets Transformed this Maryland Kitchen Remodel

Transforming a Kitchen with IKEA’s SEKTION Cabinets and Semihandmade’s Cabinet Doors You want to renovate your kitchen and have had some experience with IKEA kitchens, having installed the one in your last home with the help of a family member. But that installation was over 10 years ago and that family member isn’t available to help. So how are you going to meet the vision you have of a modern kitchen space that complements your 1950’s-era Mid Century Modern home? You do your research and find design professionals that don’t work for you — they work with you. This was the design challenge facing Ben and his wife Laine from Silver [...]

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Designing a Closet Using IKEA’s PAX System or SEKTION Cabinets

In this article: Why you need a team of IKEA design experts for your IKEA closet design What are reasonable expectations from an IKEA closet design? Advantages and disadvantages of a custom PAX closet design Advantages and disadvantages of a custom SEKTION closet design The Pros and Cons of IKEA’s PAX System and SEKTION Cabinets for Closet Design We love creating custom IKEA designs. However, it’s important to note that IKEA is a mass-produced brand. At IKD, we help homeowners get what they want from IKEA by providing a detailed design package with diagrams showing how to perform innovative IKEA cabinet hacks and by using cabinets creatively. For example, we use [...]

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