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5 expert tips for designing a kosher-friendly kitchen

Demystifying how to keep kosher in your IKEA kitchen Just before the IKEA kitchen sale started, we completed another kosher-friendly kitchen design and today we’re going to share some tips with you. Since we were first asked to design a kosher-friendly IKEA kitchen way back in 2010, we’ve learned a lot of design tricks that can make it easier for families who keep kosher. It doesn’t matter if you keep kosher all year or only for Passover. Having an IKEA kitchen that’s designed to be kosher-friendly makes it so much easier to follow kashrut, the Jewish law pertaining to how foods must be prepared and eaten. Important [...]

Small but mighty: IKD’s top tips for getting the maximum out of minimum kitchen space

Practical storage solutions for the smallest IKEA kitchens Is a small kitchen cramping your style? Not to worry, IKD is here to the rescue! We have the experience and know-how to help you maximize your kitchen's tiny footprint, even if you can't imagine how to accomplish it yourself. Your older abode may ooze with charm, but if you're still living with a kitchen of yesteryear, you already know kitchen design concepts have changed dramatically in the past few decades. Kitchens of the past (even in very large homes) were usually minimized in favor of larger living spaces, but today's best kitchens are as much living space as cooking space. The kitchen is [...]

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 [...]

A minimalist home bar for a contemporary home

Complete your modern kitchen with these designer tips for an IKEA home bar From a party at home that simply rocks, to not having to worry about driving back home, a minimalist home bar offers plenty of advantages that go way beyond the aesthetics of it. While some may be intimidated when picking out furniture and accessories, creating a minimalist home bar that is as attractive as it is functional is relatively easy. Our option done with IKEA cabinets fits in any kitchen, the overall cabinet budget is $4,648. In order to plan a home bar, you need to consider all the things that can be included at this area: Storage [...]

IKD’s Cabinet Storage Checklist for Your IKEA Kitchen

Some kitchen storage needs are universal. Make sure you’ve considered them all by using our kitchen storage checklist. With IKD, no two IKEA kitchen designs are exactly alike. However, there are certain elements that every kitchen needs, or you can’t really call it a kitchen. You’d have to call it “an appliance and stuff room” or something equally ridiculous. When imagining your IKEA kitchen redesign, it’s only natural to focus on aesthetics. You want the new cabinets, granite countertops, better lighting, and hardware without decades of dirt built up in the crevices that your mother-in-law says you should just take a toothbrush to but no one actually has the time for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Affordable IKEA Mudroom Designs Under $3,000

Maximizing Value with IKEA Cabinets in Mudroom Designs In this article: Keeping your IKEA mudroom project under budget Adding mudroom storage using IKEA cabinet How IKEA cabinet hacks can work for you You're an IKEA customer looking for better storage options in your home, but you have two main problems: Limited space and a limited budget. What can you do? Fortunately, combining IKEA's SEKTION kitchen system with IKEA cabinets can provide cost-effective solutions by creating a new IKEA mudroom. Recently IKD was able to do just that for three different families whose budgets were under $3,000 by utilizing IKEA cabinet "hacks" (modifications) that added storage space and style without adding to [...]

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