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How to Keep Your DIY IKEA Project on Track

Five Practical Tips from IKEA Customers Just because you’re beginning a DIY IKEA kitchen (or other room) project doesn’t mean you have to go it alone. In fact, there are plenty of IKEA customers who’ve navigated their own DIY project and learned a few things along the way. Therefore, this article shares some of those tips with you now. As you’ll see, these five customer tips are suitable for any style IKEA kitchen, as they are practical, cost-effective, and universal. Overall, you can use these tips to feel more prepared as you begin your IKEA kitchen and to give you a starting point for your own IKEA project. They will save [...]

Does the IKEA home planner turn your kitchen design into a safety hazard?

Knowing how IKEA’s Home Planner works can protect your design — and your family Ah, the IKEA Home Planner. IKEA loves to remind you how it’s free to use! But you truly get what you pay for. In fact, the Home Planner is so buggy that IKEA’s home planning service doesn’t use the software. After many complaints from major authorized IKEA cabinet installers, IKEA finally relented and gave them access to their own proprietary software. That’s right, the Home Planner can be such a pain that the professionals don’t want to use it. But is it safe? Never mind the quirks. What worries us more at IKD [...]

Did you know that our IKEA cabinet designs can be used to buy other cabinet brands?

Sometimes IKEA doesn’t work out; use your design to buy elsewhere! We all know to “plan the work, then work the plan,” but what do you when your plans to work with IKEA don’t pan out? This was the situation for IKD customer Amin from Martinez, CA, who originally wanted IKEA cabinets for his kitchen remodel but needed to readjust his design vision when COVID-19 started causing product backorders. “Planning a kitchen remodel during a pandemic [and with] IKEA’s supply chain issues, we definitely knew we were in for some challenges,” he says. Admirably, Amin took those challenges as an opportunity and through some extensive research, he discovered that IKEA’s modular [...]

Why I used IKEA Cabinets in a Multimillion Dollar Home

I did quite a few out-of-the-box things in my custom build. But this one probably takes the cake. I did IKEA cabinets in multi million dollar home. Gasp! The Recommended Path When it came time to think about cabinets, I took my builder’s recommendation. He was a good guy and had worked with a custom cabinet-maker in town for decades. He really trusted them- they’d done a great job for his clients innumerable times over the years. We sat down and talked about what I was looking for. They took a couple of weeks and sent in their drawings. My heart sank. Was this what people raved about? Not only did it [...]

An IKEA Upgrade from the Inside Out

Our favorite IKEA interior organizational accessories - and why you need them in your kitchen As long-time IKEA kitchen designers, we know that a kitchen remodel is no easy feat, especially when you’re going full gut reno. Between finalizing designs, hiring installers and waiting for products to arrive, it can be a full-time job to keep all of the pieces moving. If you are thinking about starting the process but want some mini-upgrades you can implement now, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite IKEA accessories that can keep your kitchen as organized as a Pinterest board. Please note that some of these items will work with cabinet systems that are [...]

Baking Should (Literally) Be a Piece of Cake

We can help you design the perfect baking station for your IKEA kitchen If you, like many of us, discovered a passion for baking in the early days of the pandemic, you probably also discovered your kitchen is less than optimized for the production that baking can be – especially if you have a kitchen with a smaller footprint. From messy ingredients to large appliances and accessories like industrial mixers and cooling racks, configuring a dedicated space for baking can be quite a challenge. With so many people embarking on kitchen renovations – and the holidays right around the corner - now is the time to consider how to create a [...]

How our IKEA Design Packages Prepare You for Your Kitchen Project

Understand the benefits of IKD’s design packages for visualizing your entire kitchen project For new IKEA kitchen customers (and even experienced DIYers) starting your IKEA kitchen remodel can be a stressful endeavor — but it doesn’t have to be. The IKD design team is here to guide you through the design and product selection process, and one of the ways we do this is by offering a Design Package complete with all the information you’ll need to confidently move forward with your IKEA kitchen project (or other room project for that matter). Specifically, our design packages include full-color 3-D renderings, floor plans (including numbered floorplans to easily identify products in the [...]

Finding a Qualified IKEA Cabinet Installer for Your IKEA Kitchen

Expert advice for finding an IKEA cabinet installer in your area One of the most important decisions you can make with your IKEA kitchen is whether to assemble and install your IKEA cabinets yourself or hire an IKEA cabinet installer. While there are many examples of successful DIY IKEA kitchen installations, we can tell you there are clear benefits to finding a qualified IKEA cabinet installer. And there are useful tips that will help you narrow down your search — whether you are a first-timer or an experienced DIYer. For instance, while you research examples of IKEA kitchen designs on Web sites like HOUZZ and Pinterest, you also want to make [...]

Understanding IKD’s Signature IKEA Kitchen ‘Hacks’

Reviewing personalized IKEA kitchen hacks courtesy of IKD If the vision for your IKEA kitchen remodel requires some unique storage ideas or your kitchen has difficult dimensions that are creating real spatial challenges, then our IKEA kitchen hacks fix them. At IKD, we’ve incorporated our signature IKEA hacks into nearly 60% of our customers’ IKEA kitchen designs (and other room designs for that matter) to improve storage options and work around IKEA's cabinet sizing constraints. In fact, we’ve designed well over 3,000 IKEA kitchens and have developed a successful two-part formula that provides our Hacks Extra Items List —showing all the items needed to accomplish your IKEA hack — as well [...]

Using IKD’s ‘Install Connect’ to Improve Your IKEA Kitchen

Tips for finding an IKEA cabinet installer with IKD's Install Connect If you’re approaching the installation of your IKEA kitchen and need a qualified IKEA kitchen installer, you may be wondering where to begin. As design professionals who’ve designed well over 3000 IKEA kitchens, we can tell you there are several important considerations to remember when searching for a cabinet installer in your area. That’s why we came up with Install Connect, our database of independent qualified IKEA installers from the United States and Canada. Currently, there are 225 installers featured and we are constantly searching for others (Keep in mind, we’re specifying IKEA cabinet installers and not any cabinet installer.). [...]

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