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Maximizing Kitchen Storage Space with an Over Fridge Cabinet

Solutions for Optimizing the Space Above Your Refrigerator Here’s an easy math problem for you: The average kitchen ceiling height is 96” high. Most modern refrigerators are 84” tall. What is the size of the gap between them? And more importantly, what do you do with the space? Most modern kitchen appliances don’t announce themselves. The design trend right now is for appliances to look concealed and built-in. The focal point of modern kitchens is typically not an appliance, but instead a stunning light fixture or well-designed kitchen island. American refrigerators, however, always buck the trend of concealed appliances. While Europeans prefer counter-depth refrigerators that can be covered with a large [...]

Getting a Handle on: How to Use the IKEA FIXA Drill Template

Surefire Ways to Ensure Your DIY Project Goes Smoothly Using an IKEA FIXA drill template to install drawer handles is a great time-saver. It makes putting together IKEA drawers in your kitchen a much easier process. Making drill templates is something that a lot of people have a hard time doing. It’s not that it’s hard to do, it’s that we all hate to waste time. However, if you can get a hold of a drill template that’s meant for handles for your IKEA kitchen, installing the handles gets much easier. IKEA produces furniture items for their customers to assemble themselves. Despite the need for self-assembly, IKEA customers don’t usually need [...]

Choosing the Right Kitchen Appliances for IKEA Cabinets

Quick Tips From the Experts for Choosing the Right IKEA Kitchen Appliances IKD customers frequently ask us for our opinions about choosing kitchen appliances. “What brands and product options are the best? Should I buy IKEA appliances?” Major appliances like dishwashers, ovens, and refrigerators are extremely important to the function and fashion of your kitchen. While we can’t and don’t make specific recommendations about which appliances you should buy for your IKEA kitchen, we think there are 5 things you must know before choosing kitchen appliances. 1. Any Brand of Appliance Works With IKEA Cabinets No matter what appliance brand you buy, it will work with IKEA kitchen cabinets. That’s because [...]

How to Determine Installation Costs for Your IKEA Kitchen

IKEA cabinets are inexpensive and stylish, but how much will you end up spending in your IKEA DIY kitchen renovation? As certified kitchen designers, we know that affordability is just as important as efficiency. We also know that the IKEA door style and kitchen measurements are the first things that professional designers ask a homeowner about when embarking on a kitchen renovation. Also, IKEA’s design services offer a swift quote for a standard kitchen measurement — which is unreliable because IKEA bases those quotes on a 10’x10’ standard kitchen layout (more on that later). With that in mind, we’d like to share some information to help you understand installation costs and options; [...]

Tips for Designing Paneled Kitchen Appliances

How to Create a Built-in Look for IKEA Kitchen Appliances One of the most common questions we get asked as IKEA kitchen designers is how to create a built-in look with IKEA SEKTION cabinets. Specifically, how to build a sleek, hidden-appliance design with IKEA paneled kitchen appliances or non-IKEA refrigerators and dishwashers. We’re glad you asked! IKEA and non-IKEA Appliances Can be Paneled IKEA only sells Whirlpool appliances under IKEA brand names, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a custom design that works with your choice of appliances. Whether you’re looking to create a traditional or transitional look, or you simply want to keep your non-IKEA appliances after you remodel, [...]

Tried and Tested: How Good is the IKEA Kitchen Planning Service?

Please see here for the updated review. Getting the inside scoop on IKEA’s kitchen planning services 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 really better than working with Inspired Kitchen Design online? Our secret shopper, Ray, hired them to find out… and boy, did we learn a lot. Before you hire IKEA to plan your kitchen, you need to read this blog post. What’s Inside the IKEA Home Planning Service? There are three [...]

5 Work Arounds for IKEA Kitchen Design Challenges

IKD designers know their way around IKEA kitchen design obstacles. School is in session! This class, ….um….blog is called “Problem Solving 101,” which highlights some of the most common design challenges faced in IKEA kitchens. And who better as teachers than our team of certified kitchen designers who’d like to educate you on how to solve those challenges? Today, you’ll learn how we use our signature cabinet “hacks” to create custom blind cabinets for corner cabinet applications; how to modify 12” IKEA base cabinets to fit a smaller space (storage for baking sheets, for example); and how to properly incorporate base cabinets for 36”(W) apron front sinks and 36”(W) range top [...]

Are IKEA Kitchen “Must-Haves” Really “Musts” for Your Kitchen?

Pause Social Media and convert musts to maybes Warren Buffett once famously said “price is what you pay, value is what you get,” and perhaps nowhere is this truer than when upgrading your IKEA kitchen. That’s why as experts in all-things-IKEA, we believe it’s crucial to get the most out of your space and your budget. As such, we’d like to share ways you can get the most out of your space in a cost-effective way, such as choosing the right appliances; picking the right countertops and using full-height doors with shelves rather than drawers are all available options to reduce clutter and save money. This, of course, means taking some obvious [...]

Optimizing Your Kitchen Layout: Which Shape Suits Your Home?

Common Kitchen Layouts to Kick Off Your IKEA Remodel When it comes to remodeling your kitchen with IKEA cabinetry, it’s important to understand what can and can’t be done within your existing footprint. Do you have a tiny galley but want “open floor plan living” with an L-shaped layout? Or maybe your kitchen is big enough, but the appliances and cabinetry just aren’t syncing up with the way you cook, entertain, and live. Sometimes, sorting out what you can actually do with your existing kitchen becomes the biggest pain point of a remodel. It’s essential to have a realistic and objective idea of what kind of layout will work for your [...]

A Kitchen Renovation Under $5K with IKEA Cabinetry? Yes It’s Possible!

A few years ago, we posted a blog with five ways to save money on your kitchen renovation and it’s grown to become one of our most popular posts. With so many people in the planning stages of home renovations, we thought it might be time to revisit some of these tips - and if you are specifically looking to keep your costs under $5k, we have added some great design tips to share from our team. Read on for IKD’s cost efficient strategies, and ideas for how to keep your budget in check. Make a Priority List This goes without saying and should be the very first thing you do whether [...]

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