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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 [...]

More secrets of installing an IKEA kitchen

Insider information on the IKEA design process and how IKD makes it easier We’re back this week with another edition of Kitchen Installation Confidential. This time we’ve interviewed “Robert”, another one of our Install Connect approved IKEA kitchen installers, to tell us the secrets of installing an IKEA kitchen. #1: Why do your customers hire you instead of IKEA? IKEA itself is an impersonal experience. Try calling IKEA and you’ll see what I mean. It’s an automated system that puts you on hold for a long time and makes you feel like, “I can’t deal with this right now. I don’t have the energy for this nonsense.” Someone [...]

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. […]

Introducing our new IKEA kitchen service, install connect!

An introduction to IKD’s newest kitchen design service — Install Connect! Today we’re launching our new service, IKD Install Connect! Install Connect is our free service that connects our customers with highly qualified, independent IKEA kitchen installers. Get access to our database of IKEA kitchen installers when you purchase The IKD Design Package. If you’re wondering: Why you should hire an independent kitchen contractor instead of IKEA What your kitchen installer wishes you knew before you hired them What the no. 1 cause of arguments is during a kitchen installation Let our installer “Mark” tell you why! Today’s post kicks off our new series, Kitchen Installation Confidential. […]

A modern IKEA kitchen renovation in less than a month

An affordable makeover highlights this small IKEA kitchen Anthony and his wife Daniela’s newly purchased 1950s home needed a lot of renovation before they could move in. They chose IKEA for their kitchen and IKD for their kitchen design, to help them stick to their budget and their timeline for moving in. This was their old 10’ x 10’ kitchen, which had last been renovated in the 1990s: And here’s the “after” shot, from the same view: When I interviewed Anthony, he and his wife had been cooking in the kitchen for three weeks and were deeply in love. […]

Why the little white IKEA kitchen is so popular

An expert reviews what makes white kitchens so appealing Being trendy is très cool but trends come and go faster than a speeding bullet. The next thing you know you’re flipping through your middle school yearbook asking, “Why didn’t somebody stop me from getting that spiral perm? My apologies to the environment for using all that AquaNet.” With a kitchen renovation, the stakes are higher. This 2013 article in Popular Mechanics estimates that a “minor” kitchen renovation costs on average $18,500 in the United States. Click through if you feel like having a minor cardiac event at the cost of a major kitchen reno! Sure, IKEA kitchens are very affordable. It’s the number [...]

These IKEA kitchen cabinets were framed! and they’re not guilty, they’re perfect.

Creating a custom look in your kitchen using IKEA’s panels A kitchen design request we get a lot here at IKD is, “I don’t want it (my kitchen) to look like IKEA!” We understand. Nobody really likes their kitchen to look cookie-cutter. This is where IKEA’s SEKTION is great for creating a custom, built-in look for your kitchen. […]

Plan to Use Custom Doors in your IKEA Kitchen? READ THIS.

Navigating the IKEA Home Planner when you want custom kitchen cabinetry The IKEA Home Planner strikes again and it’s affecting our clients who choose to include custom-made cabinet doors and drawer fronts in their IKEA kitchen design. Never fear, there is a workaround. You can still include the beautiful kitchen cabinet doors you plan to purchase from Semihandmade. […]

A look at SEKTION in the IKEA kitchen showroom

Understanding the ins and outs of IKEA’s new introduction — SEKTION! SEKTION is finally here! I had to see for myself so I took the trip to my local IKEA. A sign saying “SEKTION: a new kitchen with more of everything” greeted me at the entrance to the kitchen section of the showroom. I was pretty excited to see it in person, so I snapped a few photos with my phone. Here were just some of my favorite things. […]

IKEA’s SEKTION is spanx for your kitchen

A brief overview of the benefits using IKEA SEKTION in your kitchen When you need to look great in that little black dress, Spanx is just what you need to conceal where you look less than perfect. Likewise, SEKTION, IKEA’s new kitchen line, can hide those appliances no one really wants to see. Like your dishwasher. We know because we’ve been designing with METOD, SEKTION’s European twin, for several months now. (Learn more about METOD vs SEKTION in this article.) Hiding those unsightly appliances has become quite the trend with our European customers. We’ve been including this feature in many designs. Quiz: find the dishwasher in these ikea kitchens Right now, [...]

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