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IKEA’s pre-cut laminate countertops will make your kitchen lovely for less

Design using IKEA pre-cut laminate countertops without sacrificing style. Most homeowners go a little weak-kneed when they see a quartz countertop. And granite? Perfection.Then they see the price, and that feeling becomes something more like a heart attack. With IKEA’s laminate countertops, you get the look of quartz and granite (stone) for a fraction of the cost, or you can choose a look that’s impossible to achieve with stone—also for a fraction of the cost. With the right product and design (and maybe even the right sale), you’ll get the kitchen you want while saving about 90% of the amount you’d spend on other countertops. Why has “laminate” become a bad [...]

IKEA Kitchen Corner Cabinets for L or U-shaped Kitchen

Base corner cabinets can be difficult to access; we designed ways for easier access and more storage.You may feel backed into a corner by your corner kitchen base cabinet, or as we like to call it, the place where heirloom casserole dishes go to die. It’s practically impossible to design a kitchen without a less-than-convenient corner base cabinet, but there are only two alternatives:Leave the corner “dead,” meaning don’t put anything there because it won’t be accessible anyway.Design your kitchen with “straight runs,” meaning don’t create corners at all so your cabinet space is easily accessible.However, for most homeowners, corners cabinets are a design reality. After all, they often provide an extra [...]

Hacking IKEA’s Kitchen SEKTION Cabinets for More Bathroom Storage

Creating a multi-use vanity and extra storage with IKEA's SEKTION cabinets. Emily is a makeup artist with a large family. Her face is her billboard, so she likes to take her time getting ready in the morning. However, sharing one-and-a-half bathrooms with four children was cramping her style. “Every morning, (the kids) would be fighting over the sink and mirror trying to do their hair and teeth,” Emily says.“They could never find what they needed. Sometimes the drawers wouldn’t close, or they wouldn’t open. There was just too much stuff! I tried getting ready in the other bathroom, but it’s too small. A friend suggested I put a vanity in the [...]

How To Achieve Proper Fridge Placement in Your IKEA Kitchen

Understanding fridge placement is just as important as what type of refrigerator you choose. When you begin your IKEA kitchen remodel there are certain products that need to be considered. IKEA cabinets are at the top of the list, naturally.However appliance placement is key as well. You wouldn't want your kitchen to feature products that don’t work well together, right? You want your kitchen to be ergonomic. That's why we encourage our customers to complete a design checklist:To determine how you want your kitchen to work and what products you want to accomplish those design goals. As IKEA kitchen design specialists with over 7000 designs completed, we can tell you that [...]

How a Traditional(ish) IKEA Kitchen Opened Up a Full House Remodel

A turn-of-the-century home gets a new but traditional IKEA kitchen. Having an outdated kitchen is bad, but having one that is out of touch with your needs is even worse. And when the kitchen — which is supposed to be the heart of the home — is actually hindering progress on your whole-house remodel project, something has to be done. How can you entertain properly with a cramped kitchen space? How can your kitchen be effective for everyday activities if it has no flow? Not very enjoyable. This was the situation for Jaime from Tacoma, WA, whose turn-of-the-century home was in need of a major kitchen remodel to open it up [...]

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Overcoming the Unexpected when Designing an IKEA Kitchen

How to Problem Solve During an IKEA Kitchen Remodel Product back orders, a 350-mile drive to Montreal — even a fire — didn’t slow down this kitchen remodel. Initiating the remodeling process can come with a learning curve for many IKEA customers, so first-time remodelers really need patience and perseverance. But what would you do if your tight project timeline was hindered by a lack of accurate product pricing, back orders, and even a fire at the IKEA warehouse that held up your order? If you were Regina from Stratford, CT, you’d take matters into your own hands. In this article, Regina recounts her experience to offer advice to those considering [...]

An Outdated Kitchen Layout converted into a Perfectly Imperfect IKEA Farmhouse Style

Redesigning a U-Shaped cabinet design into L-shaped - to the Letter Do you ever want to switch things up? Maybe try a new hairstyle or splurge on new clothing because your current style has gotten a little.. outdated? Maybe just because? Or maybe sometimes you need to tear things down in order to build it back up. Debbie from Las Vegas, NV knows the feeling. That’s why she recently decided to remodel. Her inefficient,U-shaped kitchen layout was not working for her present cooking workflow needs or her future concerns and she wanted to make changes to an IKEA farmhouse style kitchen — big changes. She explains: “I had a U-shaped kitchen [...]

Colorado Kitchen remodeler deftly navigates IKEA cabinet delays

With a little help from far-flung friends and family Remember that brother-in-law who, in 2016, you scored Rolling Stones tickets for? Has he forgotten already? Well it’s time to remind him and call in that favor. That's pretty much what Celine from Boulder, Colorado did — she called in favors from a few relatives and was able to complete her kitchen remodel. Or at least that was the start . . . “With long lead times from other cabinet providers and a limited budget, IKEA made the most sense for our kitchen remodel. But we ran into supply chain delays and IKEA cabinet availability became an obstacle too” she says. Celine [...]

Floating IKEA Kitchen Shelves: Open Shelving Ups and Downs

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Floating Shelves in Your IKEA Kitchen More than any other room in the house, your IKEA kitchen has the challenging job of blending design and function to create a space that is both aesthetically pleasing and practical. As the “heart of the home,” your IKEA kitchen must serve many purposes from food prep to homework station to social hub during gatherings. To meet all these demands, an IKEA kitchen design not only has to include many diverse elements, but it must ensure those elements are tailored to match your lifestyle. Luckily, the designers at Inspired Kitchen Design have a lot of ideas. While it’s still true [...]

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Understanding BOXI kitchen cabinets by Semi handmade

IKD has long had a design relationship with Los Angeles, CA-based Semihandmade, a leading third-party custom cabinet front manufacturer whose offerings fit perfectly with IKEA’s SEKTION cabinetry framework. Semihandmade is evolving into a fully realized lifestyle brand, and they started by launching their own line of cabinets: BOXI by Semihandmade. BOXI is designed to simplify the installation process so customers can remodel their kitchen, bath, or any other room in the home. This is accomplished through easy online design and ordering as well as competitive pricing, and American-built durable cabinetry products. They provide a one-stop shopping experience and the cabinets will arrive pre-assembled, with door and drawer fronts attached. No more [...]

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