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Kitchen Designs using IKEA’s Laminate Butcher Block Countertops

It's not only for island countertops - design with Butcher Block for your entire kitchen. Butcher block countertops have become popular elements of modern kitchens. They’re beautiful, natural, and fit in with two of today's most popular aesthetics: farmhouse and minimalist. You can't have a rustic farmhouse kitchen without involving wood grain. For a farmhouse kitchen, you can go nuts and make everything butcher block: the perimeter counter, the island top, the floor, the ceiling (Okay, maybe not those last two). In a modern, minimalist kitchen, butcher block becomes a way to add warmth to a sterile, monochromatic room. We like designing it to be used boldly: in accents, like an [...]

Design a personalized media center by getting creative with IKEA product customization

Make your media center unique and attractive by mixing door styles, colors, and IKEA products. TV has become America’s favored pastime. With popular series coming out a season at a time instead of an episode at a time, it’s no wonder that 22% of Americans watch more than 4 hours every day. It’s also no wonder that more and more people are seeking media centers that they visually enjoy. The straight-out-of-the-box look is out, and the warm, cozy furniture look is in. The only problem is that these attractive designs can cost upwards of $5,000—and they still aren’t customized. This homeowner needed to figure out how to get the [...]

IKEA Bathroom Designs That Emphasize Storage

These homeowners maximized storage in small spaces using creative IKEA designs.If you’re reading this, it’s safe to assume you’re not happy with the current state of your bathroom, and you’re not alone. Bathrooms are often an afterthought in architecture: “Okay, now where can we fit a toilet?” This kind of thinking often results in awkward—or non-existent—storage solutions. After all, a 1.5-bathroom house is a 1.5-bathroom house, even if the half-bath is awkwardly placed under the stairs and the full bath has no closet. Here are a few ways our customers have used creative design solutions to fall in love with their bathrooms again.A well-designed cabinet layout takes the place of a linen [...]

Four Clever IKEA Design Hacks to Create More Storage in a Small Bathroom

Customizing IKEA kitchen cabinets offered more bathroom storage options for this couple. Kate and her husband, Josh, were determined to make the most of the single bathroom in their Illinois apartment. They had a bathtub/shower combination, but they really wanted a separate bathtub and walk-in shower. They installed a new shower stall where a storage closet had been. This renovation resulted in less storage space, and half of the bathroom looked brand-new, while the other half did not reflect the upgrade. Kate and Josh considered their bathroom design options. “We needed to replace the lost storage and give our bathroom a facelift,” Kate explains. In addition to the lost closet space, [...]

IKEA Designed Home Office Nooks (oh, they’re small alright)

Designing a functional office nook, in only six feet. In recent years, a home office has become a necessity. However, many work-from-home professionals (especially work-from-home parents) are missing one crucial factor: space. Offices get turned into children’s bedrooms or double as guestrooms, and you end up shoving a desk in the corner of the living room or working at the kitchen table. We transformed four homeowners' entire work-from-home dynamic with IKEA office nook designs, with minimums of six linear feet of space. Don’t settle for that random desk shoved in the corner. It’s all in the design! Steps to Creating the Perfect IKEA Office Nook 1. Establish your goals. [...]

Designing Multi-functional IKEA Closets to Store a Little of Everything

These IKEA Closets fit more than just clothes with our solutions. Your closet probably doesn’t function just to hold clothing, and we’ll tell you a secret: That’s okay. It’s okay if your closet has become not only a place to store clothing but also a catch-all for important documents, Christmas presents, and yarn from that one time you decided that crocheting was going to be your thing. The problem isn’t what’s in your closet; it’s how you organize it. “We had plastic organizers in one corner of our closet and shelving above the curtain rod. Unfortunately, it was also the only out-of-the-way place we could fit the vacuum. We couldn’t open [...]

Two IKEA bar areas – each with distinct design motivations

IKEA cabinets + Semihandmade doors + Summit wine coolers were all they had in common A home bar should be an inviting area to kick back with a drink after a hard day at work or entertain friends. You want to nail that elusive, artful blend of cozy and glam. And, surprise! Budget-friendly IKEA cabinets are the key to this upscale look. With lots of customizable options, whether you want a masculine-motif bar or a midcentury-modern-inspired bar, it’s totally possible. And the good news is that this type of project doesn’t cost as much as you think, leaving you with more cash to stock the bar. Two recent bar projects—both spanning [...]

Tips for Designing an IKEA Galley Kitchen

Functionality and Style in Galley Kitchen Designs Designing or remodeling a small kitchen can present a unique set of challenges. However, with proper planning, you won’t have to sacrifice style or space. In this article, we look at ways to create a functional, elegant galley kitchen and hear from one of our customers who successfully created the kitchen of her dreams. How to Plan for a Galley Kitchen Remodel Knowing what you want makes all the difference. Just ask Inspired Kitchen Design customer Jenny who was looking to add storage in her galley-style NYC kitchen while incorporating unique design elements. When asked what the driving force behind the kitchen remodel was, [...]

IKD Achieves Milestone of 7000 IKEA Designs

Our team reflects on how IKD's experience and process sets our designs apart It wasn’t that long ago IKD achieved the milestone of having created 3000 IKEA design projects (including kitchens, bathrooms, bar rooms, offices and laundry rooms, among others). We're happy to report we’ve now more than doubled that total and recently reached 7000 IKEA designs! How’d we do it? As IKEA kitchen design specialists we’re experts in IKEA’s SEKTION kitchen system and understand how to implement IKEA cabinets — as well as custom cabinet fronts — into your IKEA design. (We work closely with Los Angeles, CA-based Semihandmade (SHM), a leading third-party custom cabinet front manufacturer whose offerings fit [...]

A Tidy Blue and White IKEA Kitchen Design

How IKEA’s BODBYN cabinets and custom design solutions overcame limited space for a family of four You’ve remodeled your kitchen before using white IKEA kitchen cabinets, so you think you’ve got a pretty good grasp on what it takes. But that was a while ago and you’ve got a new home now and a small kitchen. Add to that a growing family that’s quickly outgrowing the space and you can see the need to remodel. But what do you do? If you’re IKD customer Fay from Alameda, CA, you adapt and overcome. “Our kitchen footprint is very small, so we needed it to function well for a family of four. The [...]

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