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Spice up Your Kitchen with an IKEA Pull-Out Spice Rack

How to Take Advantage of Every Inch of Your Kitchen We’ve found that our kitchen design customers who enjoy cooking are challenged by IKEA’s lack of options for storing spices. Sure, there’s the VARIERA drawer insert for spice jars, or if you want to nail something to the wall, there’s the BEKVÄM spice rack. You could also conceivably store your spices in a butler’s pantry. These options are usually inadequate for the serious chef who loves to add an impromptu twist to their favorite meals. Like adding some cayenne pepper and brown sugar to a handful of roasted almonds or chili seeds to your favorite guacamole. Those bottles need to be [...]

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 [...]

IKEA Pre-Cut Countertops will put your Kitchen a ‘Cut Above’

A review of how your countertop selection can elevate any kitchen design theme When you’re starting your IKEA kitchen remodel project and it’s time to select your countertops, there are always certain factors to consider: Style (of course); size (it matters!),and durabilityare allimportant.But not all countertops, or kitchens, are created equal.Maybe you entertain a lot and want a space that can accommodate your serious cooking skills, or you have a family with young children and want countertops that can withstand those unexpected dings and spills. Or maybe you justwant something that looks really good. IKEA’s pre-cut countertopscheck all of these boxes for you. “Your countertop selection can elevate your kitchen and [...]

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; [...]

DIY Secrets to Build an IKEA Appliance Garage in Your Kitchen

What Is an Appliance Garage? Small appliances can take up a lot of countertop space, and who has room for that? Certainly not our serious chefs who need the room for all the cooking and baking they do. This is where an appliance garage can come in handy. It’s a special cabinet like the one you see above, and it’s built to house all of those useful items like toasters, blenders, food processors, stand mixers, you name it. It’s ideal for small kitchens or if you’re simply looking to reduce clutter. Sadly, IKEA’s kitchen line SEKTION does not include an out-of-the-box appliance garage the way the old kitchen line did. But the [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

“We never order takeout!” Was This Homeowner’s IKEA Kitchen Design Motivation

Creating 60 Square feet of additional kitchen space helped make it happen! Sometimes you have to knock things down to build them back up again. This was the case for IKD customer Adrianna, who along with her husband Jose, turned their originally small and poorly designed kitchen and seldom-used dining room into a transformed and unique IKEA kitchen. “Our original kitchen was so inefficient for eating healthy meals or spending quality family time. We rarely enjoyed the dining room and realized that we wanted to knock down the wall between the two rooms. It added about 60 ft. of extra space, but it added so much more for our family. Now [...]

How to choose a countertop for your IKEA Kitchen remodel

Five Tips to Help With Countertop Selection A big part of a kitchen remodel is knowing how to choose a countertop. However, there are a few things to take into consideration when looking for one at your local IKEA store. What material to choose, how much to spend, and how to achieve the look you want are some of the questions you’re likely to have when choosing a countertop. Not to worry. This article covers five simple tips from our designers that will make selection easier: Get to know the materials. Consider the color and pattern of your new countertop. Don’t forget the type of counter edge. Be prepared for the [...]

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