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How to Keep Your DIY IKEA Project on Track

Five Practical Tips from IKEA Customers Just because you’re beginning a DIY IKEA kitchen (or other room) project doesn’t mean you have to go it alone. In fact, there are plenty of IKEA customers who’ve navigated their own DIY project and learned a few things along the way. Therefore, this article shares some of those tips with you now. As you’ll see, these five customer tips are suitable for any style IKEA kitchen, as they are practical, cost-effective, and universal. Overall, you can use these tips to feel more prepared as you begin your IKEA kitchen and to give you a starting point for your own IKEA project. They will save [...]

Update on Options for Navigating IKEA Backorders 2022

With continued IKEA backorders, you may have to take a day-trip to complete your kitchen. If you’re an IKEA customer who has attempted to start your IKEA kitchen remodel this year, you’ve likely encountered delays with your project. As we’ve discussed in previous blogs, IKEA backorders continue to hinder customer projects. This is compounded by — as we also pointed out in January — the fact that IKEA has initiated a price increase of 9% for all of its products (including kitchen cabinets) due to global supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19. “We are working closely with our suppliers to replenish stock as quickly as possible, however, due to impacts on [...]

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 [...]

An IKEA Kitchen Remodel with 5 Cabinet Hacks and Custom Doors

Refreshing an outdated kitchen layout with IKEA cabinets This article is based on and inspired by an actual IKD design. We created a customer narrative to make it fun and easier to understand. They say everything old is new again. But when we’re talking about an outdated kitchen layout that desperately needed refreshing — like the one that IKD customers Sam and Judy had — it was definitely better to give it a whole new look with IKEA cabinets. Judy explains: “We decided to remodel several rooms in our home and we started with the kitchen. The kitchen is 124 square feet and the original layout was cramped, inefficient and really [...]

DIY? OR DDIY (Don’t Do it Yourself): Why Using Professional Designers and Installers is Key for Your IKEA Kitchen

Okay, it’s pop quiz time…How many inches should you leave around a kitchen island at a minimum? What’s that? You don’t know? Well if you don’t, you probably shouldn’t entertain the idea of installing one yourself – and that’s okay! (For the record, we recommend a minimum of 40 inches clearance on all exposed sides). Taking over a kitchen design project on your own in order to save time and money is a common mistake and can generally lead to wasting time and spending more money to undo any problems or issues. In fact, we have an entire section of blog posts dedicated to common mistakes. Here’s why... 1. Most people [...]

How our IKEA Design Packages Prepare You for Your Kitchen Project

Understand the benefits of IKD’s design packages for visualizing your entire kitchen project For new IKEA kitchen customers (and even experienced DIYers) starting your IKEA kitchen remodel can be a stressful endeavor — but it doesn’t have to be. The IKD design team is here to guide you through the design and product selection process, and one of the ways we do this is by offering a Design Package complete with all the information you’ll need to confidently move forward with your IKEA kitchen project (or other room project for that matter). Specifically, our design packages include full-color 3-D renderings, floor plans (including numbered floorplans to easily identify products in the [...]

5 Tips for Dealing with IKEA’s Current Kitchen Cabinet Backorders

Kitchen cabinet backorders and delays are diminishing – and not a problem at all IKEAs. But best to plan. As some IKEA customers have experienced, IKEA’s supply chain has been greatly impacted since COVID-19 began last year. This slowdown has caused many customers to deal with limited IKEA kitchen cabinet inventory and frustrating delivery delays as they seek to begin, or finish, their IKEA kitchen remodel project. Put plainly, these obstacles have put a real crimp in the project timeline for customers and design professionals. Despite this, our designers are optimistic things will get better, and you should be too. Why’s that? Well, for starters we’ve seen that backorders and product [...]

Using Semihandmade’s Custom Fronts For Your IKEA Kitchen

How Semihandmade’s custom fronts add style and save you money You’ve decided on an IKEA kitchen and now it’s time to select the cabinets. But you’re a first-time IKEA customer and not sure which direction to go with your remodel project. Allow us to help. As certified design professionals, we’d like to suggest Los Angeles, CA-based Semihandmade’s custom cabinet door fronts as your first choice. Why’s that? Well, one reason is that even if you’ve been feverishly researching examples of IKEA kitchens on design Web sites like HOUZZ and Pinterest, you may not realize that cabinet fronts from third-party custom front manufacturers, like Semihandmade, work seamlessly with IKEA’s modular SEKTION cabinetry [...]

How To Budget Your IKEA Kitchen During COVID-19

Tips for saving money and time during your IKEA kitchen remodel As we all know, COVID-19 affected a lot in the way we live our lives. One thing it hasn’t changed is the need to be smart with your budget when designing and installing your IKEA kitchen. As design professionals who specialize in all things IKEA, we know how important this is to our customers. (In fact,we’ve recently been referenced by Martha Stewart Living as experts on how to reduce kitchen renovation costs.)We also know that COVID-19 has created a strong desire among our customers for spaces full of style and comfort — without breaking the bank. Luckily, there are plenty [...]

One Customer’s Quest to Complete His IKEA Kitchen Installation During COVID

Dogged persistence got him through this IKEA kitchen installation project! Finding an IKEA cabinet installer is not always easy. There are a lot of factors to consider, and sometimes there are unforeseeable issues that come into play as well.Those can really impact an IKEA customer whether they are first-time kitchen remodelers or experienced DIYers. Barry from North Port, FL, is one such IKEA customer. He had quite a quest in finding a qualified IKEA cabinet installer for the IKEA AXSTAD cabinets for his traditional-style IKEA kitchen remodel project. “We chose IKEA AXSTAD cabinets for this project.We’re not using IKEA appliances, countertops, sinks or faucets — just the cabinets and undercounter lighting. [...]

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