![]() The layout of your Ikea kitchen will be constrained by the sizing on the boxes (back part of cabinet) and the doors/drawers. The fact that Ikea - the cheapest option I looked at - does all this for free was pretty great because their list of ready-made components would make even a designer feel a little overwhelmed, much more so someone who is nervous about designing their kitchen. ![]() It’s wonky but pretty impressive for what it does if you can get it to work), and Zoom design consultations (which I also did) where they will literally lay out your entire kitchen for you. From my understanding, these services are all free: in-store kitchen consults/design, online kitchen design tool (I tried it. Ikea kitchens are too big an industry to not have created user-friendly kitchen design tools to attract the masses. I guess given the fact that literally everyone in the US and Europe probably knows at least one person with an Ikea kitchen, it should surprise literally no one that they have excellent tools available to help people figure out their kitchens. An inset cabinet sits inside the face frame (front of cabinet) while an overlay cabinet sits in front of the box and doesn’t requite a face frame (the doors just go in front of the boxes). Okay, this is getting into the weeds a little bit but something I’m going to mention a lot today is that I was dead set on wanting inset cabinets rather than the more affordable overlay cabinets. Today I’m going to take you through a few options I looked into for my kitchen, starting with the Ikea bid, delving into a DIY I almost attempted out of desperation, and ending with what I actually ended up going with. A baseline Ikea kitchen (which I’ll detail later) costs almost $13,000. One thing I kept getting stuck on: the cabinets.Ĭabinets for a kitchen my size, which is about three-hundred square feet, typically cost between $30,000 and $80,000. I started planning it before I closed on the house and I’ve been wracking my brain month after month to try and get it done in a timely way that wouldn’t lead me to immediate financial ruin. My Londo Lodge kitchen renovation ( see my plans for it here ) has low-key taken three years. ![]() Just kidding it’s about kitchen cabinets.Īnyone who’s done a kitchen knows, one of the major expenses is the cabinetry. Sit down and allow me to weave a tale for you. Londo Lodge Kitchen render by Lars Gradel ![]()
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