IKEA IS NOT TELLING YOU THIS! (sorry guys)
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2021
- Here is the question... Are IKEA Kitchens worth it!? 🤷🏼♀️ 🤷🏼♀️ Are they worth the cost? The hassle? The time? I'm telling you the honest truth about what I think as a professional interior designer and what YOU should do when shopping at IKEA for your next kitchen in 2021! #interiordesigntips #ikeakitchens #newikea #homeimprovement
You might be asking, do interior designers recommend Ikea? Are Ikea kitchen cabinets any good? Or even, is IKEA open?! Well, IT IS and I’m sharing my candid thoughts on IKEA’s kitchen products and how to get a beautiful kitchen 2021! 👏🏻👏🏻 I’m talking all about various kitchen sinks, kitchen cabinetry, kitchen countertops, and 2020 kitchen cabinet colors! IKEA kitchen products and cabinetry blend so well with other, more curated brands, that you can actually create a custom kitchen! 😍 💕
For those needing small space design ideas kitchen, this video will help inspire you to make the best choices, while taking careful steps to ensure your success! For instance, the Ikea kitchen planner is a great tool that will help you design your kitchen step by step, to save you time and hassle! So, how long do Ikea kitchens last? For a budget option, and with IKEA’s styling choices, this is definitely a no-brainer approach! It’s almost like I’m sharing interior design hacks kitchen! I break down all the new IKEA kitchen styles, and all new Ikea 2021, so make sure to note your favorite styles!
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SHE'S BACK GUYS! 💥💥 Here is another review of IKEA, but specifically, KITCHENS... !!! 🍴🍽 Kitchen design is a HUGE deal, so making a decision to use IKEA or not is a big one-- make sure to watch this video to see my pros and cons list when considering IKEA for your kitchen design!!! 👏🏻👏🏻 PACKED with helpful info for you guys!!
Thanks for all the great videos. Can you do one on how to incorporate different textures in your rooms, specifically kitchens and bathrooms which can typically be quite flat? I’d also be interested in how different textures need to be to each other to be considered ‘different’, e.g is mirror glass considered a different texture to chrome? Or are they too similar visually? Thanks!
We bought our home 30 years ago, and it had the skinniest 8 ft length, 1-bu++ galley kitchen with a laundry area at a T-intersection. Absolutely who’s male idea thought those two
functions could exist together with a family of eight!
First goal move the laundry. Done.
Second goal gas stove in laundry area.
Third remove and wall in an outside door to nowhere between sink and laundry area.
Fourth study how I like to function in the space and the frustrations all written out and aging factors. Study Ikea!!
I chose baskets to pull out rather than shelves in bottoms. Chose a pull-out corner lazy susan for all of the pots and pans. European style and asian style, stove was move to the old door way. Uppers and lowers replaced the laundry area. The old stove and 36” counter were replaced with 6’ of uppers and lowers. The sink side now is stove, dishwasher, single oversized aproned sink and small lower for recycling. With a recycled hutch open for dining wear. Grimslov door fronts, butcherblock for countertop, plinths, Carrera marble tile backsplash, delicate black curved handles, black curved faucet and warm light brown vinyl planks. It has the feel of the old farm houses I was raised around. I love it. And it functions!! Yeah Ikea.🎉
@@valorie1070 Would love to see photos❤
@@valorie1070, I know we'd all love to see pictures! Your kitchen sounds terrific!
Great video!! Loved it ❤️ Can you do a similar on the best place to get budget wood floors??!! 😀
My husband and I have put IKEA kitchens in our past two renos and will continue to do so. Number one reason is cost (especially during sale). I redid cabinets for $5,000 at the same time a friend was doing hers for $35,000. The hardware was the same, the quality was the same, and ten years later, mine held up better. We also put in white shaker IKEA kitchen in an upscale home and it did not affect the sale price and no one looking at the house ever mentioned or asked about the cabinets. So that's been my experience. Oh and we assembled it all ourselves.
Can you over and do mine 😆
I LOVE THIS COMMENT! you are helping everybody by sharing your real experience with the brands!! Thank you for taking the time to write this out... I know others will find your comment helpful! 🥰😍
Any idea when their sales run? And how their installation is?
@silvslim I redid my kitchen with ikea cabinets two years ago and I love them! They were easy to put together and install(I put them up and took them down three times because the walls were all crooked in my 100 yr old house - and even then they were so easy!) they show absolutely no sign of wear and they are super easy to wipe clean. I’m helping my sister plan her ikea kitchen now. 👍
@silvslim do it! My whole kitchen was around $4000 for cabinets, $35k all in with appliances, flooring, plumbing, lighting and stone counters. That’s the cost of custom cabinets alone.
My REALLY LONG IKEA kitchen experience:
My husband and I built an ADU in my grandmother's yard (after removing a giant pool) to have our own space to care for her as she ages in place with dementia.
The open-space concept is 745 sqft of California's highest standard of "Green Building" and I feel very proud about that. It cost us a pretty penny as we started right with the coming of the pandemic. This is the only way someone in my line of work (Vet ER med/Rescue) will ever come close to owning a home in the Silicon Valley. Stoked!
Like everything the last two+ years, half of the kitchen was back-ordered, difficult to restock, hard to schedule, and a giant headache.
This meant trips all around the Bay Area to different Ikeas, memorizing the hold music (haunting), patience, and making friends with many Team Members at various stores.
-"Pro"-Tip: when asking about in-store stock, have them physically guarantee the item is there by going to the item and touching it.
Get names and thank profusely when you show up.
Retail is difficult and this can go a long way in making someone's day (esp these days)
The project is DAYS away from the Final (our second final, another "pro" tip--get a pre-emptive final inspection to make a list and check it twice--no surprises this way when everyone is over it)
My contractor is a cabinet guy that, shockingly, didn't flinch when I said I wanted IKEA.
He built one ten years ago that looks better now than some of the more costly ones he's built in the Bay.
Now that I have this beautiful, bright, modern, spacious kitchen **that I designed all finished this is what I think:
The kitchen department is fantastic.
With that being said....
We unfortunately got a newbie and she got the measurements wrong so we had to send back EVERYTHING and start new after MONTHS of waiting for parts.
It is also hard to return little items as they make no sense and all look the same. YOU NEED A RECEIPT to RETURN stuff otherwise you are looking through 150 line items by 9 digit number with an worked cust.serv rep after waiting in line for 40 mins only to come home with your weird random kitchen part in hand. twice.
Finding the proper receipt after all the returns and single-store purchases and ugh. I still have about 5 kitchen-related items to return and I;'d rather punch myself in the face than go to another IKEA atm.
The countertops are legit.
The quality and feel of the IKEA Quartz vs the most costly one's I saw is indistinguishable to my untrained eye.
The care and effort the IKEA installers showed whilst working was wonderful. They cleaned, prepped, asked preference questions the entire way, and were obviously very skilled at their craft.
It's stunning. It did take FOREVER to arrive, maybe two months post-cabinets? Worth the wait. Was MUCH more beautiful in person than the sample and the showroom. They also suggested continuing the countertop along the side of the pantry cabinet corner area which is something I'd never have thought about. The countertop wraps up the wall and this made a clean, continuous, modern look. They did it immediately after showing me what it would look like and it didn't cost me anything.
The cabinets were also installed by IKEA builders.
These guys were fast! It took one day to build my large kitchen (considering the space) and they were also very professional, clean, and cautious.
I have since inspected Every. Single. Thing in my joyous kitchen and it's all perfect. Not a dent or scratch on any of the high-gloss fronts.
The bonus of Ikea's soft-closing cabinets and drawers as a standard is fantastic.
I love my kitchen. I could customize literally every aspect of it to my needs/wants for no extra cost.
The options are limitless as they continue to create interesting finishes and textures.
Also, you have to go with their sinks unless you want to spend more for custom, but they have a nice apron front/stainless steel variety.
My kitchen, hardware, island, and countertops- cost about $11,000.
All deep cabinets/pantry are drawers. Plus, we got the task lighting under cabinets IKEA provides and it looks FANCY!
I love it. It's my favorite place in the entire house.
Worth every phone call, scream into pillow, and disappointing email about stock.
START. EARLY. so you are not waiting like I was!
Be ready to PEEL A LOT OF PLASTIC OFF if you get high-gloss. Make it a date with a friend/partner, or throw on a book on tape because it took me 2 days.
IKEA kitchens are built to last so HAVE FUN with it and make it yours!
I’m paralyzed and we did an accessible kitchen through ikea. Took a LOT of planning and use of a lot of panels we cut to size, but it worked! Getting a wheelchair accessible custom kitchen is (like nearly all accessible design) really expensive, so making it work with ikea was a godsend!
That is so cool to hear that you were able to do that!
Can you build a house with 5’ walls to save money?
Did you film it? It would be good to see the finished kitchen and how you made it accessible.
@@vintageexcellence I realise you were probably joking, but housing code prevents that. Also it doesn't save you money if you can never resell the house when you need to.
I would love to see some of the features and changes you made. My husband is paralyzed as well and we've always had a kitchen that is for built for able-bodied people. But I would love to do a custom kitchen in our next house
Off topic ... but your editor did an absolutely fantastic job putting together this video!
Alicia!!! 🙌🏻 My editor is the BEST - I'm so lucky!!! 🤩💕 I'll definitely pass on the compliment!! Thank you so much for watching, and happy Friday!! 🥰💙
I thought the same!! Editing is amazing but I looooove her crazy energy and that clean spirit! ❤️❤️❤️
Um the ‘please wait’ is from a dystopia game called Fall Out, did I miss something related to the game, or was it intentional.
Thanks for the video other wise
@@LisaHoltDesign The video editor is really the very best I have ever seen of ANY channel. They set the gold standard and ALL UA-camrs should try to learn from him/her. WOW, this is the way it is done! Your examples are flashed for a split second, and it makes it hard to go back and find it, but not much of a complaint.
A lot of people from my parents generation still have Ikea pieces they got as students or young professionals "just for now, until we can afford something better" - thats how durable and timeless Ikea can be!
Linda!! 🙌🏻 You're totally right - IKEA has so many simple and high quality pieces - some of those pieces last forever!! 🤩💙 Thank you so much for tuning in today, and happy happy Friday!! 🤩💚
How old are your parents? I’m 34 and my mom is 71 and I don’t think ikea was a thing when she was younger. I first started seeing it while I was in college
@@euenfheiejrj 50 and 52, like most of their friends. But the difference might also be that I live in Germany. I think it has been arround longer in Europe
@@euenfheiejrj I just looked it up out of interest, the first Ikea in Germany apparently opened in 1974 🤯😱
I just gave away two fully functional Ikea billy bookshelves this spring, they came from my first college flat, bought in 1987
My first IKEA kitchen lasted 30 years (exchanged fronts after 15 years), and now I have a new one, and I am absolutely happy with it.
We love our Ikea kitchen which is now about 7 years old but very current with white upper cabinets and gray base cabinets and white marble counters. Although we installed the removable Ikea baseboards, I removed them each time I mopped. Then I left them off permanently, the stainless steel legs are barely visible, but cool. Now the irobot is docked under one of base cabinets and keeps the floors clean. No crud along baseboards! With the dock hidden, no one trips over it. We don’t miss the baseboards either. Reminds us of our Italian Kitchen when we were stationed there with the Navy. Visitors are amazed we did the kitchen ourselves. When we bought our home we gutted the 70’s kitchen and lived with it gutted for 5 years for several reasons. One of which was I wanted a modern kitchen and all the local kitchen designers wanted to give me a colonial or country kitchen. Over that 5 years, my ideas changed and were hone to my specific desires and needs in a functional kitchen because I cook a lot. When we decided to go with Ikea. We drove 3 hours to the Washington DC Ikea but did not lug the big stuff home. IKEA delivery is so inexpensive. They delivered everything for $250 bucks. My husband and teens easily put everything together, yes many parts but kids who played with legos can do this, and we installed them. UA-cam videos helped and my husband is pretty handy. I hired a local stone company to measure and install our marble countertops and the stainless steel sink( bought from Houzz vender) We shopped during a January sale, spent $7600 at Ikea including everything from cabinets to hardware and undermount led lights and the cute stainless steel bars and containers that hang on tiled backsplash. We even extended the counter near and the cabinets over the fridge to make the fridge look like a built in or counter depth. The cabinets over the fridge are the ones that raise up on those arm hinges, very expensive elsewhere. Many of the bases are deep drawers, also expensive elsewhere. Our daughter who was 17 at the time, took my drawings and put them on Google sketch up and when we got to ikea, a kitchen designer helped her put it into the Ikea kitchen software (we didn’t know we could do this on the website). Our kitchen is a 12x22 galley kitchen. We saved 40k doing it ourselves. Our daughter fell in love with design, got a BFA in college and is now an Art Director at a design agency in DFW. Thanks to our Ikea experience!
OMG Kellie!!! 🤯🤯 I always say a good kitchen can be life changing...but WOW!!! 👏🏻I LOVE that it's held up for all of these years and holds so many memories for you and your family - thank you SO much for sharing this fun story with all of us!! 🥰 SO amazing!! 💕🌟
5 years in, our white IKEA kitchen is holding up. We decided to put our money in a really beautiful piece of granite for the island, so we weren't looking for anything fancy on the cabinets. The hardware is great. Spend sone money doing drawers instead of cabinets on the lowers - that is a game changer :) We installed everything ourselves, btw.
No!!! 🙌🏻 I love hearing that - some of those IKEA pieces last forever!!! 💕🤩 I love the decision to go for the island - what a fabulous design!!! 🌟 Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous IKEA kitchen experience, and thank you so much for watching!! 💙🥰
I love my IKEA kitchen!!! Saved a ton of money, and designed it exactly to my specifications. I actually enjoyed putting it all together myself. I have a 9 foot kitchen island that is very custom to my space, and I could not be happier with it
THank you for sharing Catherine!! ❤️ It's always SO great to have you guys share your real experiences!!
I went to see a Southern Living Idea House in 2009, a million dollar townhouse in a small town. The design team installed an IKEA kitchen and it was fabulous! The way you put the components together is what gives it a custom look. This townhouse had all either custom or Circa lighting and they could have used any custom kitchen. I was surprised and a little shocked at how good it looked, and their warranty is very good. Thanks for this video Lisa- it proves that budget and good taste are not mutually exclusive!
Katrina!! 🙌🏻 That is SO cool - I didn't know Southern Living used an IKEA kitchen in one of their houses!! So cool!! 🤩💕 Thank you so much for this super sweet comment, and have a fabulous last bit of your weekend!! 💙🤩
Hi Lisa, great video! We are an interior design firm from Sydney. Been doing custom kitchens ever since we started. Tried an Ikea kitchen for the very first time for our office kitchen as an experiment and found out a small design hiccup with their carcass.
The carcass that holds the fully integrated dishwasher is not strong enough to sustain the weight of the 40mm thick stone benchtop. The weight of the stone will make the carcass to distort after a few month into using, causing the dishwasher door panel to rub against the side walls when operating. We ended up trimming the door narrower either side to end the scratching of the surfaces. Whoever is planing on doing their Ikea kitchen please remember to insert two colour matching filler pieces on each side of the dishwasher for extra support. Otherwise it is a great kitchen price and functionality wise.
Oh wow 😯...Thanks DEFORM! I absolutely love 💕 your heads up and I will keep your comments in mind! Say hello to all the subbies down under, and Thank you 🙏🏻 again! 😘😘😘😯💗💕💗😯
I finally finished watching ALL YOUR VIDEOS! And I finished on the day you drop the new one!. These are really a good resource for anyone with an interest in interior design. Every video gives me some tip that I didn't know or had forgotten years ago!
OMG Ann!! 🙌🏻 Perfect timing! 🤩 I am SO glad I can pass on all of my favorite tips to you guys - hearing that they're helpful just means the world!! 💕🌟 Thank you so much for this sweet comment, and hope you're having a fabulous weekend!! 💙🥰
You don’t even know how much I needed this video. Few months from now, I’ll be making my kitchen from zero and I was thinking about ikea kitchen.
Lamorela!!! 🙌🏻 I hope this cleared a couple of things up for you!!! 💕🌟 A pros and cons list always helps me with big decisions!! 💙😂 I'm so glad I caught you at the right time - thank you so much for watching!! 💚
LOVE your enthusiasm for everything you do. The hubs and I are actually considering an IKEA kitchen after getting pricing for traditional cabinetry. Thanks for covering this topic!
OMG!! 🙌🏻 I'm so glad I caught you at a good time!! 💚🤩 Hope this cleared up a few of the pros and cons!! 👍🏻 Thank you so much for watching, and good luck with your project!!! 🥰💙
Love, love, love the energy and ideas. You pack it in, and I am gratefully watching and sharing the passion for style, design, and info.
Rita!!! 🙌🏻 I am SO glad you enjoy these videos - I have just the BEST time making them!! 💚🥰 Thank you so much for this super sweet comment, and hope you're having a fabulous last bit of your weekend!! 💙🤩
I'm a homeowner -- not a professional designer -- but I'll pretend to be one on Lisa's channel. Done a few whole house renovations over the years and installed a new kitchen seven years ago. I worked with a kitchen designer and it was the best investment. He recommended features I didn't know I needed or wanted. Examples: a raised dishwasher flush with the bar height counter to reduce bending over to load or unload (wait till you're older and this will make sense); electrical outlets installed horizontal instead of vertical and close to the counter; upper cabinet doors that raise up on piano hinges instead of opening out; drawers instead of deep base cabinets. Working with a professional kitchen designer was the best money I spent, especially if you intend to "age in place."
I love the raised dishwasher idea! Amazing 😉
I considered the raised dw as I saw this somewhere over 14 years ago. However, now I’m hearing it’s not done anymore. I’m having issues putting things in my front load washer/dryer that aren’t on pedi stools and this is one reason my next set will probably be top load (the dryer is still front load). In my future IKEA kitchen, I’m doing mostly drawers as it’s hard to get into base cabinets with shelves. A dw though is like a drawer as the racks are pulled out toward you. So I’m going to be bending to get to my lower drawers anyways. As I age, I’m really understanding how it affects your lower back.
Hello, how are you doing my friend?
Thanks for sharing those ideas.
I will recommend this video to ANYONE who wants to do ikea cabinets! I’m well on my way in the process and this was probably the most influential video on my decision to go IKEA. Thank you!
YAYYY!!! SO happy that you love IKEA cabinets as much as I doooo!!!! 💖🤗 I have to see what cabinets you chose!!! Thank you so much for watching, SO glad we could bond over our love for IKEA cabinets!! 🤣👏🏼💚
I would strongly recommend going to another company. After 2 years we still don’t have the IKEA kitchen we wanted. The IKEA contracted installer fitted the kitchen wrong and then drilled through a water pipe in our wall, damaged our new flooring, didn’t read the plan properly and put handles in the wring places so we had no handles on draws for 18months. They didn’t fit any of the plumbing they were supposed to and we had to pay our plumber to do so. We are still disputing plumbing costs on the bill that shouldn’t be there. They didn’t oil the work surface. And despite us continuously trying to chase them to fix and finish the kitchen and to revise our bill, their complains department is useless, doesn’t want to help, and there’s no way to contact them. I really hope nobody else ever has this experience, and if you can’t get out of a kitchen deal with them, i really hope it all goes well for you. X
Five years ago I had the Ikea Thailand (where I’m based) redue my entire kitchen. We designed it with the staff and used all my Pinterest board as my muse. The kitchen have a 25 year guarantee so I was impressed and the price was reasonable since I wanted a French country kitchen style which is not typical in this part of the world. After 2 years the paint started to peel from 3 of the top doors so we complained and they told us they would replace them, the covid shutdown meant no ships came into Thailand so the replacement took 5 months -happily they came and replace the doors. A couple of months later a few more doors started to peel so we approached the store and they told us-we will replace the entire kitchen but the process would be about 2 months. We need to remove the damaged kitchen and sent it to Europe and at that time the new kitchen replacement will take 4-5 weeks to install since various parts (all from ikea but sourced from Korea -the countertop and the sink comes from usa. Has been a process and a drama and they finally told us-we will refund ur money (via ikea credit) and let u keep the kitchen which means within a year or two I will have to replace it with another brand. So afrrr all this I would say-don’t buy an ikea kitchen .
I am on my second set of Ikea kitchen cabinets because the door fronts peeled within a few years after installation. I was told that Ikea's 25 year warranty does not cover damage from water or moisture in the kitchen. Of course, it is impossible to avoid water or moisture in a kitchen. The Ikea in Schaumburg, Illinois is not accommodating and I seem to be out of luck. The Ikea cabinets are not suitable for their intended purpose.
Love your video. I did my kitchen reno about 6 months ago through Ikea and my kitchen looks like it was custom made. People don't believe me when I say it was Ikea. I agree with you 100%. I hired an installer and also I might have visited the Ikea store like a dozen times just to go over the design, but it was worth it. I am not sure whether it is the same over in North America, but here in Australia, not all products delivered at the same time, as mine was broken up into two separate deliveries. One delivery almost didn't make it on time. But I am very happy with the outcome. Thank God it was completed before the lockdown!
I got an IKEA kitchen TWICE (had a house fire unfortunately). I love it. The combination of the online planner and the helpful kitchen rep in store made it super easy to plan. The cost was significantly less than other quotes I got. I got mine originally during the kitchen event which meant even more savings. Also, I was able to return parts I didn't need afterwards. Additionally, there's a lot more custom options than many other cabinet makers that don't cost you an arm and a leg. Granted, I know they use MDF but honestly, I find my cabinets much easier to keep clean than my old wood ones.
I would say I'd recommend letting one of their installers do it if you can afford to. The first time around they did an excellent job. Second time, my contractor did it. It looks good but he struggled initially. I got a decent amount of cabinets and they come in a ton of boxes. The Ikea installers did everything in about 3 days n that was only because they accidentally drilled through a pipe.
We actually installed the ikea kitchen ourselves 😂. When we finished, I told my husband that if we didn’t divorce after this, we’d never divorce 😝
LOL Judi!!! 💙😂 I think you're right - putting together anything from IKEA is a challenge for ANY couple! 😆😆 Good for you guys for sticking it out - consider me impressed!! 🤩💕👏🏻
LOL, I know the feeling.
😂 been there, done that!
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I loved my IKEA kitchen. We spent hours in-store and reading every bit of print info IKEA has on every aspect of their kitchens. IKEA offers in-home design appointments and installation in some locations, but we were just outside of their service area, so we had to do the in-store design appointment. We paid for IKEA delivery service (cheap) and hired a contractor to build the cabinets and install.
We learned a few things along the way.
We ordered oak butcher block countertops - these cannot be shipped. They are not a stock item and customer must pre-pay and pick up from store within 48 hours after the store receives their order. If you don't pick them up within the allotted time window, they are put into stock and you might have to reorder them.
IKEA kitchen planning is done the Swedish way. LOL. The butcher block comes in maximum 8 foot lengths. The kitchen planner did not tell us (and we didn't know to ask) that the countertop inside corner was going to be a butt joint, not a 45 degree seam. The butt joint would allow us to span a 10 ft section (one 8 ft length plus 2ft width of the abutted section), but if the left and right sections were cut and joined at a 45, they would be 2 feet shorter than what we had planned for. This resulted in an awkward seam somewhere else.
The second problem we had was the 45 degree corner seam itself. Our contractor told us he would normally specify the cut when ordering the butcherblock. It's a big, industrial cut, and requires an industrial saw. Hmmm. It was either spend $$$ to hire the world-famous woodshop down the road to cut a $100 piece of material or accept a slightly less perfect cut.......
But the cabinets are wonderful. Well designed and well made. We also purchased an IKEA dishwasher (their top model) and loved it. It was the quietest DW I've ever had, and the layout was fantastic.
All in all, I would do an IKEA kitchen again. But I'd bring the plans home for the contractor to review before I hit the buy button.
Ariadne!! 🙌🏻 These are all FABULOUS tips - I love reading about all of you guys' IKEA kitchen experiences! 💕👏🏻 Thank you so much for sharing what you learned with all of us, and hope you're having a fabulous Friday!! 🥰💙
Hello, how are you doing my friend?
Thanks for the inspiration Lisa. Spot on with the delivery/ installation tip. Love to all in 2021 from me😘 Love the scandi blonde-ish ikea kitchen in the first montage 🐨🇦🇺🦘
Anne-Marie!!! 🙌🏻 SO glad you loved some of these delicious looks!!! 💚🤩 Thank you so much for the well wishes - hope you're having a fabulous Saturday!! 💕🥂
I’m glad that my stone backsplash is on-trend. I decided to continue the countertop rock up to the cabinets because, having a funky old house, all the electric outlets were at different heights, making a shorter backsplash impossible. It looks great, I’m very happy with it.
Kimberly!!! 🙌🏻 Great instincts!!! 💚🥰 Don't you just love it when things work out?? 😂 Thank you so much for tuning in this week, and hope you're having a fabulous weekend!! 💙🤩
True fact: we've worked with architects twice now...and *both* of them used Ikea cabinets in their own homes. Our current architect installed hers in 2010! They still look great. So that's all I needed to know when planning our Farmhouse Modern build in the Berkshires of MA starting this April. One thing: if you don't live close to a store Ikea's North America on-line third party kitchen design provider Traemand offers really excellent kitchen design and planning. We live only about 20 minutes from an Ikea store however due to Covid Traemand was our only option last year. I cannot say enough good things about Traemand. Theirs is a *free service* and the end result is complete PDF design package that can either be ordered on line or brought into a store to be ordered. Traemand also has an installer network. *And* if you decide to use a third party upgrade for cabinets fronts like Lisa shows in her video (we're doing that we chose SemiHandmade), all you need to do is send the door vendor your Ikea PDF design package and they build a quote from that. So great.
OMG Phyllis!! 🙌🏻 This is such a good tip! I will DEFINITELY have to check Traemand out - it sounds absolutely fabulous!! 🥰💕 Thank you so much for passing on this tasty morsel of knowledge - hope you're having a fabulous Friday!! 🤩💙
💯! I’m an architect and I used Ikea in my kitchen. No one believes it’s Ikea and it was only $5500 for everything but the appliances and pulls.
I have an Ikea kitchen, I love it! It's so easy to organize, you know everything you get at Ikea will fit in your drawers, etc
Carl!! You're totally right!! 🙌🏻 That's one of the best parts - you never have to worry about what fits in your cabinets!!! 💚 Thank you so much for this great point, and happy Sunday!! 🥰💙
I got a complete ikea kitchen in November 2020 and I love it!! Every kitchen studio sent us away telling us our budget (6.000€) is way too low. HA! We paid 4000€ at Ikea + 1000€ for the handyman we hired seperately!! :) I am Happy every time I enter the kitchen. But we needed to switch out the focet/faucet (?) and switch to a non-ikea one.
Obv. a 20-30.000€ kitchen is probably of better quality and lasts a life Long. But our kitchen will at least last 15 years :) you see: i am excited for the Video :)
YES great review Yasmin!! This is definitely going to help others make the best decision for them.... can't wait for your thoughts on the video!! ❤️❤️
Why are kitchens so expensive in the USA?
@@Loostyc i am from Germany. :) So the prices are german kitchen prices
@@Yassyy123 I missed the euro sign. 20000€, really?
@@Loostyc yeah. Top notch kitchens can easily Costa 20.000€. The price for kitchens is endless
This makes me want to go to ikea and I don’t even need anything
But you always end up buying something. I do anyway, even if it's something small.
It is the new version of visiting a museum... Entertaining, informative and inspiring. But with the choice of buying what you like. Who doesn't want that!
You can always go and eat the meatballs 😁
IKEA in Sweden partner up with contractors you can choose to hire, and then you get the exact help you need and don’t need to get in touch with both plumbers, electricians an carpenters, they got it covered! Don’t they have that in the us? Oh yeah, and you also can have everything shipped and carried inside for you 😊 I’m getting my new Ikea kitchen in 2 weeks! So exited!
THAT was sooooo worth the watch!!!!!!! THANK YOU LISA!!!!!!
Sandra!!! 🙌🏻 I am SO glad I could share a couple of my favorite IKEA tips with you!! 💚👍🏻 Thank you for this sweet comment, and hope you're having a fabulous last bit of your weekend!! 💙🥰
Didn't know about IKEA Kitchens. I did a DIY galley kitchen for under $7k US including major SS appliances. Huge 4'x5' skylight, new electric lighting and circuits, tile flooring, cabinets (plywood frame, hardwood fronts), 36" SS sink, SS pull-out faucet, about hood SS microwave and SS exhaust fan hood, 1 HP garbage disposer, under sink plumbing, granite countertop (2 8' slabs) and granite backsplash, painting, SS dishwasher, SS side by side fridge (36") with ice maker, electric flat top stove. Material purchased on sale before pedemic, major SS appliance after on sale. Contractor estimated well over $15K labor only. Disadvantage DIY doing it alone was slow going and many trips to the hardware stores for little things. Needed help lifting granite slab to the counter top, a friend helped framing the skylight and cutting in the roof. Was $7K worth it? No when factor in time is money but it was a good experience.
You are just amazing! One fabulous helpful video after another. Perfect video before my Ikea trip tomorrow
We remodeled our home a couple years ago and chose IKEA for the kitchen. it was a complete gut down to the studs. it turned out AMAZING!!! The quality, cost and availability were phenomenal. Everyone who saw the end result couldn't believe it was IKEA. Soft close doors, pantry with slide out drawers, hardware, kitchen sink, etc. We would choose to do it again in another home. Definitely a big YES for IKEA!!!
OMG Patricia I love hearing this!!! 💚 All of you guys sharing your experiences with IKEA kitchens in the comments is so cool!! 🥰 So glad we're on the same page, and thank you so much for watching!! 🤩💙
I can’t wait for my ikea kitchen! It will happen this year!
I bought an Ikea kitchen in my previous home. My DIY tip is, stay organized, do not unpack more than one box at a time. I assembled all the cabinets myself, and hired a carpenter to install them. Be aware though.. This was back in 2012, I was going back for some new drawer fronts, as they swell up and looked horrible after a couple of years. No, it was not covered by the warranty, as it was the drawers close to the dishwasher.. And guess what, that line of kitchen had discontinued, and I had to order them. After a few months, I was enquiring about them, and they said sorry, they could not replace the fronts, so, I was doing the old fashioned way sanding and painting.
LOVE your videos!! Definitely looked into every single one for our home renos! We just built our kitchen, the BIG CON this year was that we ordered late November and due to backlogs on the SEKTION we only built it early May (while rest of it was in the house waiting). They advised on 2 weeks delay and it took 5 months.
Nad!!! I am SO sorry you got caught up in those shipping delays!! 💕💕 What a drag...hopefully they'll get it together soon! 👏🏻💚 Congrats on your build!! 💙😘
Great, great video, Lisa!! You’re a natural teacher and you share the best info!!
Barb!!! I🙌🏻 'm so glad I could pass on a couple of my favorite IKEA tips!! 🥰💚 Thank you so much for this super sweet comment, and hope you're having a fabulous Friday!! 🤩💕
IKEA will also install your kitchen and their fees are very reasonable.
Gary!! Great tip!! 🙌🏻 You guys are seasoned IKEA users - I'm loving hearing about all of your fabulous experiences! 💕🥰 Thank you so much for watching, and hope you're having a fabulous Friday!! 💙🥳
@@LisaHoltDesign @TheDriftwoodlover I've used their installation service (in Spain) and found it to be excellent.
Process:
* You order in store, book a pre-install visit and pay a small deposit (€40, which is deducted from your kitchen costs). At that visit they check all measurements and your services installation. NOTE: they won't install until your services are in place; your walls and floor sound, etc.
*If anything needs to be changed with the positioning of your services they will tell you. In this case you will need to book a further visit with a further, non-refundable, fee once completed.
* If your services are fine the inspector will recheck your parts order and make any necessary adjustments. You can also tweak your design at this point. An install date will be confirmed (usually only a couple of weeks later).
* the installers arrive with all your parts and do their thing. Their knowledge of the product is, of course, a bonus so they are efficient and fast.
* The installers will take away all packaging. I believe they can also take away your old kitchen.
*The install is also guaranteed. I think for 10 years.
PROS:
* the inspector and installer know their product, so mistakes are usually non-existent
* The process is very quick. I've had a kitchen pre-inspected and installed within three weeks!
* Of course they can supply all appliances, sink, worktops and door fittings if you want, which they will also fit.
* Installation costs are very reasonable.
* Parts guarantee is 25 years if installed by them.
CONS:
* they won't install any parts that they don't supply. This includes appliances, worktops and fittings.
N.B. this has been my experience in Spain. Of course I can't speak to other countries.
Final word. If you're buying an IKEA kitchen I would absolutely recommend you have them install it too. However I have recently moved to Leroy Merlin. I find their kitchens to be even better priced (all hardware is included, for example, so you don't have to mess around buying feet and hinges, etc.). Plus the quality is slightly better, with thicker board for the carcasses and an easier build process. I would still consider IKEA, though, particularly as their door designs are regularly updated and very on-trend.
In some countries that service REALLY expensive (Serbia, Europe)...and most of the Ikea stuff is on the more expensive side...
@@garyblair5364 thanks for your input Gary. I appreciate it. 😀
@First Last well, my last IKEA install cost €480.
In the world of contractors, yes, I'd call that reasonable. Particularly when that includes delivery, removing of packaging, experts handling their own product and install dates within a month of purchase.
I did my first install myself to cut costs. After that experience I was more than happy to pay someone €480 to do it for me.
I still love the look of "regular" cabinetry. Especially since I'm in a Cabinetry class right now at college. It's so nice to see how much work goes in. I would definitely splurge if I could. But I do love the budget options and playability. I feel like I would definitely need those inserts at all times
Buy the boxes. Upgrade to fancy fronts to the extent that you can afford.
I would love to take a class on cabinetry.
What fabulous timing! Some folks have said they were just there yesterday--I did't get there THAT recently but I did go there 2 weeks ago (I live in Houston--where it's been damn cold this week, as you may have heard--and we have one of those ginormous IKEAs) because I am considering buying the condo I'm living in (7x8 kitchen) and--yes!!--I'm was ALREADY considering an IKEA kitchen! (Oh yeah, I may have them do the bathroom, too.) So THANKS Lisa for posting this video TODAY and giving us/me the big thumbs up for getting an IKEA kitchen. I am more sold on one now after your video!
Gregg!!! 🙌🏻 Sounds like you have great instincts!!! 💚🌟 I'm so glad I could get you this video at a good time - what an exciting project!!! 🥰 Hope you're staying warm in Houston, and happy shopping!! 💙🤩
I just love your enthusiasm! You make everything seem so exciting, could really use you in my life! LOL!
IKEA has a very practical and beautiful design for most products! Even their cheapest products are well thought out and beautifully designed! In addition, their representative stores also have very beautiful designs and cozy nests! Swedes are very practical people and value quality!
I totally agree with this Robert!!! I just love IEKA!!! 😍😍
So happy to see this in my sub box! We have been planning on an IKEA kitchen this spring. So excited to hear you like them! 😊👍🏻
Dana!!! 🙌🏻 That is SO exciting - IKEA kitchens are so fabulous, so affordable, and so fun to plan!! 🤩💚 Thank you so much for watching - I'm so glad I could pass on a few of my favorite tips!! 🥰💙
Hi, how are you doing my friend
I love your enthusiasm. It makes me excited about designing a Kitchen.
Love my ikea kitchen cabinets. They’re 9 years old now and still look great. I have the shaker white. My awesome quartzite countertop is also from there. I purchased it all during their 20% off sale. I don’t know if they still have that sale but it’s a great savings. Because of the savings I splurged on fabulous backsplash tile.
We did an Ikea kitchen in our century home and it's amazing quality! It really was easy to work with especially in our home where nothing is perfectly square or level-highly recommend!
That is SO AMAZING to hear Monique!!! 👏🏼👏🏼 The customizable aspect really is amazing...I'm so glad you were able to create something perfect for you!!!! 💜 I've been LOVING hearing all about you guys' IKEA kitchen experiences in the comments - thank you so much for sharing!!! 💚🥰
The contractor we had over yesterday to look at our space for a quote asked me if I was into custom or open to cabinets from IKEA, Home Depot, or the like, and I immediately gave him two thumbs up. In fact. I'm into the idea of using a PAX storage closet in my kitchen for my small appliances, vacuum, broom/dustpan, and apron. Currently, they are just laying about and it looks like dookie. It's not grown up over here at all.
Another great video, Lisa. This will come in handy as I have been contemplating a kitchen reno for a while now. Thanks for the info. Also, hello to Meghan and Tarah. Your contribution here was much appreciated as well.🙂
Tony!! I'm so glad I caught you in time!! 💙🤩 A kitchen renovation is SUCH an exciting project - I think IKEA is definitely worth looking into! 💕👍🏻 Thank you so much for tuning in this week, and hope you're having a fabulous Friday!! 🥰💚
Only three minutes in, but I sell granite and quartz countertops for a living, and most cabinets here in Canada are built from 5/8 panels. Ikea is 3/4. That alone makes them some of the sturdiest cabinets you can get, especially in that price range.
Go to bed .so you can wake up from your dreams. They are crap. Chinese junk.
@@vm722 Glad to know me and my partners' 63 years experience mean nothing when debating in a youtube comment section. Cheers
@@viel.anthony what I heard is that a 1/8 of a inch more makes a difference. Dream on.
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@@viel.anthony don't feed the trolls. Thank you for sharing your experience
I keep watching your channel, in part, because of your perky personality. I love it. I can tell that it's not all show. I just like you. Also, I love design, but I still have a lot to learn. Thank you for your work!
Renae, Thank you so much!! That is sooo sweet!!! xoxoxox :)
I’m always so excited for your Friday videos!
Alice!!! 🙌🏻 I'm always so excited to share them with you guys!! 🥰💚 Thank you so much for tuning in, and hope you're having a fabulous weekend!! 💙🤩
Lisa, you are so perfect for this media and such a confident designer. Love your videos!! 😘😘😘
Marie!!! 🙌🏻 Thank you - this means the world!! 💕🥰 I love making videos and I'm SO glad you guys love watching them! 💚 Thank you so much for watching, and hope you're having a fabulous Monday!! 💙🤩
The IKEA kitchen planner is incredible and so easy to use! When I redid my kitchen 20 years ago I tried using IKEA, but because of the size and layout I couldn’t use the available cabinet sizes without losing a lot of usable space to filler pieces. I ended up taking my 3-D rendering to a cabinet maker, though, to show him exactly what I wanted. My son replaced the base cabinets in his 1923 kitchen with IKEA cabinets in a weekend, and it was so quick and easy. He was able to find a design that blended beautifully.
C!!!! 🙌🏻 I LOVE the IKEA planning software - it's so powerful, but so user friendly!!! 💕👏🏻 I'm loving hearing all about you guys' IKEA kitchen experiences - thank you so much for sharing!! 🥰💙
We put an IKEA kitchen into a vacation home we built ourselves. Cost was a major factor driving me to IKEA. I used the planning tool which was brilliant. I love the kitchen and it still looks great. Two suggestions: consider investing in the IKEA Westinghouse dishwasher that accepts a front panel that matches the cabinets (very high end look) and install their pull-out base cabinets for trash bins (I have two side by side base pull-outs located away from the sink for garbage and recycling - best idea ever). Their two-bowl porcelain farm sink is fabulous. Seems expensive but worth it. Also, I originally left one wall free for open shelving, a chair etc. but after a few years I realized I needed a bit more storage. I was able to install a standard IKEA Billy bookcase about 11" deep with 4 doors in the same brown black colour and similar Shaker profile as the kitchen cupboards so the unit blends in yet still stands on its own.
Janice!! 🤩👏🏻 I LOVE hearing this - the best part of putting this video out has been hearing everyone's experiences with IKEA kitchens!!! 💕💚 LOVE that you went with the farmhouse sink...and SO nice that you were able to add more storage later on!!! What a fabulous project - thanks for sharing!! 😘💜
I’ve done seven IKEA kitchens over the last 18 years. We use them in our rental properties. I’m in the process of switching out the doors/drawer fronts on my 9 year old IKEA kitchen.
OMG Latricia!!! 🌟 Sounds like you're an expert - seven kitchens is a SUPER impressive stat!!! 💕👏🏻 I LOVE hearing from you guys' who've done IKEA kitchens in the past - so glad it's worked out for you!!!! Thank you SO much for sharing your experience with all of us!!! 💙😘
Oh my word! I had NO IDEA! This is completely awesome! Thank you.
Their kitchen drawer inserts and dividers are so handy-dandy 🙌 also I’d like to check out their planning software 😯 Heart this content ❤️
Deft!!! 🙌🏻 Thats the fabulous thing about the IKEA kitchens - they're compatible with everything else IKEA makes!! 💚🌟So glad I could share another IKEA video with you guys - you know they're some of my FAVS to make!! 💙 Hope you're having a fabulous Saturday night - cheers!! 💕🥂
I worked for a few kitchen design company’s. Also for IKEA for 8y where I went to customer homes and measured, designed and priced the kitchen in their home. I will always buy or recommend an IKEA kitchen. Every detail has been thought through. Alway ikea kitchen.!!
M!! 🙌🏻 I love hearing this - sounds like you're an IKEA kitchen expert!! 👏🏻💕 Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us! 🤩 I'm so glad we're on the same page - thank you so much for watching!!! 🥰💚
Hey Lisa! Big fan of your channel :) as an interior designer!
I used to work as an interior designer in IKEA, I do not recommend their worktops, there always have been a lot of complaints about the durability of the worktops.
I would recommend getting the base and fronts from METOD and outsource the countertops! :) best of luck! Keep going, you are literally glowing
Aseel!! 🙌🏻 This is great insider info - thank you so much for sharing it with us!! 🤩💙 You guys have SO much experience with IKEA kitchens - I love it! 💕Thank you so much for watching, and hope you're having a fabulous weekend!! 🥰💚
100%
METOD is the European kitchen system, SEKTION is the kitchen system for the US (I worked for IKEA corporate for 22 years, all total 27 years, and was hands on decorating, designing, installing, traveling doing photo shoots, etc ) as for countertops, they only produce a handful of styles in-house, the granite and quartz come from outside vendors that are locally sourced
Thank you Lisa,! This video came at the perfect time. How did you know I am looking for a new kitchen this year 😘
Silke!!! 🙌🏻 I'm so glad I caught you at the right time!!! 💚🙌🏻 Hope this helped you sort out some decisions - thank you so much for watching!!!!! 💙🥰
Me and the husband put in a black LERHYTTAN kitchen two years ago. Combined it with oak and brass details. We used the planning tool, got some advise in the nearest store and then put almost everything together ourselves. Had som help with the counter tops. Very easy to asseble the cabinets, works great and I am still happy with it every dag.
Elisabeth!! 🙌🏻 I love the sound of this - I'm all about those yummy brass details!! 💙🤩 I'm having so much fun hearing about everybody's IKEA kitchen experiences - thank you so much for sharing!! 🥰💕
I worked as a kitchen designer for Ikea for years. Many designers use at least the bases/frames for very expensive and “custom” projects and the clients can’t tell the difference. The only downside is the pre set sizes with the frames. However most customers get hung up on the fact that they don’t sell some obscure size or style of cabinet that they clearly saw from a custom kitchen on Pinterest. Literally such a major cost saver if you don’t want to spend $30-60k on a Reno.
OMG Dane!!! A kitchen designer at IKEA - SUCH a cool job!! 🤩🤩 I'm 100% with you...if you aren't ready to drop your entire design budget on your kitchen, IKEA is SUCH a good choice!!! 💙👏🏻 LOVE hearing from a real IKEA kitchen expert - thank you SO much for taking the time to tune in!! 💕🥰
Working on my IKEA layout now. Going to do the kitchen in two pieces - one wall first, then the big built in island. I think it will make it so much easier to organize and manage as a DIY project.
Trish!! 🙌🏻 I LOVE that IKEA layout planning tool - it's so powerful, and so easy to use!! 👏🏻💚 Good luck with your fabulous kitchen build, and thank you so much for watching!! 🤩💙
I'm doing a kitchen now. I ordered locally because I needed the kitchen designer who has the ideas and the ability to measure and order.
You are amazing. Love your knowledge, generosity, sense of humor and of course you are beautiful!
Loretta!!! Awww this is such a sweet comment - thank you!!! 😍🧡 I have the BEST time making these videos, I love that the good vibes shine through!!! 💕🌟 Thank you so much for watching and for this sweet comment!!! 🤗💗😘
We are building our house this year, and are definitely looking at Ikea Kitchens!
Lynn!!! Perfect!! 🙌🏻 I hope this video helped you out with your decision!!! 🥰 I love IKEA kitchens - I think they're a great option!! 👍🏻Thank you so much for watching, and hope you're having a fabulous weekend!! 🤩💙
I’m not just here for the great advice. I’m also here for Lisa’s awesome glasses. I think it’s time for me to up my glasses game.
OMG!! 🙌🏻 I love that you guys get as excited about my glasses as I do - they're my favorite part of all my outfits! 💚😂 Thank you for this super sweet comment, and happy Saturday!! 🤩💙
Dear Lisa, thank you for your videos. They are amazing. I have a little confession to make. I have used IKEA kitchen cabinets to build my hobby island for my sewing machines and knitting machines. When I made my design IKEA sales man asked me to let them have pictures as the build was progressing. It has worked out well including my vertical cabinets put horizontally. Best of luck with your work and life.
Darina!! This is so funny 🤣 I am sure they look AMAZING and probably don't even look like they are for the kitchen!! 😋🙌🏼 Thank you so much for watching and for this sweet comment!! 🧡🧡
I had a hard time focusing on what you were actually saying, your excitement and bubbly personality just had me all excited, lol!😆
Great video as always Lisa thank you ! Im so glad im not the only one who finds Ikea online super awkward ... your solution is my take away tip of the day ! Im in the process of choosing a kitchen ....its not as fun as i thought would be and I'm overwhelmed by the decisions I have to make ...oh boo hoo sucks to be me right ?! 🤣 love your channel !💕
LOL Matt!!! 🙌🏻 Kitchens are HUGE projects - I'm so glad I could help you simplify things a little bit!!! 💚🤩 Good luck with the rest of your decisions, and thank you so much for watching!! 🥰💙
GROOOVY!! I’m giving myself a new kitchen for Christmas ✨🙋🏻♀️
Erika!!! I love that!!!! 🙌🏻 Treat yourself!! 💕😂 Maybe I'll do the same thing!! 🤣💖 Thank you so much for tuning in this week, and cheers to the weekend!! 💙🥂
I've been dreaming of re-doing my kitchen... Small, actually tiny is more aptly descriptive of my kitchenette... To give you an idea how tiny--most people's walk-in closets are larger than my kitchenette. I am sure I will learn lots and get very useful tips when the time comes for me to launch into action. Right now it's dream time and prepare, prepare, prepare! Thanks Lisa!
I've seen 2 Ikea kitchens up close in classic white and they are both gorgeous, functional and very custom for the owner's use. Both are very good cooks and their kitchens are not just for looks.
I've assisted my sister with her planning and helped her assemble some of her cabinets. We've had a lot of fun selecting the tile for the backsplash, the countertops and flooring. It's been 5 years and it's holding up quite well.
As mentioned by someone else in this comments section, the cost savings are amazing. My cousin had a neighbor redo their kitchen with some other company's cabinets as well as some custom elements. Their kitchen ended up costing them 5 times the price he paid for his. In case your wondering, he did none of the work as he had his kitchen put together and mounted by a contractor.
Claire!! 🙌🏻 It sounds like you've got TONS of kitchen experience - I'm sure your kitchen will be fabulous when you get around to doing a reno!!! 🌟💙 Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with IKEA kitchens - I feel like I'm learning so much this week!! 🤩Thanks for watching, and happy Sunday!! 💕🥰
I would strongly recommend going to another company. After 2 years we still don’t have the IKEA kitchen we wanted. The IKEA contracted installer fitted the kitchen wrong and then drilled through a water pipe in our wall, damaged our new flooring, didn’t read the plan properly and put handles in the wring places so we had no handles on draws for 18months. They didn’t fit any of the plumbing they were supposed to and we had to pay our plumber to do so. We are still disputing plumbing costs on the bill that shouldn’t be there. They didn’t oil the work surface. And despite us continuously trying to chase them to fix and finish the kitchen and to revise our bill, their complains department is useless, doesn’t want to help, and there’s no way to contact them. I really hope nobody else ever has this experience, and from my experience I would rather have spent more and not had the ongoing stress and frustration.
After this video and reading some of the comments, I will 110% be checking out IKEA when it comes to redoing my kitchen! Thank you for another great video Lisa
Maureen thank you as ALWAYS for commenting!! I'm SO glad you are considering IKEA... they can be GREAT budget options that are super duper CUTE!! 💕💕
I'm glad you addressed the Cons - especially installation. I've heard horror stories about trying to do the DIY, not only kitchens but the closet system as well (yes, I have friends with 10 thumbs🤣🤣🤣). I'm assuming one would hire the installation right at Ikea(?). Thank you for your wonderful videos.
If you have zero DIY experience, then this is not the place to start. But if you do, then a kitchen installation is not outside the scope of your talents. Just be sure to have a helper or two. It helps to have teenage children that can carry heavy things. The labor is free and child labor laws don't apply. Alternatively, use siblings and in-laws. As a last resort, hire some frat guys and pay them in kegs.
We’ve been planning with IKEA and thrilled to have your stamp of approval!
Yay Kate!!! 🙌🏻 It's like you guys read my mind!! 💕😂 Good luck with your build - I think you guys will LOVE it!! 🤩💙
Def considering updating our kitchen w new glass Ikea doors w lights . Love going to the store but its alittle overwhelming . Getting a catalog is a good idea 💡 . Great video . New subscriber .
Kitchen renovation on my dream list big time and IKEA on my radar! Thank you again for a smashing design video!
Wolf!!! 🙌🏻 I'm so glad I could pass on a few of my favorite IKEA tips!!! 💕🥰 Thank you so much for tuning in, and thank you so much for the sweet comment!! 💚🥰
Lisa you rock. I like that you are for the every day person not just people who have ridiculous amounts of money like $1000 for a paper mache bowl or $100,000 cabinets.
Awww this is so sweet!!! ❤️🌟 I love finding tips and tricks that work for EVERY budget - I never want to leave anybody out!!! Design should be for everyone, right?? 🥰🥰 Plus, I know I'm ALWAYS excited to get a deal - why not share the fun!!! 😆💙 Thank you SO much for your kind words and for tuning in to support my channel - it really does mean the world to me!! 💕🌎
I really enjoy Lisa’s videos and her delivery of her content but in addition I also have to applaud the way the videos are put together, very clever, stylish and entertaining!
Aisling!! This is so sweet - I do my best to make sure these videos are formatted in the best possible way for you guys!! 💕🥰 I want you to be able to use the tips I share, not just watch and be confused!! 💚😂 Thank you so much for your kind words, and hope you're having a fabulous weekend!! 💙🌟
Thanks!. I have never been able to figure out the Ikea web site to order anything that had more than one part. The catalog, YES.
Ah wow, I love your videos, Lisa and at 4:08, you are showcasing the kitchen cabinets I chose! I combined them with a Moroccan (or south Spanish) style tile backsplash and I chose a black countertop and bigger black handles. It looks really nice and the black countertop doesn't get too many spots showing, which is great! I really recommend IKEA's products, it's also nice to combine them with a few personal pieces from a local artist or a few more luxury pieces and voala! Magic :)
Purple!!! 🙌🏻 I LOVE hearing that - those cabinets are fabulous!! 💕Hearing all of you guys' positive experiences with these kitchens is absolutely making my night - I love that we're all on the same page!! 🥰💚 Thank you so much for sharing your IKEA kitchen success, and hope you're having a fabulous Friday!! 🤩💙
Haha, I drove seven hours to my nearest ikea. We got there about four and had the whole kit loaded into our uhaul and drove back the next day. Of course we did it ourselves! And I don’t regret it, though our kitchen is pretty simple.
Prosie!!!! 🙌🏻 All of you guys doing your own kitchens are SO impressive - not everyone can handle that level of DIY!!! 💙😂 I'm so glad you love your IKEA kitchen - thank you so much for sharing!!!!! 💕🥰
I did an Ikea kitchen 10 years ago in our lake house and it held up great. We are remodeling that house again and I looked to Ikea and Semihandmade. I also had a local custom cabinet builder quote. By the time I added cabinets from Ikea (my Kitchen is a fairly small galley kitchen with no uppers) and Semihandmade fronts (even during their 20% off sale!) and Ikea installation -it was almost $4000 more than the cost of custom cabinets (unpainted, but it won't cost anywhere close to $4K to have them painted). I was shocked. Even if I took off the cost of having Ikea install (around $1500) and did them ourselves I still came out ahead doing custom cabinetry. I think Ikea is great and I will definitely use them for my closet redo - but when you more than double the cost of fronts with another company it just didn't add up for me.
Tamie!! 🙌🏻 It's always worth checking all your options - you never know where you're going to find a deal!!! 🌟 It's always exciting when what you think is the more expensive option ends up being cheaper!!!! 💕👏🏻 Thank you so much for sharing your kitchen remodeling experience - hope you're having a fabulous weekend!!! 💚🤩
You are my new favorite go to for design advice!!! Thanks Lisa!😃
Wow, thank you!
We added an IKEA set of cabinets as an island in contrasting aluminium from our oak kitchen. It works brilliantly and meant we didn’t need a whole new kitchen. Our home was designed for when my partner lived here alone. He doesn’t cook, but I love it, it was the perfect alteration as it also brought me and my needs in, without bulldozing his identity on the space.
I agree with everything you said. We went with the slick white flat very modern fronts. We were concerned about their durability and faddishness. We decided that if a front scratched we could easily afford to replace it. After 4 years they still look great. We were also concerned about the "faddishness" or ultra-modern glossy cabinets at the time of resale. When the time comes to sell, if our realtor advises us to go more traditional, it would be simple and affordable to swap out for a new style. We could even reuse the hinges and upgraded cabinet pulls. I suspect that even I had an unlimited budget I would have chosen IKEA.
Bebe!! 🙌🏻 This is such a great point - when you aren't spending too much money, you don't have to worry as much about what you're committing to!!! 💕👏🏻 Especially with IKEA - it's so customizable!! 👍🏻 Thank you for this fabulous comment, and happy Friday!! 🤩💙
Good point about swapping out fronts for resale if needed. 😁
Very interested in this, Lisa...love going to IKEA! They helped us through the University years with our daughter. 🤗🙌🏻💕
Here we goo!! YES it's so PERFECT for kiddos in college!!!! 🤩🤩
First you are fab! I feel like I should be paying for this channel, so much info!
Ok, I have an IKEA Kitchen AND WOULD NOT TRADE IT FOR THE WORLD!
Customer service was top notch. I went with measurements and they helped me design. I also used an IKEA kitchen in my apartment in NYC.
Beauty and storage is on point. I have so much storage in my cabinets and all the organizational components make life easy and you want to be in your kitchen cooking.
I designed my kitchen with light wood and some glass fronts to highlight my collector pottery pieces. So pretty. In NYC I did free standing and took it with me when I left! Brilliant.
Go for it. You will not be disappointed.
Love your videos! Filled with so much helpful info...you are simply amazing
Kathy!! This is so sweet!! 🤩 I'm so glad I could share some of my favorite IKEA tips with you guys this week - this video was SUCH a blast to make!! 💚 Thank you so much for these kind words, and hope you're having a fabulous Saturday night!! 🥰💙
My husband and I have installed 3 ikea kitchens over the years. The first one was in our own home and wasnt too big and im somewhat handy so we decided to tackle it ourselves. It was super straight forward and the repetitive nature of the assembly it makes it easier. After installing that kitchen we ended up doing 2 more in our rental property ourselves and it's definitely the type of thing where once you do it once and get the hang of their little system, you're able to do it again and again like no big deal!
Nicole!!! I am so impressed - assembling an entire kitchen isn't an easy job!! 💕😂 Sounds like you guys are pretty handy!! 👏🏻💚 Thank you so much for sharing all of your IKEA kitchen experience with us, and hope you're having a fabulous last bit of your weekend!! 💙🤩
Looking forward to this... we will redo our kitchen soon and the modularity of the Ikea kitchen is appealing... being able to replace cabinets or change things around when needed. I don’t want to bring down the value of our house though.
This video will be perfect for you!! I walk through the pro AND cons of working with an Ikea kitchen, I hope you love it!! 😍💕
We put an IKEA kitchen in last year and love it! I didn’t like my choice of function of one of my cabinets and just swapped it out last week with a new drawer set up. Now it’s perfect.
I installed my kitchen in eight working days including the removal of the old cabinets and counter tops. I did get the Ikea blister from using the screw driver to assemble the cabinets as using a power driver is not recommended. Great price and selection.
That is amazing to hear Frank!! 👏🏼 The IKEA blister is like a badge of honor for assembling the items yourself! 🤣🤣 Thank you so much for sharing this and for watching!!! 🌟💖🤗
An interior designer also mentioned ikea kitchen to us so we decided to check it out. We remodeled our whole kitchen with white high gloss cabinets, matte gray island cabinet and quartz countertops. We bought higher end appliances and sink elsewhere, I’d recommend this. Every person that had visited, absolutely love my clean, modern kitchen. You will have to pull out your old cabinets and there is an extra charge for delivery and install, but that’s worth the money. On the countertops, you only pay what you need. We did have a few hiccups with the install, but we’re so happy we went with ikea.
Oooh Suzy I love this approach!!! 🤩💚 Saving money on your cabinets and countertops DEFINITELY gives you a little more wiggle room when it comes to picking out your appliances!!! 🧡😉This space sounds absolutely fabulous - I'm so glad it worked out!! 💙🥰
We are about to start demo on our six figure kitchen remodel and using IKEA cabinets. I am beyond pumped for the IKEA cabinets part of it, I mean, okay, I am pumped for the 48" range too, but being able to FINALLY have all drawers in my kitchen? Heaven! Being able to change my mind about how a cabinet should function and just ordering new interior fittings online? Heaven! Getting tired of the cabinet fronts and easily being able to order replacements? Heaven! I am not the least bit worried about them bringing the value of the house down since we are doing custom fronts.
Lyla!!! 🙌🏻 You had me at Kitchen remodel!! SO exciting!!! 💕🤩 Those custom cabinet fronts are fabulous - you'd never think they were on IKEA cabinets!! But you get all the benefits of the IKEA organization!!! 💚👏🏻 Thank you so much for watching, and hope you're having a fabulous weekend!! 💙🥰
Thank you! This was so informative! My husband and I are toying with the idea of gutting and redoing the kitchen/ dining area in our current (but not forever) home. I'm going to convince him to go with Ikea so that we can create a custom designer look for a fraction of the cost... hello resale value!!
K!!!! That sounds like the PERFECT situation for a fabulous IKEA kitchen!!!! 👏🏻💜 Between having a brand new kitchen to work with and increasing the resale value of your home, it looks like win-win!! 💙🤩 I'm so glad I could pass on a little bit of IKEA goodness - thank you so much for tuning in!! 🥰
Hello, how are you doing my friend?
Great video Lisa. I worked for IKEA here in the UK back in the 80's and 90's with kitchens being my area of speciality.
They'd really good value and if built well will last.
OOooo how exciting!! I am so glad to hear from someone that has actually worked in this space!! 👏🏼👏🏼 Always a BIG fan of IKEA kitchens!! 🥰
I'm assembling my black matte kitchen from ikea :D my dream kitchen on a budget ahah and i love the planning software, I spend hours trying several combinations
OMG how exciting!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I'm so happy for you!! The software part is definitely SUPER fun, you can play around with a TON of different pieces!! 🤪💖
Four years ago we did an IKEA kitchen. The usual reaction was OMG! It is fabulous and I love it. My husband installed all of it apart from the counter tops but he is a builder and very "handy". If you're not then I think that paying an installer us a good way to go.
Karen!!! 🙌🏻 I love this - everybody wants that reaction when it comes to their kitchen!! 💙🤩 Thank you so much for sharing your IKEA experience with all of us, and hope you're enjoying the last bit of your weekend!! 💚🥰
I would strongly recommend going to a private installation company and not use IKEA though. After 2 years we still don’t have the IKEA kitchen we wanted. The IKEA contracted installer fitted the kitchen wrong and then drilled through a water pipe in our wall, damaged our new flooring, didn’t read the plan properly and put handles in the wring places so we had no handles on draws for 18months. They didn’t fit any of the plumbing they were supposed to and we had to pay our plumber to do so. We are still disputing plumbing costs on the bill that shouldn’t be there. They didn’t oil the work surface. And despite us continuously trying to chase them to fix and finish the kitchen and to revise our bill, their complains department is useless, doesn’t want to help, and there’s no way to contact them. I really hope nobody else ever has this experience.
Hi, how are you doing my friend
I LOVE my Ikea kitchen and get compliments on it every single day.
LOVEEE to hear this John!!!! Ikea kitchens are AMAZING for a budget like looking luxe!!! 💖🤩
New subscriber here. I did an Ikea kitchen and ended up having their installers do the install. Best money spent. I love the functionality of the components. My only regret was purchasing their cabinet front. I wish I had gone with SHM.
OMG Katherine welcome to the channel fam!! 🥳🥳 I'm SO glad you had such a good experience with your IKEA kitchen - isn't IKEA just the best?? 💕😍 Such a practical, affordable, AND stylish option...whats not to love!!! 👏🏻👏🏻 SO glad you found my channel - thank you so much for watching!! 💚🥰