Forum
« replacement window advice Is Manhattan immune from the real-estate bust? »
May 22, 2008
IKEA Kitchen
Can anyone recommend someone who specializes in the planning and installation of IKEA kitchen cabinets?
Thanks
Comments
Not to be obnoxious, but have you tried Ikea?
Dont they have consultants that plan this stuff?
Posted by: guest at May 22, 2008 8:09 AM
We put in an Ikea Kitchen. I actually went to an amazing blog called "Ikea Fans" and there are designers who run the blog. They designed our kitchen for free - with lots of input from us. Saved it onto the Ikea design website, then we just went to Ikea, printed out the order, rented a truck and brought it home. Then we had one of the official Ikea installers rip out and dispose of our old kitchen and put in the new one. We used www. traemand.com. They were excellent and done in 2 1/2 days. We had a separate plumber and electrician do the other stuff. Good luck.
Posted by: nyflicka at May 22, 2008 9:32 AM
Yes, you can go to Ikea with your measurements, but you may wait in line a long time and the planners may not be great.
Find a good contractor with a good eye for design and you should be fine.
There is also software from Ikea that you can use to layout a kitchen rather nicely.
The folks nyflicka mentioned are actually ceritified by IKEA and set-up the stores, so you probably won't go wrong with them.
Posted by: guest at May 22, 2008 2:47 PM
www.thekitchencouple.com
Bonnie and Ron specialize in designing and installing IKEA kitchens-- that's all they do, they've been doing it for years, and they know Ikea products inside and out.
We've used them twice now, once for a rental apt kitchen and recently for a much more complex kitchen project on our parlor floor, and we couldn't be happier. We thought we knew what we wanted and mapped out a rough design using the Ikea kitchen-planner software, but Bonnie is an Ikea whiz and she came up with storage and space solutions that we'd never have thought of ourselves.
Posted by: guest at May 22, 2008 3:07 PM
Post a comment
Please be patient while your comment is published. It may take a moment.