Anonymous wrote:Joseph Armond has a FB page. He is an amazing ikea installer local to the DC area. Quick and a perfectionist. I wouldn’t use anyone else.


“IKEA USA kitchen installation” is the FB group

Did you use him?

Anonymous wrote:What does a typical Ikea kitchen cost?

I spent about 4k for mid grade cabinets for a relatively small townhouse kitchen. I did everything myself and it wasn't that hard. The enitire kitchen took about 2-3 weeks. The actual hanging of the cabinets really doesn't take that long if you know what you're doing.

Joseph Armond has a FB page. He is an amazing ikea installer local to the DC area. Quick and a perfectionist. I wouldn’t use anyone else.


“IKEA USA kitchen installation” is the FB group

PP here, no personal experience with IKD but I read their blog in detail when I was designing my kitchen and i found it to be very helpful. Ikea has a lot of idiosyncratic things.

I did my kitchen in 2019 and ended up hiring a contractor who was really experienced with Ikea and had fantastic design intuition. He came up with a design that was a million times better than what the Ikea in-store designer suggested. I also saw a professional kitchen and bath store designer who actually put together 7 different options in CAD for me, but they still were not nearly as good as his solution. I won't even mention another contractor I saw who suggested taking a chunk out of my dining room for the fridge...

A lot of what my contractor said echoed the IKD tips. I have unusual layout issues in my kitchen, it wasn't a perfect rectangle suited to a U-shape layout, hence I can say one design ended up being far superior. If you have a very easy layout you will probably get a good design from lots of sources. (BTW the actual work installing the kitchen didn't go well and the quality was subpar. That's why I won't recommend him.)

After you put your plan into the Ikea software, take it to the store to have the employee check it, at that time you can ask her to manually remove all the doors from the design if you plan to use Semihandmade or something like that. It's safer to have them do that than do that yourself.

My tips for you: disregard this work triangle BS, you only need the sink to be close to the cooktop. The fridge can be anywhere in the kitchen. It's actually better for it to be somewhere else so other people can access it without disturbing the cook.

Also, if you have one solid wall to work with, you can put the fridge on a wall of floor to ceiling cabinets - meaning no countertops - which both gives you tons of pantry space and is more visually pleasing.

Put your downlights all around but close to your cabinets (6-12 inches away from the cabinet doors) instead of in a grid pattern. And put a strong spotlight type downlight over the sink.

Depends whether you install yourself or have it installed.

What does a typical Ikea kitchen cost?

OP here. I did make a design with ikea software, but I also want to have an expert who can advise, especially with some customization.

I did it myself. It was shockingly easy. We did pay them to measure.

I have designed 4 kitchens- 2 were mine and 2 were friends- all Ikea. So much fun. You should download the software and take a try.

Pp, do you have experience with inspiredkitchendesign? I’ve looked at their website and am wondering whether they’re worth it in terms of design, also customizing some hacks.

the ikea in-house people are not that great. only if you want them to check over plans you've already made to see if you've included all necessary extra panels.

i would use these people: https://inspiredkitchendesign.com/services/
it's worth it because design is everything in the kitchen.

Have you tried using the online design software on the IKEA website. It's easy to use and kind of fun ifyou're bored lol. A consultant will then do a video call and go over everything before placing the order.

I understand, but I’m asking for a specific recommendation, ideally a person at ikeas design center in Gaithersburg or nova

Just go to IKEA for kitchen design.

I’m in MoCo