1950s-Style IKEA Kitchen
The family that designs together stays together.
This was the approach for IKD customer Alexandra, from Hurley, NY, and her family when they set out to preserve the original galley kitchen footprint for this new IKEA kitchen in their 1950s modern home.
“We liked the existing layout, but we needed more storage and wanted to improve the space’s functionality. We cook every day, but the kitchen is also used as a passage to other parts of the house. It took us some time to think about different design solutions to clarify the space, but it was a process that the whole family enjoyed,” she explains.
Specifically, their main design wish was to incorporate a counter-depth refrigerator, raise the countertops to a more comfortable working height of 38” and to stack the upper cabinets on the stove side.
“We also hoped to find an integrated range hood, which would just blend in with the IKEA cabinetry, so that the horizontal lines in the design could be preserved,” she says.
“Early on in the design process we decided on a white kitchen with sleek, black handles that would create horizontal lines, as well as a concrete-color countertop. We also eliminated the backsplash to keep the kitchen visually simple. Our house is full of art and color, so we didn’t feel the need for patterns and color via the backsplash; plus the stove wall is an actual brick wall which we wanted to expose as a design element.
So Alexandra’s family chose IKEA SEKTION cabinetry framework with IKEA white RINGHULT fronts, IKEA FORBATRA cover panels and IKEA MAXIMERA drawers – all complemented by cabinet handles from Top Knobs.
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