We regularly advocate Ikea’s kitchen cupboards as a stable, bang-for-the-buck possibility for these seeking to rework. And these days, there are such a lot of offshoot firms providing cupboard entrance kinds particularly tailor-made to suit Ikea’s base cupboards that, if being economical is a precedence, there’s little purpose to not no less than begin with an Ikea skeleton. (See Ikea Kitchen Improve: 11 Customized Cupboard Firms for the Final Kitchen Hack.)
Which is what we assumed this expensive-looking kitchen from architects Luke and Joanne McClelland was: a skeleton base by Ikea, upgraded with doorways from one other firm. Seems the entire thing is a mixture of Ikea elements!
The 2, each architects (he has his personal agency, Luke McClelland Design), usually work on high-end initiatives, however for their very own kitchen rework in Edinburgh, Scotland, they needed to work with a price range that was a tenth of what they’re used to. Their resolution: “We tried to make use of inexpensive merchandise to recreate the precise qualities that earlier shoppers related to luxurious: simplicity, symmetry, integration.”
Right here’s how they overhauled their kitchen for below $13,000, together with home equipment (however not together with labor).
Above: Joanne and Luke moved into the residence a pair years in the past, drawn to the grand proportions and interval particulars. They knocked down a wall to create an open kitchen and eating space. Above: All cupboard bases and doorways are from Ikea. The matte black fronts are from the Kungsbacka line, all produced from recycled wooden and recycled PET bottles. The decrease cupboards are from the oak Ekestad collection, at the moment unavailable within the US. Basic subway tiles (theirs are from right here) look trendy when put in vertically. Above: “All home equipment are hid inside the decrease cupboards,” says Luke. “The cupboards all seem as drawers however in some instances are literally two drawer cupboard fronts mounted collectively to kind a hinged cabinet.” The tap is by Lusso. (See 10 Straightforward Items: Matte Black Kitchen Taps for extra concepts.) The lights are Ikea’s Ranarp Pendant Lamps. Above: “The cupboards are encased in a stud bulkhead to seem like they’re recessed into the wall. The bulkhead conceals the extract for the cooker hood which, in flip, is recessed into the cupboards. The oak surrounds are simply commonplace worktops lower down and used to border the cupboards and to offer the impression of a dearer ‘hand-crafted’ kitchen,” explains Luke. The electrical induction cooktop is by Bosch. Above: To the appropriate is the doorway to the utility closet, the place the washer, dryer, and freezer are housed.
