Custom Doors for IKEA cabinets

IKEA kitchen installation with high-gloss white and walnut doors

This week, we added the finishing touches to this cute little apartment kitchen.  It features our own shop-made custom doors and floating shelves. 

Custom walnut doors on the island

For the accent doors, the customers chose flat-sawn walnut.  One of the cool things about ordering custom doors is the grain matching, or sequencing, meaning the grain flows from one door to the next.  In this kitchen, adding the warm, natural wood doors gives a perfect balance to the crisp, modern Abstrakt white.

IKEA high-gloss white cabinets with custom walnut accent doors

This kitchen is a great example of how spending just a little extra on some accent pieces can turn a kitchen into a real showpiece.  The custom walnut doors and shelves, and the beautiful, hand glazed tile backsplash make this kitchen stand out without spending a ton of money.  Another cool touch was the use of the white quartz on the island, and grey on the perimeter.

Original Kitchen (before)

I love before and after shots!  Can you believe this is even the same apartment?!  Seriously, what a transformation, and I'm sure nobody's missing those pink (or is that mauve?) countertops right now!

IKEA kitchen installation in progress, after the removal of the dining room wall.

Out with the old, and in with the new!  In the old kitchen, Andrei (pictured above) would have been standing behind a wall, and in the middle of the peninsula.  This new kitchen design has so much more room!

Custom walnut floating shelves work well with the green, hand glazed tile

Because this is an apartment, there were restrictions on the type of flooring we could use.  Hardwoods were out, and because of the open floor plan, the customer wanted one floor throughout the kitchen/living/dining rooms, so we decided on cork.  Cork is a soft product so it's comfortable under foot, but also fairly durable and should hold up very nicely for this small family.  I know I already mentioned the backsplash before, but I really love that tile.  I think too many people shy away from bold colors, but it seems like every time one of my customers takes the risk and goes for it, it pays off!