Remodelling a small kitchen…Is Ikea a good place to go for design, product and installation?
I had a 6 x 7 foot kitchen, a typical New York apartment kitchen. I bought Ikea cabinets. I’m very happy with them. The real challenge is fitting what you need into a small space. I cook every day. But still, in order to have more in the kitchen I bought a 20 inch wide gas stove. I could not cook a big turkey but almost everything else fit. The room was 84 inches long and 73 inches wide. From the doorway to the back wall here’s what I put in the room: Left side: 24 inch wide Bosch washing machine. 24 inch wide Spacemaker Dishwasher with a mandatory double sink. (This is a GE product where the washer is 3/4 size only on the top rack to accommodate the sink. It’s hard to find even on the GE website but it does exist. The sink is actually on top of the counter and the dw is right underneath. 24 inch Bosch clothes dryer. Above this cabinet layout, I put in Akarum cabinets with aluminium frame, frosted glass doors from IKEA. On the right side: A 28inch wide refrigerator/freezer (typical apa
