Ikea Kitchen

Here's our new kitchen design, courtesy of the Ikea Home Planner software.

The Ikea software app is one of the flakiest programs I've ever worked with. It crashes at the drop of a hat. But it's free, and if you can live with its shortcomings, you can have a lot of fun running through the possibilities.

Here's the main part of the kitchen:

Two minor things to clear up: 1) Near the corner (by the sink), you'll see some white where there should be cabinet. The software doesn't handle filler spaces at all. I will install 5 inches of filler between the corner cabinet and sink. Using toe kicks, I'll make it flush with the sink base cabinet (this is a pretty standard cabinet mod). The other issue is that area above the microwave; there's a cabinet there too. For some reason when you specify the cabinet WITH the microwave, the cabinet face disappears. Without the microwave you see the whole cabinet just fine. Again, another inconvenience with the software.


Here's the side wall with some photoshop magic:

The cabinet above the fridge will be flush with the tall pantry unit on the left of the fridge. To the the right of the fridge, we're planning on installing some shelving, or some aahtwork.