Customer Turns IKEA Kitchen Into the Bright Spot of Her Home

With that in mind, Amanda says her IKEA kitchen was a team effort between herself, IKD and her general contractor. This was crucial because she wanted to push the refrigerator into a nook so it wasn’t sticking out and taking up so much floor space. “The remodel also added in shelves; maximized cabinet space; and added a dishwasher, which I’m so excited about,” she says. “We intended this kitchen to be for everyday cooking and designed it to be a comfortable space that will make the small, everyday rituals like making coffee and doing dishes a lot more pleasurable.” To that end, she says her favorite part about the kitchen is a salvaged wood beam that her contractor found which was actually salvaged from a local wooden bridge that was being retired. “We needed to keep a beam in place there for structural support, and we decided to go with an exposed beam. I fell in love with this house because of its character and odd little quirks. [The beam] felt like a great way to upgrade the kitchen and keep a lot of the character that makes it feel like home.”