Planning Your Ikea Kitchen – Don’t Make The Same Mistakes
As the old saying goes… If you are planning to fail, you must have failed to plan. That statement couldn’t be more true than when you’re undertaking an Ikea kitchen remodeling project.
You will definitely fail if you do not pay great attention to detail on the planning of your project from the very beginning. There is no other way. It is highly critical that you start your project on a good note, with that said be sure to take all the time you need to be positive that your kitchen design is correct!
The launch point for your planning should center around the overall kitchen design, and that starts with the Ikea Kitchen Planner Software.
If you haven’t done so already, go to Ikea and download the Ikea Kitchen Planner Software here:
When you get the Ikea Kitchen Planner, install it on your computer and play around with it for a couple of days and do some rough schematic designs.
Once you get to a point where you are fairly comfortable with the software and you have a tape measure, it is time to go to the kitchen and get some fairly accurate measurements. Measuring the kitchen yourself, if you do not feel good about taking the measurements what you can do is hire a professional to come out and do it for you, or go get one of your family members or a neighbor that might be available.
Ok so now we have our measurements ready to go, now you get to play with the planner software and try to do your very first design.
Start off by creating a new project in the Ikea Kitchen Planner Software and input your kitchen dimensions and finalize your room layout.
When the room layout is ready to go it is time to play with the software a little, you can now start to place your cabinets into your newly created room and see exactly what it will look like.
When you start to place the cabinets with the planning software, make very sure that you give all the required information and clear specifications on things like door styles, finishes and such so your quote and
parts list is correct when you’re done and ready to print***
When you finish your initial design, take a couple of days off and then revisit your design to see if it will work.
If your not quite comfortable with your design, save this design and start a new one. You may also want to try a layout that’s completely different from your first effort just for the fun of it. I did the same thing when i did my kitchen design. My final plan ended up being what i thought was the best of the 4 or 5 designs that i started with.
Research is key in the next steps, if you have your initial Ikea Kitchen Plan ready then you are ready to move on to researching such things as lighting, appliances, flooring and more.
