If you are thinking about decorating a kitchen in a Scandinavian style and have studied the assortment of the world-famous furniture giant IKEA for this purpose, your eye will probably be drawn to the laconic and stylish in its simplicity Budbin facades. They are the choice of ordinary people, professional interior designers, and fashionable Instagram bloggers. Moreover, all their cuisines are not at all similar to one another. What's the secret? Let's find out!
Furniture from Ikea for the kitchen
Ikea stores offer a wide range of kitchen furniture, which differs in functionality and color palette.
In order for the kitchen room to amaze the eye, it is necessary to select furniture according to the following parameters:
- It must be multifunctional;
- Convenient;
- Magnificent;
- And it should also be correctly located throughout the kitchen space.
When purchasing furniture from Ikea for the kitchen, you should think about the layout in advance. Thus, the L-shaped layout is considered a universal option. It is suitable for a small kitchen where the dining area resembles a square. Proper design of an L-shaped kitchen will make the space of the room visually spacious. The triangle rule applies to L-shaped or corner modules. This is when correctly placed technical objects are placed in the corners. In one corner there is a refrigerator, in the other there is a sink and a stove.
In addition, there is a linear layout. It consists in the fact that the planner places everything in one row along the wall.
This system looks good in apartments with small, narrow spaces. The linear principle allows you to intelligently manage the dining area. But many reviews from real owners talk about such a drawback as the inability to arrange all the necessary household appliances.
Do not forget about this type of parallel planning. It involves placing kitchen cabinets, countertops and appliances parallel to each other. This option is ideal for kitchens where there are two entrances or exits. It is important to remember: in order to design a kitchen in this way, the room must be spacious and large.
A variety of furniture from Ikea will suit kitchen spaces of a wide variety of shapes and layouts. It should be noted the U-shaped kitchen. According to this system, all furniture and equipment are located along the walls of the room. But this layout is suitable for a room with a large area. Since a kitchen with such a layout will consist of spacious cabinets that will accommodate household appliances of different shapes, models and sizes.
There is another type of layout, and it is called an “island” or “islet”. The advantage of such a kitchen is that the work area can be either a surface (tabletop) or a system with cabinets (located in the center). This island is located in the center, and the rest of the furniture is either at an angle or along the walls. It all depends on the modification of the IKEA kitchen set. Sometimes owners play with the kitchen space by creating small islands or peninsulas. After all, a kitchen with an “island” is an excellent solution for a room of any size.
Gray Ikea kitchen
The company tries to please every client. And she succeeds. After all, there are not so many gray kitchens in Ikea, but helping with the right choice is a very real and feasible task.
A gray kitchen can be found under the name Knoxhult. They have a finished countertop, drawers, sink and faucet. The configurations of gray kitchens can be different. The headset is delivered disassembled, but assembling it is not difficult.
Gray kitchens are endowed with such important qualities as:
- Using the legs that are included in the kit, you can adjust the height of the headset.
- The facade has a durable melamine coating. Thanks to this, the kitchen is resistant to damage.
- Easy and simple assembly. In addition, there is the ability to calculate the dimensions of the furniture.
- The cabinet doors can open from both the left and the right.
- All drawers have a “smooth running” mechanism.
The gray Ikea kitchen consists of a different number of furniture pieces. If something happens, there is always the opportunity to buy more.
A gray kitchen has both advantages and disadvantages. The first includes high quality, durability of fittings, stylish design, and easy assembly. The disadvantages include: lack of special fasteners, thin end edge, typicality, gray minimalism.
Rectangular cabinets
Small rectangular or square designs are suitable for small-sized kitchens - their width is usually about 30-40 cm, the length can be from 40-60 cm, and most often such cabinets are single-door, such as in the photo.
The small size itself, and especially the small depth (about 40-46 cm), is both their advantage and disadvantage. The fact that the small size allows you to save free space is, of course, good, but such cabinets are small in capacity, because under the sink there should be communication pipes and a siphon, which take up most of the space. And if a filtration system is installed under the sink, then there will be very little usable space left.
If the kitchen area still makes it possible to equip the kitchen with standard furniture, then you should pay attention to kitchen designs for a standard size sink.
Standard floor-mounted sink cabinets are manufactured with the following parameters:
- Width – 60 cm;
- Depth – 60 cm.
- Height 85-86 cm, taking into account the legs, which can have a certain height or the height of the kitchen cabinets from the floor can be adjusted.
These are square cabinets, they can be single-door or double-door, and inside they can contain one or more shelves. Another option is cabinets equipped with several drawers, and these drawers can be of different depths, which allows you to leave space for internal communications, masking them, as can be seen in the photo.
Designs with drawers are a more modern option, as they are much more convenient for storing tools and cleaning products. Another advantage is that it is undoubtedly better to place a garbage container in such boxes: the retractable system allows you to throw waste directly into the container, you don’t have to bend over again to get it, and it’s more convenient to control the level of garbage.
