WHAT IKEA`S STANDARD 10` x 10` KITCHEN PRICE

WHAT IKEA’S STANDARD
10’ x 10’ KITCHEN PRICE
DOESN’T TELL YOU
A Publication of
Inspired Kitchen Design
IKEA cabinets are very practical and IKEA is
the only major retailer to offer a quick price
for each and every door style (The door
style and kitchen measurements are the first
things that professional designers ask the
homeowner when embarking on a kitchen
renovation).
IKEA also offers a swift quote for a standard
kitchen measurement. These prices are
deeply flawed, though, because they refer to
a 10’ x 10’ standard kitchen layout and who
really knows what that is?
Even if you did determine how a standard 10’
x 10’ kitchen was designed and calculated,
it’s not really relevant because your kitchen
design will be completely different.
Every kitchen is unique and therefore,
your kitchen measurements are unique.
Many retailers and cabinet manufacturers
use the 10’ x 10’ standard kitchen
measurements because they haven’t taken
the initiative or effort to compare the linear
feet (LF) to the final price for a range of actual
designs.
This is a shame because correctly calculating
non-standard kitchen measurements, as
IKDO carefully does, is the only accurate
method to determine real-life linear feet
pricing.
If you want to get a quick and approximate
idea of what your IKEA kitchen cabinets will
cost, then you will need accurate linear foot
pricing – not abstract 10’ x 10’ standard
kitchen pricing models that will most likely
not fit into your kitchen.
Every kitchen is unique!
IKDO has professionally designed thousands of
IKEA kitchens for North American homeowners and
has determined precise linear feet pricing using the
following criteria:
• 125 designs were randomly selected for each unique
door style
• A total of 2,125 designs were averaged (17 door styles x
125 designs per style).
• Not a single one happened to be a 10’ x 10’ kitchen with
IKEA’s standard layout.
• Designs were selected from 2012 and 2013, therefore
these layouts are current.
• Of the 125 designs per style, the five most and least
expensive designs were eliminated from the sampling for
a better statistical average.
• Islands and peninsulas were included.
• Measurements were taken from corner to corner,
covering the kitchen from top to bottom.
• The price used in the average includes wall, base and tall
cabinets.
• Knobs and handles were not included.
HARLIG
74.34
GNOSJÖ Black Brown
98.26
APPLÅD White
116.48
NEXUS Birch
133.91
LIXTORP brown
147.12
RAMSJÖ Red-Brown
156.24
STÅT White
163.28
ÄDEL Off-White
182.11
LIDINGÖ White
191.74
RAMSJÖ White
198.44
RAMSJÖ Black-Brown
201.66
ÄDEL Beech
209.77
ÄDEL Medium Brown
214.59
SOFIELUND Walnut Effect
251.94
ABSTRAKT High gloss Gray
264.22
ABSTRAKT High gloss White
275.22
ABSTRAKT High gloss Cream
281.34
(Prices in US$)
Now, you’re
probably wondering
a few things:
1. Why are IKDO linear feet prices higher than IKEA’s?
None of the kitchens that we averaged were a 10’ x 10’
standard kitchen size! Real-life kitchens cost more.
Our actual customer designs included storage
accessories, moldings, glass doors, wall, tall and base
cabinets and countless other different layouts. IKDO
“covers our bases”!
2. If IKEA shows an equal linear feet price for
several door styles, then why are IKDO linear feet
prices different for each door style?
• Some kitchens are designed with accent doors. Combining
door styles does change a “standard” price. The standard IKEA
prices are often not realistic.
• IKDO’s one-on-one personalized designs provide countless
“extra” items that IKEA does not provide: multi-sized cabinets,
moldings, glass doors, as well as a variety of different and
innovative layout plans.
• Typically, islands and peninsulas include additional panels, doors
and trims. These have also been taken into consideration for the
total prices used in the linear feet average for each door style.
3. Examples of the types of designs used for our
LF averages can be seen at our design portfolio,
which is easily accessible on our website:
www.inspiredkitchendesign.com/portfolio
Now that you understand
IKDO’s linear feet prices and
how they are determined, you’ll
need to know how to roughly
calculate the linear feet of
cabinets for your new kitchen:
• Measure the entire wall where cabinets are
to be designed and determine the total
amount of inches.
• Subtract the door openings, as well as all
appliances mounted on the floor from the
total linear inches. (Average widths:door:
36”, Refrigerator: 36”, range: 30”).
• Divide the remaining total by 12 to
convert from linear inches to linear feet.
• Multiply the amount of linear feet by the
amount in dollars (US$) for your selected
door style from the chart above to get an
approximate total cost of IKEA cabinets
for your remodeled kitchen.
• Example: A 22 linear feet in LIDINGO
doors ($191.74 per linear foot) will be
22x191.74 = $4,218.28
Measure the entire wall where cabinets are to be designed and
determine the total amount of inches.
Using these steps will help you understand
just how far you can go with your budget!
You will also save a tremendous amount of
time, energy, and money by understanding
that most standard kitchen layouts are not
10’ by 10’.
This is where IKEA “steps out” and our
professional designers at IKDO “step up” for
the homeowner who wants an efficientlydesigned kitchen.
You know how it is.
You want a stunning new kitchen design to
bring your house or apartment to life, but
when you get to the IKEA showroom, you
wonder how it will fit into your place. And
you also wonder how you will ever bring this
ambitious vision to life.
At IKD, we have skilled designers and
we use professional design software
to accurately calculate the necessary
materials for your project and adapt
to the specific needs for your IKEA
kitchen design.
Let's get started with
your IKEA kitchen design!
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About IKD
We’re a group of eight professional designers who have been skillfully creating
kitchens since 2006. This eBook carefully evolved out of a desire to provide
personalized and dedicated design services to customers looking to use IKEA
products for their home remodel projects.
Our goal is to enable our customers to have their design ideas come to life
when using IKEA kitchen cabinets and furnishings, to provide inspiration and
technical advice and support, to provide assistance with planning and to help
with questions about modification and installation. Finally, we aim to provide
answers to both common and uncommon inquiries, specifically about IKEA
kitchen design issues.
It is not our intention to impersonate IKEA stores or services. We do not sell
IKEA products. IKEA products are sold solely in stores operated by the IKEA
Retail System–franchised by Inter IKEA Systems B.V. of The Netherlands.
We are not affiliated with IKEA in any way; we are not IKEA co-workers,
partners, affiliates, sales representatives, nor are we sponsored, financially or
otherwise, by Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
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