Beautiful kitchen design from idea to installation
We demand a lot from a kitchen – space for cooking, working and being together – and it must look amazing too. Now discover who’s behind these stylish designs, writes interior stylist Anna Tobin
clever storage solutions for spices and the like? If you are in the market for a new kitchen this new year, there’s only one brand you should seek out for its elegance and sophistication. Style and practicality are its watchwords and its easy, end-to-end process covers planning, measuring and installation, all with a 25-year guarantee. So look no further to make your ultimate kitchen dream a reality that will stand the test of time for years to come.
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Designing a new kitchen should be an enjoyable, inspiring and creative process. And with the right team behind you, it can be.
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With the air of a hot Hoxton brasserie, this rich stained ash veneer peninsular unit, topped with a slim matte-black quartz worktop, lets the creator in the kitchen take centre stage as they whip up a culinary storm. Guests can perch on bar stools at the end of the breakfast bar as they catch up, before switching to the more formal dining space for the main course.
Sophisticated
Relax, and enjoy the fabulous chaos of family life while still looking effortlessly chic
Feeling sociable? Perfect for
soirées when inviting friends to share food, drinks and gossip
These timeless traditional-style units, topped with hard-wearing marble-effect ceramic, create a gorgeously practical kitchen that has ‘welcome’ written all over it. Packed lunches will be thrown together while the kids finish their breakfast, and when evening falls there’s room for everyone to get involved in prepping and dishing up dinner.
Create a kitchen that complements your everyday
Welcoming
Pristine
For work-from-homers, the kitchen often doubles as an office and these roomy units ensure there is a place for everything and nothing distracting stays on display. The high-gloss white finish gives the impression of light and space. It’s a quiet professional backdrop for meetings that transforms into a funky cooking and entertaining space once the laptop shuts down.
Modern gloss exudes 'organised' for work, rest and play
The kitchen triangle layout is a tried and tested formula that sees your cooker, fridge and sink all within a few steps of each other at the heart of the space, for efficiency. While it often works well, it isn’t always the best option. Water and gas pipes and windows, the shape of your room and how you use the kitchen will ultimately dictate its layout.
Fundamentals first
1 Find your style
2 Measure
3 Plan
4 Order
5 install
Space maximiser challenge
When space is tight or your room isn’t a conventional shape, you want to make the most of every bit of what you have and a professional IKEA kitchen designer is best placed to do this.
They will also encourage you to incorporate many bespoke space-enhancing solutions from IKEA into the design, such as chopping boards that fit over the sink, wall-hangers for pans and utensils and an extra pull-out work surface. Being able to show you this on a 3D digital plan helps you to visualise how it will look and feel, too, and gives you the opportunity to play around with different options.
The best materials, crafted for you
When you buy a kitchen from IKEA you are getting a top-quality piece of craftsmanship, produced in the most sustainable way possible and built to last. The METOD kitchen system behind all the cabinets comes with a free 25-year guarantee covering any defects in the materials and workmanship; all kitchen mixer taps come with a free 10-year guarantee and most kitchen appliances come with a free five-year guarantee.
Meet your team
Kitchen specialists at IKEA can facilitate every aspect of your kitchen design, from doing home visits to accurately measuring the room where the kitchen will be installed. After you or your IKEA specialist has measured your kitchen, you book a one-to-one planning session, which can be done at your local IKEA store, online or, in some areas of the country, on a home visit. Here you will go through your specifications for your new kitchen, explain what frustrates you about your existing kitchen, and describe your dreams for the new space.
Your IKEA kitchen specialist will then show you all the different styles of units and how they can best be configured for your needs. They will help you select your colour scheme (there are more than 45 kitchen fronts and 30 colours to choose from), appliances, worktops, splashbacks and ironmongery. At the end of your session or sessions – some people need more than one to get everything just right – you will be presented with a 3D design, a product list and a price for everything you need to bring your bespoke design to your home, with or without installation.
When it comes to fitting your kitchen, whether you’ve chosen STENSTA, AXSTAD or VOXTORP, the IKEA trusted professional installation team will get you up and running as quickly as possible. They will manage the trickier jobs like fitting sinks and worktops, and get the appliances ready for action, and you can rest easy in the knowledge that there’s a five-year workmanship guarantee included.
Whether you choose to use your own kitchen fitter or an IKEA kitchen fitter, Robertson at IKEA has this final tip: “Always use a professional as this will ensure lines are straight and doors and drawers open smoothly. And, talking about drawers, soft-closing drawers have a small cost associated with them but give a quality feel worth every penny.”
With all this on offer at IKEA, you might be wary of the cost. But with the best price for kitchens among all their main competitors – who won’t even price match them – and 0 per cent APR finance available, IKEA really does have it covered in the kitchen.
“We want to create the most functional kitchen possible. Kitchens are complex these days, with more appliances and different ways of living, so zoning can be more appropriate,” says Grant Robertson, IKEA kitchen interior design leader, UK & Ireland.
IKEA kitchen specialists will help you play around with different layouts until they have balanced your infrastructure needs with how you want to work and live, creating the perfect design for your space and your life. IKEA has a handy five-step process (above) which takes you from imagining your new kitchen all the way through to installation.
OMBONAD
Serving plate glass
£25
Finishing touches that will make your space perfect
TOLLSJON
Serving plate glass
£179
INSJON
Serving plate glass
£129
£85
FINMAT
Copper and stainless steel pot
Finishing touches that will make your space perfect
OMBONAD
Serving plate glass
£5
INSJON
Serving plate glass
£129
£85
FINMAT
Copper and stainless steel pot
OMBONAD
Serving plate glass
£5
INSJON
Serving plate glass
£129
£85
FINMAT
Copper and stainless steel pot
OMBONAD
Serving plate glass
£5
So who is behind these beautiful kitchen designs?
Surprise, it’s IKEA.
Now you’ve been inspired by the beautiful designs from IKEA, what are the practical steps to moving your dream kitchen project forward?
When choosing an expert to work with, look for somebody who can design your new kitchen to fit your space perfectly, however unusual, small or cavernous, offering you style choices that will help bring your dream design to life. They need to cover every little detail, many of which you won’t even have thought of yourself, from the positioning of the USB plugs to making sure each small appliance, utensil and spice can be quickly and easily accessed.
The designer should offer you a range of quality units, worktops and splashbacks in every colour. They will present cupboard fronts that are slick and contemporary, or traditional and timeless, alongside a fantastic selection of durable handles, sinks, taps and appliances. Plus they should deliver an end-to end service and guarantee the kitchen’s workmanship.
The fine details that will elevate your kitchen
They should also know the latest kitchen trends for 2025, helping you to create a living space that you’ll want to spend time in for years to come, but blended with the practical choices that will stand the test of time. Designers are now taking units closer to the ceiling to make the most of every inch of space and limit dust traps, bringing earthy tones to the Shaker classic and teaming clean simple lines with bold colour contrasts for ultra-contemporary schemes.
“Green is the big colour this year. You will also see more warmer tones in our door fronts with a terracotta colour coming into our kitchen range next year,” says one interiors expert.
Making sure the design meets your needs So how do you get started on your new kitchen masterpiece? It’s sensible to seek advice from an expert who can help you drill down into how you want your kitchen to feel, function and flow. As well as taking into account the structural aspects of the design, such as the need to work around the existing radiators, the designer will take time to discover all the different ways you use your kitchen.
They’ll ask whether you want your oven under the counter or at chest height, if you need space for a workstation, and what appliances – which come with five-year guarantees – you want out on the countertops. The ultimate goal is to optimise your kitchen for cooking, dining and entertaining and to maximise the space available.
Admittedly, that is a lot to ask of any kitchen designer, but we have found a professional kitchen team that delivers an end-to-end service alongside enviable kitchen designs like these...
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here’s no denying that poring over imagery of seductive new kitchens is a legitimate (!) hobby for many of us. Who can resist the tiniest detail of larder pantry cupboard doors, worksurface depths and
clever storage solutions for spices and the like? If you are in the market for a new kitchen this new year, there’s only one brand you should seek out for its elegance and sophistication. Style and practicality are its watchwords and its easy, end-to-end process covers planning, measuring and installation, all with a 25-year guarantee. So look no further to make your ultimate kitchen dream a reality that will stand the test of time for years to come.
Designing a new kitchen should be an enjoyable, inspiring and creative process. And with the right team behind you, it can be.
A vibrant grain pattern makes every piece unique, and looks stylish matched with solid wood handles across the width of drawer fronts
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Kitchen specialists at IKEA can facilitate every aspect of your kitchen design, from doing home visits to accurately measuring the room where the kitchen will be installed. After you or your IKEA specialist has measured your kitchen, you book a one-to-one planning session, which can be done at your local IKEA store, online or, in some areas of the country, on a home visit. Here you will go through your specifications for your new kitchen, explain what frustrates you about your existing kitchen, and describe your dreams for the new space.
Your IKEA kitchen specialist will then show you all the different styles of units and how they can best be configured for your needs. They will help you select your colour scheme (there are more than 45 kitchen fronts and 30 colours to choose from), appliances, worktops, splashbacks and ironmongery. At the end of your session or sessions – some people need more than one to get everything just right – you will be presented with a 3D design, a product list and a price for everything you need to bring your bespoke design to your home, with or without installation.
When it comes to fitting your kitchen, whether you’ve chosen Stensta, Axstad or Voxtorp, the IKEA trusted professional installation team will get you up and running as quickly as possible. They will manage the trickier jobs like fitting sinks and worktops, and get the appliances ready for action, and you can rest easy in the knowledge that there’s a five-year workmanship guarantee included.
Whether you choose to use your own kitchen fitter or an IKEA kitchen fitter, Robertson at IKEA has this final tip: “Always use a professional as this will ensure lines are straight and doors and drawers open smoothly. And, talking about drawers, soft-closing drawers have a small cost associated with them but give a quality feel worth every penny.”
With all this on offer at IKEA, you might be wary of the cost. But with the best price for kitchens among all their main competitors – who won’t even price match them – and 0 per cent APR finance available, IKEA really does have it covered in the kitchen.
Kitchen specialists at IKEA can facilitate every aspect of your kitchen design, from doing home visits to accurately measuring the room where the kitchen will be installed. After you or your IKEA specialist has measured your kitchen, you book a one-to-one planning session, which can be done at your local IKEA store, online or, in some areas of the country, on a home visit. Here you will go through your specifications for your new kitchen, explain what frustrates you about your existing kitchen, and describe your dreams for the new space.
Your IKEA kitchen specialist will then show you all the different styles of units and how they can best be configured for your needs. They will help you select your colour scheme (there are more than 45 kitchen fronts and 30 colours to choose from), appliances, worktops, splashbacks and ironmongery. At the end of your session or sessions – some people need more than one to get everything just right – you will be presented with a 3D design, a product list and a price for everything you need to bring your bespoke design to your home, with or without installation.
When it comes to fitting your kitchen, whether you’ve chosen Stensta, Axstad or Voxtorp, the IKEA trusted professional installation team will get you up and running as quickly as possible. They will manage the trickier jobs like fitting sinks and worktops, and get the appliances ready for action, and you can rest easy in the knowledge that there’s a five-year workmanship guarantee included.
Whether you choose to use your own kitchen fitter or an IKEA kitchen fitter, Robertson at IKEA has this final tip: “Always use a professional as this will ensure lines are straight and doors and drawers open smoothly. And, talking about drawers, soft-closing drawers have a small cost associated with them but give a quality feel worth every penny.”
With all this on offer at IKEA, you might be wary of the cost. But with the best price for kitchens among all their main competitors – who won’t even price match them – and 0 per cent APR finance available, IKEA really does have it covered in the kitchen.
When it comes to fitting your kitchen, whether you’ve chosen Stensta, Axstad or Voxtorp, the IKEA trusted professional installation team will get you up and running as quickly as possible. They will manage the trickier jobs like fitting sinks and worktops, and get the appliances ready for action, and you can rest easy in the knowledge that there’s a five-year workmanship guarantee included.
Whether you choose to use your own kitchen fitter or an IKEA kitchen fitter, Robertson at IKEA has this final tip: “Always use a professional as this will ensure lines are straight and doors and drawers open smoothly. And, talking about drawers, soft-closing drawers have a small cost associated with them but give a quality feel worth every penny.”
With all this on offer at IKEA, you might be wary of the cost. But with the best price for kitchens among all their main competitors – who won’t even price match them – and 0 per cent APR finance available, IKEA really does have it covered in the kitchen.
1 Find your style
2 Measure
3 Plan
4 Order
5 install
This kitchen has a traditional feel in a colour that pops, making your kitchen feel calm yet expressive and meeting all modern needs
Space-saving features are key in a smaller kitchen. Think drawer racks and over-sink chopping boards
