Reply #6: The free design program on the Ikea site is fun.

[wildeyed]

I also get help from friends here :)

During my last kitchen remodel, I just went to Home Depot with the kitchen measurements and someone there helped me lay it out. She was actually very helpful and the service was "free", at least until I purchased several thousand dollars worth of cabinets.


I think extending the cabinets to the ceiling is a good idea. Like you said, you can put the stuff you don't use everyday up there. I also keep folding steps in the little space between the fridge and the wall and just whip it out when I need to get something from on high.

I think they make a mini-dishwasher that is like a deep drawer. That might work well in a small kitchen and save on your water and power bill, too. You could still have a small cabinet for storage underneath it.