"We spent as little time as possible in the kitchen,” the homeowner says of the before.

Tons of people have asked us- why IKEA?! That' why we put together this breakdown of our IKEA + Semi-Handmade experience and review.

Sharing a final reveal of my kitchen over the doorway built-in

well arranged galley kitchen w/ mic of closed wood cabinets and open steel shelves, pans hanging on a narrow wall, would change the marble counter, maybe apaint the wood cabinets

Cozy and compact!

New York City apartments can be notoriously small — like 55 square feet small. One place where it’s easy to feel the lack of square footage in a tiny apartment is the kitchen, but fear not: There are plenty of small-space tips and tools specifically for kitchens. If you’re like Aleena Cherian (@artbyalchemy) and her husband, Jebin, and you own your apartment (or have a permissive landlord), a little DIY can do wonders.

Attention foodies and amateur chefs: There’s nothing like a beautiful, work-of-art kitchen to inspire homemade meals of the same caliber. Unfortunately for blogger Erin Hermsen (@delaneylaneliving), her kitchen wasn’t the creative cook space she wanted. “It just was not an inspiring space,” she says.