Hinges for Barker Doors on IKEA Sektion

In case you missed it, check out our previous post on combining IKEA Sektion cabinet boxes and Baker doors HERE. This post is meant to explain why the hinges recommended in our last post work so you can order your hinges and doors with confidence.

Recall from the last post that we used Blum's Clip Top Blumotion hinge and hinge plate

• Blum Hinge - 73B3550
• Hinge Plate -  174H7100E

     (build.com is super cheap for the hinges w/ free shipping and we get a small commission)

to connect our custom Barker cabinet doors to the IKEA Sektion cabinet boxes. Since IKEA cabinets are frameless (aka European style) with full overlay doors, we started searching for the correct hinge by focusing on Blum hinges specifically for frameless cabinets.

Traditional Cabinets have a Face Frame - Euro Cabinets are Frameless

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Thanks antiquehome.com!

Check out the original add for our home from 1916. Maybe it's just me nerding out, but I though it was awesome step back and look at the same add the original owner found before building our home all those years ago. If you want to learn a more about your own home, check out the style gallery at OldHouseWeb.com. Use your home's architectural style and build date to sleuth through the old house plans at AntiqueHome.com.

Ikea Sektion Cabinets with Barker Doors

When we decided on using Ikea cabinet boxes with Barker Doors there were a lot of questions:

• Is it even possible to use Barker doors with Ikea cabinets?
• Can we use Ikea's blum hinges?
• What size doors should we order?

Choosing Cabinets: the Perfect Kitchen for 50% Off!

If you checked out Jenn's the last post, you know we were looking for a shaker cabinets in white with butcher block counters or natural wood shaker cabinet with white stone counters. Shaker doors meant pretty much every brand of cabinet was open to us. I decided to compare Shenadoah cabinets from Lowes, Barker cabinets, and Ikea cabinets.

Kitchen Dreaming

When we remodeled our first kitchen in the condo, the decisions we had to make were fairly easy. Once we had the layout, the rest of the design decisions were governed by one thing - the budget. A small, two bedroom apartment surrounded by rentals didn't warrant high end finishes. It was a simple money in, money out equation. We didn't want to put more into the kitchen than we were going to get out. So it was pretty easy to rule out things like expensive hardware and natural stone counter tops.

DIY Painted Basket

I love TJ Maxx Home Goods and I don't care who knows it.

There. I said it. I have an addiction. And I don't wanna quit it. (But don't tell my husband that. Let's just pretend I'm on the 12 step program when he's around, mmmkay?)

This weekend I talked the Mister into taking me to our local Home Goods under the pretense of looking for a basket to store all of our living room throw blankets. Am I the only one with a throw blanket addiction? As always with Home Goods, I found exactly what I was looking for.

 

But the basket was missing something. A little... pizazz. I wanted a basket with jazz hands.

So I dragged out my acrylic craft paint, turned on my audio book (The Goldfinch, anyone?) and got to work painting my basket. I was hoping to make this a basket painting tutorial at first, but then realized there are really only two steps. Step 1 - get a basket. Step 2 - paint your basket. 

Never fear though. I won't leave you with an empty basket, a paintbrush, and dread in your hearts. I did find some helpful tips along the way:

• Use a basket with a large weave. Trust me, you don't want the heartache of trying to paint teeeeeeny tiny basket weave and stressing yourself out about getting paint on EVERY OTHER PIECE. Cuz it'll happen.
• Additionally, put your inner perfectionist aside and try not to stress about painting inside the lines. You'll get paint on weave where you didn't want paint. It will happen. But it will also be ok. This is supposed to be a rustic, hand-painted basket. Keep repeating that to yourself.

As you can see, I have a lot in common with the Impressionist painters. Up close, my painting is a hot mess.

• Have some idea of where you're gonna go. You can paint multiple lines of weave at a time, just one line, alternate colors... Just have a plan, man.
• If a color doesn't look good - DON'T. PANIC. It's ok. Just pick another color and paint over. Ain't nobody gonna know.
• Lastly, don't underestimate negative space. Leaving some of the basket unpainted is totally fine. In fact... it even looks GOOD. I promise.

This little project only took me about 45 mins from start to finish. And the organization it's brought to our living room makes my heart happy. So get to painting!

We're Hog Wild for...

Just a few home items we're totally crushing on right now.

DW Home - Warm Tobacco Pipe Candle  photo source

1. This candle from DW Home. We found ours at Home Goods for a steal. Musky and earthy with an amber/cedarwood quality. Aromatic enough for the ladies, manly enough for the gents. Truly the goldilocks of candles.

DENY for Anthropologie Iveta Abolina duvet

2. This DENY for Anthropologie duvet cover. We're getting ready to redo our master (some day) and this is definitely on our wish list. I just wanna climb in and take a nap now please.

Kitchen via The White Buffalo Styling Company

3. White Buffalo Styling Company's kitchen redo. White kitchen's make me swoon. And that living wood countertop? Be still my heart. Top it off with a vintage Kilim rug and I just can't.

World Market Blue Odina Kilim Indoor/Outdoor

4. Speaking of Kilim rugs... this version from World Market is ahhh-mazing. And just a fraction of the cost of a real vintage one. We may or may not have snatched it up for our front porch redo. Meaning we absolutely did. Can't wait for you to see it in our upcoming front porch reveal!

5. These transom window house numbers from House Number Lab almost make me wanna rip our front door and install a transom window just so I can have them. Almost.