How Designers Use IKEA Kitchen Cabinets to Build High-End Kitchens

Some of the most recognized kitchens ever published in Architectural Digest started with IKEA cabinet boxes. The cabinet box is infrastructure. What goes on top of it is design. That distinction changes everything. In this first installment of our new series, we look at three kitchens published in AD: a Victorian townhouse in north London restored by architect Anna Drakes, Athena Calderone's Amagansett beach house, and an Edinburgh home designed by architect Luke McClelland. All three started with IKEA cabinet boxes. None of them look like it. The through-line: the cabinet box is infrastructure. The stone, the hardware, the paint color, the proportions — that's where the design lives. IN THIS VIDEO: • Why designers choose IKEA cabinet boxes • Anna Drakes' London kitchen • Athena Calderone's Amagansett kitchen • Luke McClelland's Edinburgh kitchen • The one principle that runs through every kitchen in this series READ MORE: https://www.designcoterie.com/journal... ________________________________________ TIMESTAMPS 0:30 Introduction 1:00 Kitchen no. 1: Anna Drakes (Space A) — London 2:19 Kitchen no. 2: Athena Calderone (EyeSwoon) — New York 3:29 Kitchen no. 3: Luke McClelland (McClelland Design) — Edinburgh 4:25 What these kitchens have in common ________________________________________ Coterie | designcoterie.com | @interiordesigncoterie Coterie is a shared exploration of interior design — where learning, taste, and confidence are built over time. Subscribe for home projects, design fundamentals, and an honest look at what it actually takes to build a home that feels intentional. WATCH more HOME PROJECTS:    • Home Projects: Adding Character to a New C...   ________________________________________ PHOTOGRAPHY Kitchen no. 1: Photography by Harry Crowder Kitchen no. 2: Photography by Nicole Franzen Kitchen no. 3: Photography by ZAC and ZAC MUSIC Music: bensound.com Artist: Aventure License code: AOCSFVRZOC2KTZGL #IKEAKitchen #IKEACabinets #IKEAkitchencabinets #IKEAkitchendesign #IKEAhack