![]() This appliance lift allows you to keep your mixer (in our case our KitchenAid) off your counter when you aren’t using it. This was a fun splurge and I am so happy we bought it! Our final Rev-a-Shelf upgrade in our new IKEA kitchen is probably my favorite – an Appliance Lift! I put all our most used spices such as pepper, salt, garlic powder, etc on the top shelf so when we pull open our pull-out organizer they are super easy to grab. ![]() We *try* to generally keep the baking supplies on the left side and the cooking spices/supplies on the right side. Having all of our spices and baking supplies ready and available right next to either side of our stove is amazing. They come fully assembled and require only a handful of screws to install. They come with a template that spells out exactly how to install them. Installing these pull-outs is straightforward and easy enough. Rev-a-Shelf easily exchanged them for us and we got the 8″ wide pull-out organizers. Well, once the boxes were assembled I realized that the inside of each box was less than 11″ wide and our pull-outs didn’t fit. When I ordered these pull-out organizers we hadn’t yet assembled the base cabinet boxes, so I ordered the 11″ wide pull-outs. We upgraded to some heavy-duty wooden pull-out organizers to be used for our spices. Our next upgrade we made from the basic IKEA pull-outs were custom pull-out base cabinet organizers. Now the lids are easily accessible yet out of the way. I took some Command Hooks and stuck them to the underside of the top of the corner cabinet and hung the lids from them. We’ve got a couple pots and pans with lids and the lids tend to be cumbersome and annoying to store. ![]() Our corner cabinet and lazy susan were the first things we assembled and installed when we began our IKEA kitchen cabinet installation. Though it is possible to install after your kitchen is complete, it’s much easier to install while you assembling your cabinet boxes. The exact center of the base cabinet on top does not line up with where the cross pieces are, so we had to get creative and install a 1×4 across the center for the new lazy susan to attach to. This Lazy Susan comes in a few sizes, so I purchased the largest one that would fit in the IKEA corner base cabinet. (This upgraded one can hold up to 84 lbs per shelf). We sprung for this metal Rev-a-Shelf one to help support the weight of our cast iron that we prefer to cook with. ![]() The Lazy Susan that IKEA offers is plastic and doesn’t hold much weight (26 lbs per shelf to be exact). We installed this exact same Lazy Susan in our old house and were so impressed with it that we bought it again. Here are two of the IKEA options that we scrapped for more industrial strength and aesthetically-pleasing options:Īll three of our major insert upgrades are by a company called Rev-a-Shelf (this is not a sponsored post but I will link each product to an amazon affiliate link). Instead of the basic insert options that IKEA offers, we decided to take it up a notch and install higher quality, more heavy duty inserts to accommodate our hard-working family. Today I’m going to talk about one of the ways we are taking our box IKEA kitchen and making changes to it so it’s more custom and fits our specific needs. Hey guys and gals! We are neck deep in building our own custom IKEA kitchen! If you want to read all about our on-going IKEA series, start here. ![]()
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