Good Questions: The Smartest Approach to an Ikea Kitchen?

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We have a small galley kitchen that I need to rip apart and redo, replacing cabinets, appliances, flooring stove, countertops, everything. I have no experience in this however; if I went to IKEA to help renovate my kitchen, is that a smart thing to do?

If I did, what information do I need to take to them? Should I just take measurements and photographs of my kitchen and would that be enough for them to help? Does it make better sense to only take the cabinets from IKEA and do the remodelling with another contractor?
Hoping you can help advice a novice on this.

Thanks, Jayu

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We just had Ikea cabinets installed by the Kitchen Couple--I can't recommend them enough. (www.thekitchencouple.com) They did a fantastic design for our kitchen, and removed ourexisting kitchen cabinets and backsplash installed our new cabinets in just one day. Their work was truly excellent and their rates were very reasonable. The one word of warning is that it can be a bit difficult to get calls/emails returned at the beginning of the process, but once you have moved up to the "top" of their list, they are very quick to respond and provided us a lot of excellent advice/info to help us through the process.

As for the Ikea cabinets, I am delighted at how good they look. Our whole kitchen isn't in yet (still awaiting countertops, backsplash etc), so I don't know how they'll look as part of the finished product, but I am loving them right now. We chose the Adel medium brown, which is a really rich, warm color. Several of our neighbors in our building have come by to take a look, and we've gotten lots of very positive feedback. I wouldn't go with Ikea for countertops and fixtures, but I'm really glad we chose them for our cabinets.

I just want to second or third the rave review of The Kitchen Couple - they just finished our kitchen 2 weeks ago and we could not be happier. We live in a large loft in Tribeca and I was a little wary of pairing Ikea cabinets with our other furniture and the space but it looks just like Poggenpohl. My friends cannot belive they are from Ikea. Bonnie and Ron at the kitchen couple were unbelievable - everything from the design to the installation was professional, and with incredible attention to detail.

I am trying to find replacement glass to match the Ikea Kalsebo kitchen glass door panel (frosted with small clear squares.) CAn anyone make a suggestion?
Thanks