As a homeowner, you have many choices when it comes to sprucing things up. There are so many colours, textures and products to choose from, it can feel as though you have a dizzying array of selection. If you’re making changes to cabinet doors, one of those choices you may come across is choosing between Thermally Fused Laminate (TFL) -- which is known sometimes as Thermally Fused Melamine (TFM) -- or Thermofoil doors.

What is the difference, though? While the two are similar in some ways, they have distinct features.

At Swedish Door, you are able to choose from hundreds of styles of cabinet doors for your IKEA cabinets. 

At Swedish Door, we see it all the time.  Homeowners call us or come into the showroom with all kinds of design ideas but none of the budget that will make it a reality.  In order to help you, we are here to share four things you’ll want to keep in mind when it comes to updating your kitchen on a budget.

If you have IKEA kitchen cabinets and IKEA cabinet doors, you might not be aware that you can get replacement IKEA cabinet doors that are custom-made to fit your IKEA kitchen cabinets.  This is a great way to revitalize your kichen without getting a whole new kitchen.  Youcan save perhaps 75% of the cost of a new cabinet when you only replace the door.

If you have an interior design business, you’re always on the lookout to boost your sales. There are quite a few ways you can do that as there’s always room for more ways to grow. Essentially, you’ll want to make strategic partnerships with suppliers and manufacturers to get early access to great deals, and look for manufacturers that will help bring them business and help bring you business in turn. But how do you actually do all that? We have a few suggestions that might help your interior design business flourish.

As an interior decorator or designer, you know that the kitchen is one of the most important rooms in a home. It is a high-traffic area and families tend to congregate there to plan and make delicious meals. However, when it comes to designing the perfect kitchen, it’s easy to blow your clients’ budgets and force them to make decisions that may end up sacrificing the room’s sense of style. If that’s the case for you, this guide will help you make design decisions that will make the room stylish without making any design sacrifices -- and tell you how to do it inexpensively.

Consider the following scenarios: You have just moved into a new home but find that you can’t live with the colour and style of the kitchen cabinets. Or maybe you’ve recently updated your home and just find that the kitchen cabinets aren’t jiving as they thought they would with the rest of the house. Or maybe you've lived in your home for awhile and are starting to get tired of the same old kitchen.

In any event, if you want to update the style of kitchen cabinets without making drastic changes to the room where you prepare food, kitchen cabinet refacing may be the right solution for you. Once you get your new replacement cabinet doors It’ll just take a few days to install for an updated look without much hassle or the cost of installing new cabinets.

So you want to update your kitchen you have IKEA kitchen cabinet doors but you don't know where to start. This can be a big, expensive undertaking, but the nice thing about IKEA kitchen cabinets is that they look modern and are usually way more affordable than custom-built cabinets. Just like any other kitchen project you have to make a few decisions before you get started.

IKEA cabinets are stylish and affordable. They’re great for creating a custom look on a budget, particularly if you are looking to spend less than $60,000 on a kitchen redesign. In fact, the cost of an IKEA kitchen remodel is roughly in the $20,000 to $45,000 range -- which is very cost effective since the price of custom kitchen cabinets alone from some manufacturers can run that much. However, if you want get a custom looking kitchen but spend 20 to 30% less, there are a few tips you may want to consider to maximize your design freedom while using IKEA kitchen cabinets.

So you have a kitchen that's making you say “Yuck!” There’s good news: cabinet door replacement is the best solution for updating the style of your kitchen cabinet doors and drawers. If you were to redo everything, kitchen cabinets could gobble up as much as 30 percent of the remodeling budget. However, if they you to go with replacement kitchen cabinet doors, you can save up to 75 percent of the cost of redoing the whole kitchen.