To create the four-foot-long island, Louise bought a £125 Knoxhult base unit from Ikea which she built herself in around an hour-and-a-half. She then purchased two pieces of thick MDF boards from ...

Shop our top Ikea picks ahead, and turn your kitchen into ... If you're building your kitchen from scratch, this Knoxhult Base Corner Cabinet ($108, originally $119) is just what you need.

But can Ikea kitchens stand up to our rigorous lab tests? It has three main kitchen ranges – the Metod, Enhet and Knoxhult – which are all flat-pack. According to Ikea, Metod is the most customisable, ...