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Apartment dinner party tips and essentials

Step into a communal kitchen that does it all. Filled with laughter, flavors and personal touches, it’s still a practical, hard-working space with all the equipment and space needed to get the dinner party started.

Three laughing women around a dining table laid with ENTUSIASM bowls, SÄLLSKAPLIG wine glasses and a carafe.
Three laughing women around a dining table laid with ENTUSIASM bowls, SÄLLSKAPLIG wine glasses and a carafe.

A kitchen with space for everyone

Conflicting timetables and dietary requirements can often make a communal kitchen a difficult space to manage. Not here! A cooking roster means everyone plays an equal part and designated drawers and shelves give each housemate a section to fill with their own treats.

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A kitchen area with a DELSJÖN kitchen mixer tap in brass color, with a colorful flower arrangement in a glass vase behind.
A kitchen with SEKTION cabinets and SÄLJAN oak effect laminate counter-top, a STORSLINGA chandelier and a flower agreement.
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Chop, sizzle and spice

Is there anything quite as lovely as arriving home after a long day to something delicious bubbling or baking away in the kitchen? Home to three keen cooks, this kitchen is used to its full potential and coming from such different parts of the world, there is always a new set of flavors to be discovered in their spice rack.

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A wooden kitchen counter with a metallic pot with lid, a grater and a glass VARDAGEN jar with pasta nests.
A bamboo KLOCKREN steamer filled with wantons, next to a set of grey GLADELIG bowls, chopsticks and a tea towel.
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Organized down to the very last fork

While hooks, rails and freshly cut flowers give this kitchen that loved and lived-in look, every item has a designated home. Drawer organizers give crockery and cutlery a permanent address, kitchen trolleys are there to be wheeled around, and clear glass storage containers mean leftovers are always packed away and enjoyed later.

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A kitchen with SEKTION cabinets, a SÄLJAN countertop in oak effect laminate, TÄLLBYN pendant lamps and kitchen items hanging.
An open drawer revealing an UPPDATERA cutlery tray filled with cutlery including forks, wooden chopsticks and spoons.
Two food-filled IKEA 365+ food containers with lids on top of one another on a wooden worktop, with a grater to the right.
A bamboo KLOCKREN steamer behind three IKEA 365+ food containers with lids in bamboo and a tea towel on a wooden surface.
An UPPDATERA cutlery caddy filled with black cutlery on a wooden surface in front of a blue-green tiled wall.
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A green KONSTFULL vase on a worktop next to an open UTRUSTA pull-out work surface with a brown paper bag on top.
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In a smaller space, something as simple as an UTRUSTA pull-out work surface can change the game. There when you need it, hidden away when you don’t.
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Hans BlomquistInterior designer

Essentials for tapas with friends

Chop, slice and serve up a delicious evening of snacks for your nearest and dearest with just a few prime essentials at your disposal.

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Mix it all together with an open plan space

In this home, the kitchen flows seamlessly into the dining area, making for an open, social space. So, no matter whose turn it is to be on kitchen duty, they can still be part of the early evening fun while simultaneously cooking up a feast.

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A brown REGISSÖR glass-door cabinet in a dining area with one door ajar housing a collection of crockery and glassware.
A table laid with blue earthenware STRIMMIG bowl and plates on a seagrass LÄTTAD place mat with glassware.
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Season you dining area with pinches of personality

Living with others is about so much more than a physical space: it means sharing parts of yourself, your history and the things that bring you joy. Here, they’ve intermingled their tastes and belongings for all to see that this is not just a shared apartment – this is very much a home.

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A black KONSTFULL vase of dandelions atop five stacked blue earthenware STRIMMIG plates on a wooden surface.
A black ODGER chair, surrounded by framed art on the walls, a folded TERJE chair and potted plants on the windowsill above.
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