Kitchen Before and After

The kitchen was the most work and money--no surprise there.....




kitchen before

This picture actually looks better than it really was.  The cabinets were broken and unsalvagable so we had to start over......



Down to studs

New plumbing and electrical
 

Insulation--Remove soffets

As I mentioned before the cabinets came from Ikea.  I love their online planning tools and was able to plan out the kitchen at home before going to the store to purchase everything.

The layout stayed the same but with an added dishwasher and additional cabinets around the perimeter of the room.  The cart under the glass cabinet is on wheels and can be moved to serve as prep space or left under the cabinet for breakfast seating.

I love, love, love the appliances.  Lowes had an awesome sale Memorial Day weekend!  The sale was so good I was able to get the slide in range instead of the free-standing range I had originally planned for.  The refrigerator, dishwasher and microwave are Frigidaire Gallery and the range is Whirlpool Gold.  The vent hood came from Ikea.

Another one of my favorite features of the kitchen is the farm house sink--love it!  Oh-and I really like how the subway tile backsplash with the gray grout turned out too. 

The countertops are kind of their own story..... I have a contact in St. Louis who sells granite.  I had called him early on in the project and told him what we were doing and what my price range was.  Because there is no cut out sink this was an easy job to use remnants.  I told him what color family I was wanting and trusted him for the rest.  I didn't know what I was getting until he showed up to install it.  I LOVE IT and couldn't have picked out anything better myself.  It's called Dahlia White, but it has a bit of green quartz in it that is gorgeous!

We were really happy with how the kitchen turned out--it's functional, modern and pretty.