Kitchen almost done! Before and after
I feel we have a completely new home! We love the changed layout, everything is so bright now and the open concept is so much more fun and social!
We started out with a small kitchen with a very awkward layout and planned to remove a wall to open it out to he dining and hen also put a powder room where the sunroom was. This is our original floor plan:
Thanks to wonderful advice here (thanks benjesbride, lisa, mayflower, mama goose and everyone else!) we ended up changing the room layout completely, putting the kitchen where the sunroom was and making the old kitchen into a mudroom and a powder room. I give benjesbride a lot of credit for this! New floor plan:
Here are some pictures of the old kitchen, dining and sun room:
And here the new kitchen, mudroom and powder room:
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DC Reno
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHere is mudroom and powder room
ETA: this is the list of materials used:
Cabinets: Innermost by ElkayHardware: IKEA
Floors: Oak with natural finishing
Countertop: MSI Q Cashmere Carrara
Backsplash: MARAZZI VitaElegante Grigio 6 in. x 24 in. Porcelain Floor and Wall Tile
Hood: Cavaliere SV218B2-30 30-inch Stainless Steel Wall Mount Range Hood with 900 CFM
Sink: Vigo Farmhouse Apron sink 30 inch with faucet
Microwave: IKEA
Other appliances: reused our old ones (Kenmore)
Dining pendants: Zuo Modern
Paint: Kitchen and dining: SW Alabaster, Dining accent wall: SW Gauntlet Grey, Powder room: BM Polo Blue
Mudroom: IKEA hack with two PAX wardrobes and 2 Kallax shelves
Powder room: IKEA vanity, George Kovacs sconces
The total cost is about 60-65k, still counting ;)
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Comments (6)Thank you!!! Someone on the forum said that your kitchen should make you gasp a little each morning. That is exactly what this does for me! And I can sit on my couch in the family room and look directly at that cooktop backsplash illuminated by the hood lights. I have spent more than a couple of evenings drinking wine (probably should be margaritas) and doing just that! We're really enjoying the more usable space. Yesterday DD had a friend over to bake some killer cupcakes and I prepared dinner at the same time. She said, "Mom, can you believe we can both work in here at the same time?" Meanwhile, DH, one of the boys and my other DD were all sitting at the counter chatting and visiting with us. Heavenly!! I'm in love with those pendants over the peninsula. They cast a beautiful multicolored glow on the wall and cabinets and really add to the sexy cool feel. Cawaps, that's exactly what I love so much about the tile. I wanted something Mexican, because of all the wonderful memories we have traveling to both the West Coast and Yucatan areas of Mexico. Great family times and great romantic trips as well. This kitchen, for me, captures both! Love the contemporary but still Mexican feel. The resorts have that same vibe. mmhmmgood, the improvement is amazing. When I walk into that part of the house, I don't even recognize it as mine! circuspeanut, the tile comes mounted on mesh in the strips like that. A link to the tile is attached. Here is a link that might be useful: Tierra y Fuego Mix Deco Mozaik...See MoreAlmost there: Before and (almost) After
Comments (29)Nice work! We're in the UK and have done several (mainly) DIY renovations - or restorations as I prefer to call them with them all being at least 100 years old - and have lived on site throughout, so understand how stressful it can be. Our quickest complete restoration took three years, so good on you for making such dramatic progress so swiftly :) Spurs me on to get a wiggle on with our current house! Raphaella x...See MoreReveal - before and after NYC kitchen (basically done)
Comments (52)We did not use him but check with C & M Home Improvement (Matt). I wish we had used him. I cannot recommend our contractor. Not only was it a chore managing the GC and his team because they screwed up something almost every day from little things like using the wrong paint color in wrong rooms (and asking us to pay to replace paint, which we did not); to installing items incorrectly (drywall in shower instead of cement board); and using the wrong type of glue for our hardwood floor installation (thankfully, I caught that early & forced them to buy the correct glue per my flooring retailer recommendations); as well as trying to complete an 8 week project in 5 weeks (missed a lot of days due to other jobs booked). In the end, the GC tried to force us to make design changes to accommodate their schedule. We didn't. Instead, I pulled out the contract and reminded him of the $100/day penalty for them not completing the project on time & I had a record of all days that the workers didn't show up since we only moved down the hall on the same floor. The added frustration was using Google translate to communicate with the workers when the GC wasn't around. Only the plaster guy spoke English. I had to call/text the GC when there was an issue and he would call & translate to the workers or come by to translate. I resorted to using Google translate. Months later when it turned out they incorrectly installed an item, he suggested my husband fix it. This wasn't the first time that happened. During the renovation, the GC suggested my husband make adjustments although we were paying the GC for that work. We refused each time. A couple of weeks ago, he sent his dad to reinstall the item after the vendor sent us a free replacement & installation paperwork. A 10-minute installation job took an hour & 4 attempts since the directions, instead of being used, were strewn on the floor and upside down. I wish I did have his tile guys contact info. He did a great job and we gave him a cash tip. He took his time & our bathroom tile came out amazingly well, just as I pictured. If you need hardwood flooring installed, I recommend: Celso at Shine Star Floors shinestarfloors@gmail.com Office assistant is Lorrany http://shinestarfloors.com 109 Jersey Street, Harrison, NJ 07029 Tel.: 973-736-1346 Fax: 973-736-2096 They came with a crew of 5 to get the job done in 1 day but our GC wasn't ready so we ended up not being able to use him. However, I was pleased with everything from communication and customer service despite them not actually doing our floors. When we had an issue after the GC finished, Ceslo told us to buy a humidifier to stop the weird snap, crackle, pop noise we were hearing due to the building heating system drying out the floors....See Morekitchen update - before and during - almost to after!
Comments (10)@Kelly Funk thank you!! I agonized that it would be "too much" when I was designing it but I think it turned out pretty well! Definitely lighter and brighter....See MoreDC Reno
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Kim Ladin
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8 years agoBpathome, we haven't had any issues bumping our knees on the handles. Also no issues with the floor vent, though we may have when our 1 year old discovers them ;)
The cabinet under the peninsula facing the dining has a magnet type closing mechanism so to open the door we just push it gently and it pops out. We chose that so it would be a cleaner look from the dining. It was our contractors suggestion.
the best part of this kitchen is really the new layout and how open and bright it is. From the dining table we now see our to the deck and the beautiful trees lining our garden.
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wps1122
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8 years agoAvatar, so on the magnet closing mechanism it doesn't open a whole lot. I tried to capture it in this picture. It is still not very difficult to open but it may be annoying if all the cabinets were to have this?
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