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Gratz it looks fantastic and so neatly organized.

Beautiful remodel, and thanks for all the photos of the open cabinets/drawer. My favorite! I'm curious about the top "shelf" above the glassware in the coffee corner. Do you have a soffit along that wall? If so, that's a brilliant way to disguise it.

No, it's not a soffit, we ran a hood exhaust duct above the cabinets.

Originally I wanted to run the duct between the ceiling joists, thinking the joists would be parallel to the cabinet run, but when we opened the drywall it turned out that the joists were perpendicular to the cabinets. So we put the duct under the ceiling joists. Of course this way we lost about 13" from the top portion of the upper cabinet...

NICE! Love all your choices: the glossy white Ringhult, the medium grey counter, the light grey floor and of course the oak. Just lovely. Kudos! Well done. Thanks for sharing and all the pics.

wow! really great, what a change!

That kitchen gives Bulthaup a run for its money! Gorgeous!!

War a great job! I have a question about your hood - It looks like the same one we bought for our upcoming IKEA remodel. Did you bump it out to allow for the deeper wall cbinets? If so, does it seem too close to your head when you are cooking? I'm undecided if I will bump mine out or make the top cabinet shallower to accommodate the hoid. How deep is your hood? Thx.

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Wow! Just fabulous! Great job!

I have serious storage envy.

The hood is 21.5" deep. It is mounted on the wall. The IKEA cabinets are deeper than standard 12", we used a filler piece above the hood to cover for the difference.

Very nice. Clean, functional, beautiful...congrats, and enjoy your wonderful new kitchen!

I love the way you mixed materials. Everything looks lovely! Congratulations on a job well done.

Very nice! Like others, I'm wowed by the thought & execution re storage.

So crisp, clean and bright! Bet it's a pleasure to cook and spend time in. Congrats!

Great job. The storage is amazing. I like the seamless panels on the appliances.

That is one AWESOME kitchen!!! I know I'm going to love my kitchen when it's finished, but compared to yours, yours is a mighty oak and mine the lowly acorn, LOL. I love how bright it is and your choices were spot on.

Holy Moly! It looks fantastic! I had to look twice because the computer renderings look like real photos! Loads of storage too. You must be so pleased with the results.

It's lovely. I needed a good kitchen reveal fix!

Beautiful transformation!

Question - what program did you use for your renderings? They look so close to the real thing!

Out-freaking-standing details in your kitchen design. Way to add in so much utility to fit your needs with all the really cool drawers and even down to the salt and pepper shelves on the stove.

Beautiful kitchen.

R

tnfarmhousefixin,

Drawings are done in AutoCAD, for 3D modeling and renderings I used AutoCAD, 3dsmax, and Photoshop.

LOOKS FANTASTIC! Love the mix of materials. Are some of your doors connected, for example, the pantry. If so, what did you use?

No, pantry doors are not connected. For some reason SemiHandmade wouldn't make doors longer than 60", so we went we two doors.

excellent job! Very sleek design. And your cabinets are so organized and well designed.

I call that Euro-sleek! Really tight design. Congrats.

Sleek was also the word I was thinking as I scrolled down! Very Nice!

Like others on this thread- great job creating a sleek, highly organized kitchen space that is the envy of many! ENJOY tigrangrig!

Beautiful, there were so many decisions to be made and you did a really good job and making them. What is the backsplash behind the stove?

practigal

The stainless steel backsplash behind the stove is Zephyr AK0716, the rest is quartz, same as the countertops.

somsawat

Not sure about the recessed lights, my contractor bought them.

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm ordering mine this week, and we've got some of the same materials. Can I ask you a few questions?

1- Did your Bosch ovens fit right into that IKEA cab? I'm getting the same ovens and am nervous about that. I do see that filler panel on top... that's better than having the oven too big!

2- I'm trying to fit that same pantry next to my fridge (but flipped, pantry on R). My designer tells me I need to have it facing out of the kitchen or have a 5"(!) filler piece. I don't believe her.

Does the cab door HAVE to open that wide, or would a 90degree swing be enough to get the drawers out?

I may have to bump my pantry out to the depth of the fridge?

3- Lastly, what color is your countertop? I'm looking at Sleek Concrete (light gray), and your rendering looks like that, but your real counters look darker. So nice to see more than a 3" square of the material!

Thanks-

stasiyork:

1. Yes, the ovens fit right into the cab. Make sure you get their reinforced shelf for the ovens, that supports 331 Lb.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90265623/

2. For pantry you will need special hinges that open 153 degrees, their regular hinges won't work. You don't have to open the door all the way, but 90 degree won't be enough. As far as the filler you'll probably need 2-2.5" minimum, but 5" is way too much. Also it will depend on type of handle/ knob you'll be using.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00204648/

3. My countertops and backsplash are Caesarstone Concrete (2003). We were between Concrete (2003), Sleek Concrete (4003) and Raw Concrete (4004). They all looked very nice, but Sleek and Raw come in matte finish (honed) only. We thought that honed would stain easily and decided to go with glossy Concrete (2003). Even though it was a little darker than my renderings. My another choice was Silestone Gray Expo.

Looks great! (I am also really impressed at how close to reality your renderings are.)

Hi,

Gorgeous kitchen. Do you mind sharing the name, manufacturer and color of your floor tiles?

Do you mind sharing what made you decide for Bosch oven and microwave?

Thank you,

Mindy

Don't remember the tile name/ manufacturer. Got them from local tile store.

Decided on Bosch based on design, features and price.

Hi,

Thanks for your comments.

Are all of your appliances blending in nicely from color and finish point of view?

Mindy

They're matching I'd say, to see ANY difference you gotta put them really close

How in the world do you do those fantastic renderings? Being able to visualize a space so realistically would be fantastic.

Hi!! Gorgeous Kitchen!! Wow! I'm working on mine right now and I have been trying to figure out how to do the cabinets without handles. I have plans to use the "Besta" hinges to achieve a soft close on the upper cabinets but not sure what to do about opening the cabinets. It looks like you have no handles so how did you do it? I also want to do a soft close push to open drawer but that might be a little out of reach...what do YOU think?

Thanks...Kim

On upper cabinets I don't have handles. I used push openers:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80230224/?query=802.302.24

If you wanna have soft close then you use dampers, and you will need handles, like these:

for 125 degree door: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40241823/?query=402.418.23

for 153 degree door: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60241822/?query=602.418.22

I don't think you should use both dampers and push openers at the same time, either or.

Ikea doesn't have push openers specifically for drawers, I don't think the regular push openers will work on drawers. They gotta be centered. Where would you attach them?

Or maybe you could attach two of dampers on both sides of the cabinet box? Two per drawer. Don't know if it will work, you gotta try.

Or you could use non Ikea parts. Blum tip on for drawers for example. But it will need a lot of customization and won't be cheap.

Thanks for all your ideas I will try them out!

Thanks for all of the great pictures! It turned out so good! After a few months of living with it, how do you like the Ringhult door fronts? I'm trying to decide what to go with. Are they easy to clean? Maintain? Still glossy?

It's been a year and Ringhult fronts look the same as the day they were installed. Very easy to clean.

Looks amazing...I am looking at doing a similar setup with the same alliances. What did you do for the custom panels for the fridge and dishwasher as I do not see Ikea making those exact sizes needed for the fridge. This info would be awesome!

Simple and Elegant ! I like your choice of mixing maple and white cabinets.

Lovely kitchen overall.