Reveal: Budget DIY Ikea Kitchen
Our countertops went in on Monday, Thursday we hosted Thanksgiving dinner. Preparing the meal was so nice with the new space and layout.
We purchased a 2-family home as an investment property in August 2016, planning to live in it while finding our downsize/retirement home or building one in 5-10 years. Purchase negotiations included spousal agreement that there would be a new kitchen before a new garage was constructed. We did all but the flooring and electrical work ourselves over 2 years.
BEFORE
Before we moved in we had the flooring replaced throughout the main living area, dismantling the island and non-functioning bar sink to do so and reconfiguring it to one long run of cabinets. We also replaced the leaking faucets and the horrid cheezy double bowl sink with a large universal mount single bowl Elkay.
Over the winter we found a new, never installed KA convection wall oven for $500, and later in the spring, an unused GE Profile 36" induction cooktop for $550. That summer, the poorly designed pantry closet was dismantled in favor of an IKEA pantry and wall oven cabinets, and the range wall redesigned for an IKEA cooktop cabinet.
DURING
Finally, in July 2018, we hit IKEA on the first day of the kitchen sale and purchased the rest of the needed cabinetry, and started the next day.
We had help from Pixel.
and Lexi P.
We finished at the end of August, just in time for me to start a new job, and hubs to get back to another year of teaching. Just needed the countertops and a few trim pieces.
AFTER
As it looks today:
Total cost: $7,225
IKEA cabinets, Askersund doors, & drawer inserts, etc $2,900
IKEA Ekby Jarpen shelves in birch
LG HiMacs solid surface countertop, Ice Queen, $3100 installed
Elkay Crosstown 33" stainless sink
Bosch dishwasher $650
GE Profile 36" induction cooktop $550
Kitchen Aid 30" convection oven $500
Samsung 36" SxS counter depth fridge $1800
CoreTec LVP flooring
Globe Electric pendants (from Amazon Warehouse open box $25 ea)
Corrugated steel for backsplash from CL, $30
Wall paint, Sherwin Williams Spa trim paint West Highland White
Feel free to ask questions!
EDITED TO ADD:
Danze Parma sink faucet, pullout, $25 from H4H ReStore.
And, there is still some trim work on the wall oven, behind the sink, and on the Island, a few drawers to adjust, and our son will come in to do some ceiling repair and paint the ceiling soon. Or so he tells me.
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Comments (34)That's going to be so easy to use and clean and keep looking good through all the cooking and other projects you and your guys are going to be doing. Really great work; your husband deserves a big round of applause, but it's pretty clear also that you thought things through well before beginning. Hope the flooring goes just as well; it's so great to be able to re-use good wood. My favorite touch is the red bread box, a great echo of your old kitchen and a beautiful complement to the black and white....See MoreREVEAL on Holy 70s, Batman! condo kitchen
Comments (31)Thanks, musicgal! Tracie, my daughter was told or maybe she read somewhere (here? ikeafans.com?) that the Numerar butcherblock counters sell out very quickly so I should check the website regularly for stock and then go immediately to get them when they had them. So that's what I did. Later I realized I should have ordered another 6' one; i was still within the kitchen sale period so I got a rain check and was able to get the 6' counter at the sale price as soon as they were in stock again. (They don't call it a rain check though---maybe "shopping list"? Something like that.) I don't believe that they're not ever going to get them again, at least not if they're still listed on the website. I've heard so many differing things about this and that at IKEA---FROM Ikea employees! It seems like it's really hard to get consistent answers about stuff. (Just in the past two days I've gotten four very different answers to a question I had about their faucet warranty. Sheesh!) edited to add: it wasn't more than 2-3 weeks that I had to wait for a new delivery of counters. And when I said I went immediately, I did--like within an hour of checking the stock. This post was edited by spanky_md on Wed, Aug 6, 14 at 17:59...See MoreFinished kitchen: DIY Ikea & mexican tile, low budget
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Comments (35)Back when I had a TV, I used to watch "New Yankee Workshop" every week with Norm. He made it look so easy, lol! I'd think, "I bet I could make that. Hmmm, first I'll need to go buy $20,000 worth of woodworking tools..." The article sushipup1 posted was very revealing. It confirmed that basically, as Ichabod Crane so eloquently put it, that cabinets are boxes to stick your stuff in. And all boxes are basically the same. Even the highest end stuff uses particle board boxes, so basically it's the shelves and doors you're paying for. As Ichabod Crane and other commenters pointed out, the shelves are good. They hold stuff without sagging. They have one job, and they do it well. The doors are attractive, and according to that article and several others I have read, they use superior hardware, meaning superior to the hardware used by some high end places. Also, as pointed out, if you get tired of the doors, you can easily swap them out. And as bbtrix said, they are made to be organizational helpers. Their selection of drawer organizers is fabulous. For me, besides price, which was my main criterion, the greatest factor is how they can be built any way you want them...I think it was this article that likened them to Legos that you can put together any way you like. All drawers in the bases? no problem! A slide-out under your sink for the trash can? Done! Want an island? Build it however you want! No one can do what IKEA does for so little money. But, as bbtrix said so well, it's a personal decision. If you would be disappointed every time you walked into your kitchen, don't get them. If it's within your budget, get what makes your heart sing! It's YOUR kitchen, and only YOU know what will truly make you happy. I wish you all the best as you go forward with your kitchen and I know it will turn out beautifully! :-)...See More
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