Well I finally got my wish this spring and have a new kitchen and now after all that hard work I can share it here as well. It took two months, but I planned this for a year and designed the whole kitchen myself. We did almost all the work alone, we had a plumber, electrician and drywall guys, everything else was our job. We had a budget of $25,000 but we went $5,000 over budget for the total of $30,000. The appliances are all Fisher&Paykel, except for the Dacor microwave drawer and together the cost was $10,000 just for the appliances. The microwave drawer I'm very happy with and it was worth every penny, because I saved counter space. For counter top after careful considerations and try outs I chose Quartz for it's natural beauty and durability, also because I wanted natural and I didn't like the look of Corian and I couldn't go with granite, because it's too busy for the red cabinets. For the back splash we did red Italian mosaic tile. All the cabinets are from Ikea and all the bottom drawers have quiet closing. The floors are bamboo and I have them in the whole house including the basement.The kitchen is really easy to maintain and clean, even though I was really skeptical about that high gloss, but now I'm very happy with my choice. I had a really small space to work with and it took a lot of remeasuring, square paper and lot of blue tape, hm and a lot of HGTV watching. I don't have the kitchen for show, I actually cook every day so I'm really happy with the outcome. For everybody who is remodeling I recommend combining lower cost items like Ikea with high end items, it gives you the expensive look without thousands of dollars and don't be afraid to use color ;
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After 30 years we renovated our kitchen with a more up to date living space. Highlights are our microwave drawer, radiant heated porcelain floor. Garden window over the sink. Pull out tall pantry and pull out spice rack. Something really new for the kitchen sink is Magisso Curved Stainless Steel Kitchen Cloth Holder. Keeps that dish cloth in place no more hanging over the faucet.
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This kitchen remodel was a dream come true. We removed the overhang above the old cabinets, replaced the window with a garden window lowered to allow the quartz countertop to extend out into it. Cabinets and countertop are new, appliances and floor were not changed. The wall behind the island stools was originally blank. We went 6 inches into the wall to allow the cabinet to be deeper without taking from the room space. The island was done in a different finish with a microwave/warming drawer installed. It has a toe kick on all 4 sides and decorative feet to make it look like a piece of furniture. All new lighting was installed with lights also installed under the cabinets. The wall cabinets are two different heights. Some of the wall cabinets were to go to the ceiling, but the ceiling was not level and was leaving gaps, so they were lowered to below the crown molding. The shelf under the wine rack has an outlet for charging our phones. I have decorated it with a hints of a beach theme.
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