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Our IKEA Kitchen Remodel Reveal!

DIY, Total Home Makeover · January 27, 2020

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It’s been a long time since we started the Kitchen remodel.  7 months to be exact.  And while the kitchen has been “complete” for about 6 weeks, I’m just now getting around to showing your our IKEA Kitchen Remodel reveal!

We're 9 weeks into our DIY kitchen remodel! See all of our kitchen remodel progress up to this point on the blog!

We broke down the actual remodel process itself into several different posts.  Make sure to check those out!

  • Kitchen Remodel Plans & Budget
  • 3 Weeks Into Kitchen Remodel
  • 9 Weeks Into Kitchen Remodel
  • 13 Weeks Into Kitchen Remodel

There is so much to unpack in a large project like this kitchen remodel reveal, so this post is going to focus on three things: lots of before & after photos, a rundown of the specs, and a summary of the budget.

Over the coming months, I’ll go more into detail on why we chose IKEA cabinets, the budget specifics and how I kept track of it, how we organized our kitchen and more.  But for right now, we’ll just skim those topics and post lots of before and after photos.  Sound good?

Kitchen Remodel

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen!

We are loving our new space! The large island is a great place to gather.  We just love looking into the kitchen from the living room and vice versa!

View From Kitchen

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen! By removing a wall, we opened up the whole space!

It looks good from every view!  No longer do we have one side of our house In the 90’s and the other side in 2019.

View From the Back Wall

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen with DIY Farmhouse Wood Vent Cover!

Getting rid of the orange-honey oak cabinets was a huge improvement.  The white cabinets (Benjamin Moore Advance Satin in Decorator’s White) and handmade subway tile are crisp and clean.  The Scherr’s Shaker Doors on the IKEA cabinets are really beautiful.  You can’t even see any IKEA unless you open a door or drawer.

The DIY Farmhouse Vent Hood Cover really warms up the space. By removing the pony walls and tiny island to go with one big island, the space is more simplified.  We love all of the room between and around the island.  The old kitchen was cramped.  In this new kitchen, our daughter can get around the space with or without her walker.  It’s been so great!

Before & After Kitchen Window

We're gearing up to make some MAJOR changes to our Kitchen! See all of the before pictures, the plans and the budget of our Kitchen Remodel!

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen! Removing a window allowed us to improve the layout of the kitche.

One of the biggest issues I had when figuring out how I wanted this new kitchen to be laid out was with this window.  Way back when we first started our budget for this renovation, I had a contractor come out to give me an idea of the cost.  He suggested closing the window and moving the double ovens to that spot.  It was a lightbulb moment for me.  When we hired our kitchen designer, I made sure she took that into account in her design.

If you’re local to the North Dallas area and are looking for a Kitchen Designer, make sure you contact me!  Our kitchen designer is amazing!!  You can use any of the social buttons on the top right of this page to get in touch.  I’d love to pass along her information.

We're gearing up to make some MAJOR changes to our Kitchen! See all of the before pictures, the plans and the budget of our Kitchen Remodel!

Getting rid of the old desk area and window allowed us to make the space more balanced.  Our new double ovens are so much bigger and better than our old ones!  After living with those tiny ovens that couldn’t cook a turkey for over 5 years, we went with the biggest ovens we could find.  I guess we’re over compensating.  We love the cobalt blue interiors of the ovens.  The top oven is a convection oven, but I haven’t attempted to figure it out yet.  Let me know if you have any convection oven tips!

Coffee Station

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen! We love our new coffee station set up!

This space gives us the perfect “butlers pantry” area where we keep our coffee station.  I have some fun ideas for decorating this space soon!

More Before & Afters

We're gearing up to make some MAJOR changes to our Kitchen! See all of the before pictures, the plans and the budget of our Kitchen Remodel!

We're gearing up to make some MAJOR changes to our Kitchen! See all of the before pictures, the plans and the budget of our Kitchen Remodel!

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen! There's so much space between the perimeter and the island now!

There is so much space now between the island and the perimeter!  Before, it got crowded in our kitchen quickly.  Now, there’s room for one person to work in each area AND someone to walk between them.

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen!

We purchased all new KitchenAid Appliances back in December of 2018 in order to lock in year end pricing deals.  The only appliance that is from the old kitchen is the cooktop.  That was replaced when we moved in, and we chose that one because we knew we wanted KitchenAid appliances when we finally were able to remodel.

This is the first time we’ve done the ice maker in the freezer and an interior filtered water dispenser.  This was important to me because our old fridges had the outside dispenser, and it would always get messy.  There would be drips down the front of the fridge, and the bottom would get calcium build up from our hard water.  We still have some drips from various kitchen activities, but I don’t have to worry about the ugly calcium anymore.

There is more room inside the fridge because the ice maker is in the freezer.  We also saved a little money by choosing this option vs the one with the in door dispenser.  Saving money is always a win in my book!

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen! We chose a simple backsplash with an interesting texture to bring the back wall to life!

I love this backsplash tile and I love that it is under $1 per tile!  I purchased all of the backsplash tile during a 20% off tile sale at Lowe’s.  This is the same tile that we used in the Guest Bathroom Accessible Walk-In Shower.  I love the handmade qualities: the wavy pattern, the shine, and of course the way the light hits it.  It looks way more expensive than it really is, especially on sale!

Of course I had to include some hexagon action as a permanent feature of the space.  All of the cabinet knobs are hexagons, and the matching drawer pulls have a hexagonal profile that I’m crazy about.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I wrote this post all about how the hexagon shape is a special little Easter egg I hide in all of my remodel projects around our home.

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen! We found the best carrera marble quartz countertops!
The countertops are my favorite thing!  Maybe everything is my favorite!  But really, it took me a really long time to decide on a countertop.  I love the look of marble.  But after having it in our master bathroom for the last 5 years, I knew that was way too high maintenance for my family.  We had quartz counters in our last house, and I knew that was the way to go.  The only question was could I find one that looked like the carrera marble that I love so much?

I was ready to go with another marble look-alike quartz when I found this one after doing some late-night Pinteresting.  It’s LG Viatera Karis.  I hunted down a showroom where I could see a larger piece (they didn’t have full slabs on display).  The veining on this piece is so random.  I love that it’s not too dark and sharp, but it’s also not too soft and uniform looking like some marble-pattern quartz are.  Our fabricator did a great job with installation.  This one is a little more expensive than what I had chosen originally, so it pushed the budget up a bit.

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen complete with farmhouse sink!

This farmhouse sink is such a game changer.  We’ve been longing for a single basin sink since we sold our old house.  We have fond memories of bathing babies in that big ole sink.  The babies are too big to bathe in the sink these days, but it’s been so nice to wash large pots and pans without a separator in the middle.  We keep a grid in the bottom to protect it from scratches & clean it with Bar Keepers Friend.

Our hands free faucet is another upgrade that we left behind at the old house.  This version has a different spray setting to push things toward the drain.  It makes cleaning a breeze!

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen! We included these innovative built-in pull out step stools that make cooking easier for everyone!

I found these innovative Built-In Pull Out Step Stools on a Facebook video that a friend had shared a few years ago.  I immediately bookmarked it because I knew these had to be in my new kitchen.  These are from a company called Hideaway Solutions.  The stools pull out from the wall and then can be opened either toward the right or left!  I have both stools open to the right in this photo.  This makes putting away the clean dishes a breeze.  It also lets my shorter kids help us with the cooking!

We still need to add the toekick pieces to the stools, but those are coming.  We just haven’t had time to do that yet.

The Budget

It was really hard to separate the budgets for the kitchen from the laundry room from the flooring.  It’s all sort of one big massive project.

As you can tell, the floors aren’t refinished yet.  The flooring guys are coming during Spring Break to add wood in some rooms and then refinish everything.  They’re also going to replace the baseboards and install them where they are missing right now.

It's the Pantry Reveal! Check out how we designed and built a new walk-in butler's pantry complete with lots of shelving and a countertop!

I will do a much more detailed budget post in the future, but Overall, this kitchen cost around $60,000.  I know, that’s a huge amount of money, and it includes the cost of the pantry which I went over in this post.

When we started planning the budget, I was thinking between $40k-50k. It’s a really large space.  The back wall is 15.5 feet long and the ceiling are 10′.  Reconfiguring the floor plan meant moving walls, moving plumbing, moving electrical.  All of that is expensive and was probably half the total cost.  Plus quartz counters, all new cabinets, all new appliances, it all adds up quickly.

To break it down roughly:

  • Demo & Pantry Framing $7K
  • Appliances $9K
  • Cabinets & Doors $10k
  • Plumbing/Electrical/Flooring Repair $12k
  • Quartz Countertops $12k
  • Finishes & Other Construction Needs $12k

Ikea Kitchen Remodel Reveal! See the before and after photos of our DIY Custom IKEA Kitchen!
In the coming months, I’ll go more in depth on why we spent what we did and where the money went. I’m also going to show you how I kept track of the budget, down to the penny, with my favorite budgeting system.

After going over the final numbers with some contractors and our Kitchen Designer, they estimate that we saved over $40,000 on this project between acting as our own General Contractor and some of the choices we made, like using IKEA cabinet boxes.  $40,000!  I will also to do another post on how we organize everything, but I haven’t organized it yet.  We’re also still trying to get everything moved back in.

Here are some of the sources for the things you’ve seen in my kitchen!

So what do you think?  I’m really excited to get some photos of it in the summer.  The winter sun is really harsh through those west-facing windows.  I can’t seem to capture it right with my SLR camera.  I’ll keep practicing!  What’s your favorite part?  Do you have any questions about an IKEA kitchen?  Let me know in the comments!

IKEA Kitchen Remodel Blog Series

Now that the remodel is done, check out the rest of the posts to watch our vision come to life!

  • It’s Kitchen Remodel Time! The Budget, The Plans & The Laundry Room
  • 3 Weeks Into Kitchen Remodel
  • 9 Weeks Into Kitchen Remodel
  • 13 Weeks Into Kitchen Remodel
  • How I Built My Farmhouse Vent Hood Cover for $200!
  • Our DIY Walk In Farmhouse Pantry Progress & Reveal!
  • Your Top 7 Pantry Questions Answered!
  • Our Laundry Room Remodel Reveal!

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Comments

  1. Sandra says

    May 8, 2022 at 10:24 am

    Where did you get the globe pendant lighting over the island?

    Reply
    • Stacy says

      June 9, 2022 at 10:43 am

      Hi Sandra,

      I bought these on final clearance from Pottery Barn Teen. I did find a similar version on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3NwsjTj (affiliate link). These do have clear glass globes, not bubble glass.

      ~Stacy

      Reply
  2. Lindsey S says

    December 30, 2021 at 3:33 pm

    Just gorgeous! I’m currently inspired by your pantry but I love the chairs you have around your island!
    Can you share where you found them?

    Reply
    • Stacy says

      January 19, 2022 at 2:56 pm

      Hi Lindsey!

      Those counter stools were from West Elm and are no longer available. However, they have some similar ones here –> https://rstyle.me/+9OrqKvXVH0H_IS9C8SHbBA (affiliate link). I also like these rattan ones for a little more modern organic look –> https://rstyle.me/+YBlizaO10B8bBdhDcSW1Lw (affiliate link).

      Thanks!

      ~Stacy

      Reply
  3. Karen says

    June 7, 2021 at 7:34 am

    Hi Stacy,

    Your kitchen is beautiful. What color paint did you use for the island? We redid our kitchen in white, and I want to paint the shiplap on the back of the island a gray color.

    Reply
    • Stacy says

      June 15, 2021 at 11:12 am

      Thank you Karen!

      The island is Benjamin Moore Graphite.

      ~Stacy

      Reply
  4. Heather says

    January 25, 2021 at 9:51 am

    Where did you find that good vent?

    Reply
    • Stacy says

      January 25, 2021 at 10:23 am

      Hi Heather,

      I built it! Check out how I did it for $200 in this post!

      ~Stacy

      Reply
  5. Jodie Harla says

    January 4, 2021 at 10:45 am

    Thank you for your detail! I love the pull out stool in the kitchen from hideaway solutions- this will be going into my ikea kitchen remodel too! (Wish I had the room for a pantry but oh well)

    Reply
    • Stacy says

      January 10, 2021 at 10:18 am

      Hi Jodie,

      Yes those stools are amazing! I wish I had room for them in the laundry room!

      Good luck with your remodel!

      ~Stacy

      Reply
  6. Nathalie says

    November 8, 2020 at 9:53 am

    Wow I love your kitchen and pantry. I love the shelving in the pantry especially the ones for the crockpots And bigger kitchen appliances How did you do the shelving? Or did it come like that? I’m remodeling my pantry and would appreciate any advice.

    Reply
    • Stacy says

      November 11, 2020 at 5:58 pm

      Hi Nathalie,

      I have a post all about how we built the pantry here: https://www.stacyssavings.com/our-diy-custom-walk-in-pantry-progress-and-reveal/

      ~Stacy

      Reply
  7. Ellen says

    April 5, 2020 at 4:24 pm

    Where did you get your runner in the kitchen?

    Reply
    • Stacy says

      April 7, 2020 at 9:16 am

      Hi Ellen-

      Here you go –> https://amzn.to/3dZYMjr (Affiliate Link)

      Thanks for checking out the blog!

      ~Stacy

      Reply
    • Stacy says

      April 7, 2020 at 9:25 am

      Oops, looks like it is currently unavailable on Amazon. I found it here too –> https://rstyle.me/+LVEfPDHG-VcQtztAboiFKQ (Affiliate Link)

      ~Stacy

      Reply
  8. Katie says

    March 22, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    Wow! It is so beautiful! Great choices!

    Reply
    • Stacy says

      March 23, 2020 at 9:16 am

      Thank you so much!

      Reply

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