The day is here! I put this off for a bit because I needed to catch my breath after a whirlwind holiday season. I mean, technically you all have seen the major changes that have taken place already here in the kitchen, but I gave it a little spring refresh, even though it’s a little early for spring decorating haha! I almost called this post My Spring Kitchen Reveal but then it was hard not to say Spring Chicken Reveal instead, which is QUITE another thing…
So, truly the kitchen has been a work in progress since we first moved in 2 years ago. We immediately painted the walls from red to SW Timid Blue. Then a few months later I painted the cabinets white. But other than that, the kitchen sat mostly outdated until right before Thanksgiving of this past year when I decided enough was enough! This kitchen was getting a budget makeover! I’ve already shared design plans, progress posts on how to install butcher block counters, the backsplash installation, and the build plans for the island that I built.
**Complete Source List is at the bottom of the post!**
Here is what the kitchen looked like when we first moved in, after we painted the walls.
Holy crap, right?!
And I took both pictures, so this also is a good document on how much my photography has improved! haha
Now my favorite part… sharing all the pretty details! 🙂
I picked up some bunches of ranunculus at Trader Joe’s and it was the just the pop of color I was craving to make me motivated to clean the kitchen and photograph it. The white vase and colander on the island are both from Target (I got long ago).
One of my biggest challenges for the kitchen design was knowing where to spend money and where to save. We decided to work with what we had as much as possible. The cabinets stayed and the appliances stayed. Fixtures and finishes, however, changed.
Instead of spending money on an electrician to put in recessed lighting and then hiring someone else to install a vent to the roof for a range hood, (which would be the best possible solutions replacing what a ceiling fan/light combo would do), we decided to simply find a more stylish ceiling fan. Our home is in an older neighborhood and we don’t want to spend a ton of money that we will never see back, so this made more sense from a real estate perspective as well. I partnered with LampsPlus for this kitchen makeover and chose the 52″ Casa Solera Industrial Bronze Outdoor Ceiling Fan because it still had that farmhouse/industrial style which I wanted and it didn’t hang too low (our ceilings are only around 8′). I mean, if you have to keep your ceiling fan, this is the way to go!
 
Last year when I did my master bathroom makeover, I fell in love with Delta Faucet’s Cassidy line because of the vintage feel of the design, so I knew I had to have another Cassidy for my kitchen. This one is the Cassidy Single Handle Pull-Out Kitchen Faucet in Arctic Stainless.
I LOVE this faucet.
The pull out feature is something I haven’t had before and it is just a clean design compared to our previous faucet that had a separate sprayer.
Ranunculus are having a moment with me. They have my heart.
Aren’t the counters beautiful? They add such warmth to the space.
I love the look of maple and I’m so glad we didn’t go with oak. Maple is a harder, less porous wood than oak and is what is commonly used for basketball courts.
Afternoons in the kitchen cast a warm glow and it is just my favorite… especially in the cold cold winter.
Check out this blue and white Italian cherries jar! I found it at a thrift store and fell in love with the pattern!
And on the other side of the stove…
The hardware that we had on all the cabinets previously was a shiny black metallic. It wasn’t my favorite but worked. Then one of the knobs had the finish coming off, so I contacted D. Lawless Hardware and asked if they wanted to partner with me as well (because I loved the knobs I bought from them earlier last year for a printer’s media console I built). I was thrilled when they said yes and I picked out these flat black cup pulls and knobs from them. They are absolute perfection and matte and flat finishes are coming back in a big way this year.
I can’t get over my obsession with the farmhouse style apron front sink… I have been wanting one for years and Ikea’s price couldn’t be beat.
 
 
So that is pretty much it! I even bleached and scrubbed the grout in the entire kitchen for this reveal (and also because it was disgusting and needed to be done)! Now I just have to seal it so it doesn’t get dirty again. 🙂
Delta Faucet, LampsPlus, Lumber Liquidators, and D. Lawless Hardware all partnered with me on this kitchen makeover. I received product in exchange for mention in this post. All opinions of the products are my own and if I didn’t love it and recommend it, you wouldn’t be seeing it here on my blog! 🙂
Source List:
Maple Butcher Block Counters from Lumber Liquidators
52″ Casa Solara Industrial Bronze Outdoor Ceiling Fan and Light from LampsPlus
Cassidy Single Handle Pull-Out Kitchen Faucet from Delta Faucet
Flat Black Cup Pulls and Flat Black Knobs from D. Lawless Hardware
Carrara Honed Marble Herringbone Backsplash from Home Depot
Farmhouse Apron Front Sink (Domsjo Double Bowl Sink) from Ikea
Pendant Light above sink (Allen + Roth 8″ Bronze Standard Mini Pendant Light with Clear Glass) from Lowe’s
Bamboo shade above sink (Express Woven Wood Shade in Buckeye) from SelectBlinds.com
Adjustable Round Wood and Metal Stools from World Market
Decorative Accessories:
White ceramic pitcher – Target
White ceramic colander – Target
Whit ceramic salt and pepper shaker – Target
Aqua glass soap and lotion dispensers – Target
White ceramic bottles trio with metal holder – World Market
Aqua ceramic utensils canister – World Market
Black Wire 3 Tier Glass Drying Rack – World Market
Aqua ceramic berry carton – World Market
Hand Towel – HomeGoods
Sisal kitchen rug – HomeGoods
Cutting boards, stool, blue mason jars, and small jars – vintage
just gorgeous, rachel! what a difference- love the countertops and added island! and i need to get new ceiling fans for our bedrooms and love your choice!
GORGEOUS!!!!!! Kitchen makeovers are a marathon and this looks great!
I love your kitchen is an understatement! I think it’s perfect. You have given me inspiration to keep my cabinets! Very impressed.
Absolutely beautiful! I love how you have made a gorgeous kitchen on such a reasonable budget. Encouraging to see a truly beautiful home is really a factor of creativity and hard work – not necessarily buckets of cash ;).
I really like the wood counter tops with the white. The farmhouse sink is great. Everything looks great.
Incredibly beautiful and I’m officially jealous. You rocked it as usual ! Heart you.
Looks beautiful! Love the butcher block countertops and the backsplash is gorgeous!
Your kitchen is beautiful! LOVE…LOVE…LOVE!! I had butcher block counters in the 70s and I forgot how much I loved them until I just saw your kitchen> Love the sink…I want one!! I have a great farm kitchen that my hubby built years ago and the wood cupboards are beautiful but I am going to paint them white and the whole kitchen!! I found your blog one day and I have just loved everything you put on!! Its inspiring….as soon as the snow melts we are working on house projects! You have a beautiful home!!!
Please tell what you used to clean kitchen floor tile grout? How did you clean them? What tools did you use? Do you recommend sealing the grout once cleaned, if so, what do you use?
Thank you!
Donna, I used a bleach and baking soda mix and scrubbed with a toothbrush. Tedious but cheap and effective! I idea spray and wipe grout sealer from the hardware store.
Donna….just the other day I saw where someone had used toilet bowl cleaner on the dirty grout on her floor. She just ran a “bead” of the cleaner on the grout – waited a few minutes – then wiped it off. The grout was snow white! I don’t know if it would work for you as that did for her, but it’s worth a try! Hope this helps.
Beautiful! Where did you purchase the island?
LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!! This is what I want to do with my kitchen, although it is about twice the size. It IS nice and big BUT that means the cost will increase. It was last renovated in 1990…sigh.
How did you know what to do first??? I have oak cabinets, small tile counters and backsplash, old vinyl sheet flooring and a really old and ugly ceiling fan/light. Thanks or the inspiration..great job!
I just love how you’ve done your kitchen. I really like how you did your cabinets. I want to paint mine white as well…I really like the matte black hardware. You mentioned that you called the manufacturer and asked if they would ‘partner’ with you and they accepted. Does that mean that you got them for free?? How does one ‘partner’ with manufacturers anyway. I also am on a limited budget and if I can get free or lower-cost things for my kitchen, that would be wonderful.
Again….wonderful job on your kitchen!
I love everything about your redo! I’ve been collecting ideas for a budget kitchen remodel for years. I can stop now. You have inspired me so much. Thank you!
Gorgeous kitchen!! You did a fabulous job with all of it and thank you so much for the plans for the island – love it!!!
Beautiful job, but I still wonder how one can cook in a white kitchen……Wish someone would tell me the secret of keeping it all clean. Are you white kitchen folks all wonder women??? LOL
You just have to wipe them regularly. They get just as dirty as non-white cabinets…. I would recommend sealing the white cabinets….the most used ones lose paint after much scrubbing, lol. (ie, our cabinet holding the trash can!)
I was just wondering what you used (paint brush,roller,ect)to apply the paint with? They look amazing! Wonderful job :0)
Loving everything in this post! But particularly drooling over the backsplash – Did you mention it here (and I totally missed it)?
Yes it is under sources, it’s from Home Depot!
We bought a 1925 Craftsman house and our dream kitchen is so close to what your kitchen came out looking like. AND IT LOOKS GREAT!!!
We plan to have wood floors and the Maple counter tops and want to replace the wood panels in some of our cabinets with glass to show off our collection of Fiesta Ware.
Kudos to you on a fantastic remod!!!
T & D
It’s all beautiful Rachel! I can tell it was a real labor of love. Admitting a little jealousy over your farmhouse sink 🙂
It’s beautiful, Rachel! I hope you and your family enjoy it for years to come!
I love your design. I have pretty much the same cabinet layout. Did you have to alter your cabinet very much to fit the sink? I would love to put one in but was concerned it wouldn’t fit.
Good eye Nikki! I actually did alter the lower cabinets to the right of the sink and I show pretty much what I had to do in my butcher block counter tutorial: https://www.shadesofblueinteriors.com/how-to-install-butcher-block-countertops/
If you can afford it, it would be waaaay easier to get a narrower sink that matches closer to your existing but I loved the price tag of the ikea sink so much that I was willing to cut apart and rebuild some cabinets to make it happen.
what color is the paint on the walls? Love your fresh design!
Currently in escrow on our first house and I’m dreaming of remodels. I’m in LOVE with your kitchen and love the look of the white appliances. I feel stainless steel pops too much with some of the farmhouse looks. Mind I ask what brand appliances/models?? The colors match so well with your cabinets. Great job!
Our fridge and dishwasher were both bought from Lowe’s: Fridge – http://www.lowes.com/pd_345542-49317-LSC23924SW_0__?productId=4745195 Dishwasher – http://www.lowes.com/pd_106448-46-WDF550SAAW_1z0ufmbZ1z10e4uZ1z11pl1__?productId=4129898&pl=1 And the oven is just a GE gas oven, but is still in great shape. Not sure on the model because I would have to pull it out. Good luck!
Hi, I LOVE your kitchen!! We are currently doing ours over right now and I’m getting lots of inspiration from yours! Just wondering, is that little “pot lights” i spy under your cabinets? Is that something you installed yourself, and if so where did you get them? Thanks
They were installed prior to us moving in… they were wired behind the cabinets but I’ve seen ones that are almost the same exact size and look at Costco and Home Depot but are LED battery powered ones with a switch… made for easy mount under cabinets and they were very affordable…. I would try that if I were you and didn’t want to get an electrician to run the wiring into the wall.
Great post and great job on the kitchen. I love everything in it and you certainly show that everything does not have to cost an arm and a leg.
Keep up the good work.
Lovely kitchen! Would love to know how you went about painting the cabinets. That is such a tricky thing to do and I really want to paint mine but I am so hesitate that it will look awful. However, yours look great!
I painted them using Miss Mustard Seed’s tutorial: http://missmustardseed.com/2013/02/painted-cabinets/ HOWEVER I will stress the importance of sanding quite a bit on the most used/touched areas of the cabinet so the paint adheres properly. I’ve had to retouch because I didn’t prep thoroughly enough.
The blue and white jar is not a jam jar -it is Amerena cherries from Italy. They are wonderful and the jar is just a perk to their wonderful flavor over ice cream!
Oh! Thank you! I was doing my best guess but I’m so glad you told me! Those cherries sound delish over ice cream and the jar is my fav! 🙂
Love the way your new kitchen came ot, it’s just gorgeous my friend. You are so talented.
I so love your island addition, always need to have something in the center too, so I can work on it.
I’m pinning.
Hugs,
FABBY
Love your new kitchen! Can you tell me if that fan/light fixture gives off good light? We don’t have any can lights in the kitchen, so we need something that lights up the room. Our kitchen isn’t huge.
Thanks!
The fan/light fixture gives off great light actually! We put in a GE Reveal bulb in there so the cast is more of a natural light color, rather than a yellowish hue that most bulbs give. Often, we only use that in the evenings. Def recommend!
Help! What color did you use for the cabinets! I looked at the blog of the video you used as inspiration but I can’t seem to find that Benjamin Moore line. What did you use? 🙂 I love love your cabinets with the white appliances!
My cabinets are White Dove by Benjamin Moore.
What color did you use for the wall paint? Love it! Also, how are the maple countertops holding up? Thinking about doing that in my kitchen, but I’m concerned about water damage, especially around the sink.
This is amazing and your old kitchen looks exactly like the one we will be inheriting in our new house. This post has seriously restored my faith in our new kitchen. A few questions…. Were you able to install the sink yourself. I worry about getting involved with plumbing. Also, did you put up the backsplash or counters first. I worry about ruining the butcher block. Thanks!
Love your redo! So very glad to see the ceiling fan in the room! All I’m seeing nowadays are chandeliers, and, although I would love to have one, I owuld rather have a fan in my kitchen! Thank You! On another subject, how hard was that sink to install? I like that it’s not an undermount, which is what I can’t use…..(Still have to keep my countertops….)
Again, Love your kitchen!
I don’t think it was too bad, but I did have to cut down the below cabinets to make room for the apron-front. Elisha from Pneumatic Addict did a tutorial on how to convert standard cabinets to accommodate a apron front: http://www.pneumaticaddict.com/2016/02/how-to-install-apron-sink-in-stock.html
Your kichen is beautiful! We chose the Cassidy faucet for our kitchen renovation too! It’s being installed next week!
Beautiful! Where did you get the island?
Not sure if you read the text in the post, but I built it and I even linked to the tutorial for it!
Love your countertops! Just wondering- how did you seal them? I love that they look so shiny and clean!
The BM White Dove looks really nice with your white appliances! I’m kind of surprised how nice. The whole remodel is beautiful!
We have butcher block counters from Lumber Liquidators, too! I love them! Ours aren’t sealed….we just oil them…and not as often as we should, eek. I love how they look, and we’ve had ours for 6 yrs now! (I don’t cut on mine, but use cutting boards, lol. I wanted them to stay pretty.)
You did a beautiful job,I love it, ZK like the island ,thank you for sharing yours ideas.