nice job.

Great contrast and the island absolutely fantastic.

Incredible transformation and in such a short period of time!

wow...looks great!

Beautiful!

Wow, great transformation!

Ambitious DYI! Looks great, job well done.

You did a great job!!! Enjoy it every single day!

Great installation of recessed and under cabinet lighting! That switch really helps to highlight all the beautiful changes you made.

Looks super functional now!

Beautiful!

Great job. It's awesome!

Gorgeous!

Great job. I want to take a load bearing wall down between my kit and dr...but I have no idea what kind of money it will cost, any idea?

Beautiful

Sorry, not my taste, but if it yours then that's all that matters.

Great job. Enjoy it!

Hi gracey999, we took out the big wall you see in the second picture plus a smaller wall between the kitchen and dining room. You can see the large beam on the floor in the second picture also.

We had to get the beams sized by an engineer and plans drawn up for the structural permit, then the cost of the beams themselves and labor to install. Also a crane service for the largest beam and misc hangers and hardware. We did all the demolition ourselves and had the room down to studs for the contractor. It was a fairly complicated installation because of a room upstairs that had to be supported better than it was before and beam upgrades in the garage below to support the hidden posts in the kitchen walls.

We spent approx $6,000 for this portion of the job plus extra drywall work that wouldn't have happened if the wall was left in place. If it was completely done by a contractor? Maybe $10 or 12k? Not sure but I know we saved a lot.

It was much more complicated than we expected but worth it.

It looks wonderful, i love it so much! (: Also if i might suggest, i think those barstools are sort of ruining the space (at least for me). I think something like these would look much better! (:

Thanks cdesign. We're not in love with the stools either and open to options.

What color are the cabinets in the after?

The outside cabinets are beech with cocoa stain. The island is painted in SW Pavement semi gloss oil enamel.

Wow! That is gorgeous!

Very nice. I like the wood cabinets in the before picture, but the makeover is stunning, and looks more functional.

I don't love the stools, but they compliment the range hood very well. Are the stools comfortable? I like the stools by C designs that don't have the back. If you want stools with a back, I would only use two.

It looks fantastic! Nice job!

Agree. The stools look a little cold. Great update.

Beautiful job! I love that you took the cabinets all the way to the ceiling. Very smart :)

Fantastic! I love that you reused the old cabinets.

Love it!

Very nice! Taking that wall down was definitely worth it.

Great job!

Looks warm and cosy and hard to imagine what it once was. You are an inspiration to me with a very similar set-up. My 'kitchen' drives me mad with lack of space and cramped by too many walls and a narrow through-way which people pass through from the front door to the sitting room down another hallway to the back of the house. Well done for all your hard work and hard-earned dollars to make the change!

That's a beautiful transformation. The kitchen was definitely brought into modernity

Light and bright and very user friendly - wonderful job.

If you opened up the wall into the pantry and laundry, what happened to those rooms?

Very lovely..great job but lose the rug! Just put felt things on the bottom of the stools...the rug is out of place

Great looking. Love the island materials.

great job!!

Nice update!

tammythiesse, we moved the laundry upstairs near the bedrooms right after we moved in. The new tall cabinets made up for the loss of the pantry shelves.

Went picture by picture and when I got to the last all I could say was: "Whoa." Love it!

Wow! Very nice job!

Good job

Sweet!

beautiful transformation!!!