Wow that is remarkable! Very clean, bright and fresh! Taking the cabinets to the ceiling and utilizing the entire length of the refrigerator wall with tall storage makes it look so much bigger. Congrats!

Some general info:

Light above the sink: Newhouse by Thomas O’Brian.

Wallpaper: Thibaut Rain Water, black

Kitchen sink: Grohe Bridgeford

Powder room faucet & hardware: Kohler Purist series

Kitchen cabinets: Shiloh beaded inset

Appliances: Thermador masterpiece

Fridge: SZ

Wow, that looks fabulous! I love how clean but warm your kitchen looks, and really love the powder room wallpaper. Nicely done.

Powder room wallpaper is amazing - especially in contrast to the sleek calm white of the kitchen. Beautiful!

I love the new floorplan! Current trends being what they are, it is unusual to see someone trade out an island for a peninsula, but the peninsula works so much better in your space (and was probably how it was originally configured). The island looked shoehorned in.

What a drastic improvement! Nicely done.

The whole space looks so much lighter and brighter and love tne powder room too. Could you share the model of Thermador cooktop selected?

The cooktop is Thermador Liberty (induction) with silver mirrored finish.

What a beautiful and amazing transformation. I was going to say exactly what cawaps said about seeing an island switched out for a peninsula. I think it looks great and I bet with the peninsula, the work flow is much better. I especially like the tall cabinet where the desk used to be. All that storage!!!! Is the cooktop induction? I believe you've created a timeless kitchen!!!

ETA: I just saw your response about the induction cooktop.

WOW, clean lines, crisp white, just lovely...powder room is amazing!

Wow! Stunning!! What paint and cabinet color is it?

Cabinets are Shiloh, Polar white.

What a beautiful transformation!!! What are your countertops?

Beautiful! I have faucet envy!

The counters are quartz (MetroQuartz brand)

Beautiful! Making me rethink my powder room wallpaper!

Beautiful job!

I love the design of the cabinets, adding the smaller set up top. Did you need to retrofit the oven hood? I noticed you had a microwave oven before. The flooring is a huge and flattering upgrade. May I ask what you used? Btw, I liked that you mixed the finishes in the bathroom. Nicely done.

The microwave was to the left of the vent so we didn’t have to change anything. The tiles are porcelain slate-look tiles from Virginia Tile. (I would have to dig to find the name, sorry!)

This thread was shared with me since I’m having some challenges with lighting placement and our current and new layout is basically identical to yours and also chose induction for stovetop. Currently dilemma is deciding all recessed lighting in kitchen above peninsula and eat in kitchen. Or pendent either peninsula or eat in. Leaning towards no pendents all together or like yours a pendent above eat in space. Unlike yours we have a bay walk out to deck from eat in. So it goes out a little from space. Any tips you can share on considerations that helped you make lighting decisions?

I want your cabinets. really nice kitchen

Lovely. Enjoy your new kitchen :)

backsroae, our original lighting situation was terrible. With the new kitchen we could only really do pendants over the mahogany table, since it’s “attached” to the peninsula. I also wanted recessed light over the sink but the space was too tight. We did a flush mount there. I love having pendants to give some interest. What style is your kitchen?

Here’s the table/peninsula:

Stephanie are kitchen is very similar layout as yours yet the space in front of peninsula is eat in kitchen. Opens up to great room. The door off from eat in area is a bay style window and door goes to deck. Don’t mind the mess but here is the layout of our current and updated kitchen layout will be the same basically. Only difference is taller cabinets and swapping fridge and counter space where will have built in microwave and over range hood.

Here’s a couple photos

I love your renovation. What a fabulous clean and fresh look. Nicely done!

wow that's nice

I really like that you didn’t feel compelled to add pendants over the peninsula. Most people think kitchen=pendants. But in your case, it makes so much more sense over the built in table.

What do you do with a peninsula and open eat in space that isn’t built in?!

Very nice! Everything looks so very open and clean.

Beautiful! How tall are your ceilings?

Ceilings are 9 ft.

StephanieM, it's beautiful and similar to my inspiration for our current project. Are you happy with MetroQuartz? The slabs are beautiful in person but I am concerned about their durability long term compared with the larger companies like Cambria and Silestone.

This turned out great! So we decided now with our updates remodel to not do pendants above peninsula. We do have down lighting recessed above. And we are still looking for pendent light over eat in kitchen. I’m open to ideas!!!

nice but the character is gone

I think both kitchen have character! Nice and transitional yet I know a light pendant is still needed.

Yes, that was an unnecessary comment st5330. I'm surprised at several of the commenters elsewhere on Houzz (and many are repeat offenders and claim to be professionals) who share a very personal opinion in an unprofessional manner. When someone posts a photo on the Discussion board it is not to receive rude comments that are not constructive whatsoever. Especially after someone is posting a reveal. Rant over.

I think you have a beautiful kitchen! I had to laugh at your before pics though--I had that same miserable tile floor with the large, uncleanable grout lines in my previous kitchen; I called it "the floor from hell". It took me 10 years to rip that out--hope you didn't wait that long--LOL!

I like the look of your new floor, Steph. Is it tile?

With seemingly invisible grout lines. I like!

@steph P and @Ashley Collinsworth y'all have given me hope! We have the same kitchen layout and similar color schemes as your befores and it drives me absolutely batty. I can't tell if it's the layout or the poor storage solutions, but having a more than 1 person in the kitchen is a challenge, let alone have a party. It's so dark in there too. We got rid of the little dining area as it's right in front of our patio door and I felt like there was no straight path to get anywhere, we always had to walk around it to go to the kitchen/outside/restroom/tv room. Stephanie, do you find that issue with the new table setup? Backstroe-what did your fireplace look like before? Do you find that your layout works now with the changes in cabinets and storage? Congrats both on an excellent job!

I love this transformation. You have put a lot of thought into it. I have renovated 4 kitchens in the last 40 years and always to a white one. I love a fresh clean look. Timber doesn't always suit everyone.

I think your new kitchen is absolutely stunning!

Oddly I kind of liked the before kitchen--it definitely photographed well!!

But not nearly as much as I love your new kitchen!!!

I thought it looked nice before, but it sure looks great afterward. I have a somewhat similar layout to your new kitchen, but your space is much bigger and your choices/finishes are more $$$ than mine. I am sure you have been thoroughly enjoying it.

I love the wallpaper in the powder room!

Wow. That’s beautiful.

StephanieM how do you like the Shiloh cabinets in polar white? I'm looking at Shiloh now with a dealer and am trying to decide on a color and would like to know of the quality of these. Thanks.

What a transformation! I absolutely love the cabinets, hardware and fixtures. Clean look.