It looks fabulous. Very impressive results.

Holy cow is that even the same house!? What a difference! It looks marvelous.

Your kitchen is stunning, congratulations! The wood lower and white upper cabinets are timeless.

Wonderful job! So glad you stuck to your guns on the pantry door. Enjoy your beautiful kitchen!

The kitchen looks beautiful. I particularly love the floor tile. Having just gone thru a kitchen rehab after a water leak, I totally understand your comment about decision fatigue. You did a great job. Enjoy your new space.

Wow!! beautiful and impressive

porcelain floor......whoo hooo that really pulls it together.....I'm not keen on floor tile but that is a beauty of a pick.

Haha morz8, I was just going to mention how well Coco Puff (we must know her/his real name!) matched the kitchen. That is just as important as the backsplash, flooring, paint color, etc… you know. 😂

It is a gorgeous and very functional kitchen. You obviously did your gardenweb/houzz homework. Enjoy!

@herbflavor Thanks for the comment about the flooring. I agonized over that choice because I like the look of some porcelain tile but took seriously the recommendation to go with the same flooring throughout the home but we’re just not ready to upgrade elsewhere yet. In the end, since we don’t have a totally open floor plan (there’s a step down to the the living room on one side and a halllway on the other), I thought the flooring break would be acceptable. Also I do not have the skill to mix & match wood base cabinets with wood flooring. Nope.

@morz8 - Hello to another Washingtonian! Our girl is SO happy to have the reno done. Being cooped up so much while work was being done was a lot for her. We moved the range after I searched for “best downdraft range” and the result was a video about how they don’t work. Lol. Then it was just a matter of making the move to the wall work.

@rebunky May introduce you to Maple Buttercup. She’d jump up and lick you if she could.

Wow, what a gain in function and looks! Maple Buttercup looks very happy.

You may have started with the hardest but you did an excellent job. It looks beautiful and functional. At first I thought you didn't have enough space between the sink and the stove, but then you mentioned it's a work station sink and I went, "Oh that works perfectly!"

I agree with everyone else that you did a great job with this update/remodel.

I am going to mention one thing that would have added cost and time, but would be something that I personally would have tried to do ... it would have been to replace the windows and sliders with taller versions. Providing more light and views into the room. Of course, it would probably lead to a domino effect with other window/doors in the house. Just something for others, doing similar projects, to consider when they start planning.

I love it. I love that your sink is not on the island. Very functional and beautiful!

@chispa I agree that would have been lovely. We are planning to add transom windows in the living room to open up the space since it has vaulted ceilings & low windows as well. What I really really wanted to do but ultimately couldn’t due to larger home layout issues was flatten out the door to the pantry so it wasn’t at an angle. The kitchen and pantry are next to an angled hallway that would have been much more than we were prepared to take on. I am planning to get rid of all the diagonals that I can in time though. :/

But to any builders: Please do not build diagonals into homes! They are awkward to design around and a PITA to change later.

@cpartist I went with a workstation sink in part due to feedback I had on my layout at the outset. Maybe (probably) because my layout was so poor beforehand, this feels super roomy by the sink, as I was used a corner. So far we’re very happy with the workstation sink - I’d recommend one for anyone looking for extra work space. I also enjoy the stainless sink - we have a family and just aren’t that careful so I worried we’d chip or stain anything else.

Really, really lovely! And your advice is spot-on.

Beautiful - amazing transformation. I was just looking at the Cloe subway tile before clicking on your before and after. Wondering if you used white or beige. It's beautiful.

@kdecou1 I used Cloe white tile, bought a box extra, and didn’t use the greyest ones. Since our cabinets are a warm white but not cream I thought the cream would have been too warm for the room. The suggestions here for working with that tile were really helpful.

Big improvement!

This is a stunning transformation. I love the backsplash. Great job!!

Nice kitchen. Even better dog.

Thank you for sharing. My exterior wall layout is similar to yours and I have a cooktop on a ridiculously placed peninsula just like in your before photos that I am planning to place on the exterior wall when we remodel this spring/summer. It is so nice to see a real life before and after relocating the stove exactly how I want to do it. Your after is stunning and thanks for sharing your selections.

Love it!

We recently did white uppers/ dark wood lowers and it makes me so happy. Such a beautiful combination 😊

@champcamp Thanks! Because you mentioned moving your range to an exterior wall, I’d recommend taking a close look at how your range connects with the outlet and whether you want to have the outlet built into the wall, if possible. If you can’t do that, depending on your range and its connection to the outlet, it may not sit flush with the wall (ours had a small gap). It looks fine now because we covered the gap with backsplash but we’d have preferred it to sit flush if we’d caught the issue sooner.

What a beautiful kitchen and your extra comments were very welcomed. And speaking of which - how wide is the aisle width from cabinet to cabinet and then counter to counter. I'm waffling and my designer needs me to settle on something.

@bfenton It’s 39” counter to counter and 41” cabinet front to cabinet front. I thought when I was planning for 42” that it would be roomy but add overhang, knobs, etc, and it shrinks.

@Carrie H - your kitchen is gorgeous! are you happy with the dual fuel range? If so, do you use it for baking and are you happy with it? THANK YOU!

@Sally T - Yes I’m happy with it. We do bake, mostly cookies, and the oven is much more predictable than our old range, which literally died the night before we junked it. My new range has a double oven which we love. I got rid of my toaster oven (more counter space!) and it’s so convenient to have two separate ovens, with one a convection. My only question is whether we should have gone with an induction cooktop, given how things are evolving, but my husband loves cooking with gas so we stuck with it on top. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Looks beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

Great improvement!

This kitchen is the poster child example of why to get rid of diagonal corner cabinets. This space is lovely.

Beautiful kitchen! we r just past demo in our kitchen renovation and most stuff has been picked out already. what brand under cabinet lights did u use?

@Manny Jones We went with WAC undercabinet lighting, from our local lighting store. They’re more expensive than what you get online, but are rated highly reliable. Very happy so far.

@Carrie H - I’m finally getting started on my kitchen renovation next month - I say ”finally” because I purchased Cloe white tile for my backsplash about 1 1/2 years ago - everything was delayed due to huge issues with contractor (who was going to be doing the work) re related to renovating my master bathroom (everything had to be torn back out and rebuilt).

First - I’ve never understood windows without trim - they always look unfinished to me. I’ve never lived in a house (or even apartment) that didn’t have framed windows/patio OR trim for openings to rooms (like into study and dining room). Maybe it’s a geographic location thing?

Luckily, I still love Cloe white every time I see it installed in someone’s kitchen on here! I remember someone else using bleached wood for grout color - but wasn’t sure how it would look. Looks great in your kitchen.

I am also doing a similar style as you did - white shaker w stacked uppers (some with glass - some not) + stained wood lowers and island. I’ve been planning on a lighter white oak - but your darker lowers (they might look darker in photos than in person since you stated that they are a medium color - not dark) looks really nice.

Congrats on your kitchen - enjoy!

Very nice work, such a lovely improvement! And as someone else mentioned, the dog works in admirably!

Great job, so nice to get your dream kitchen! Really nice choices. Thanks for all the info you gave us as well, we are starting our new kitchen this week and you gave some great reminders. What is the dimension between your range and sink please?

Great work!

@vicbayside We ended up with 32 inches between sink and range. It doesn’t feel small but that could be because I was used to a corner there, hah! Good luck on your reno!

Thank you Carrie, you have a whole island to prep on so I'm sure that 32" works just fine. My layout has sink and range on same wall also but its a wide galley. I will have 42" between sink and range and will do most of my prep there, I think it will be plenty. I been using a tight corner to prep for 5 years so big improvement. I know you must love cooking in your new space, so open and great colors. Thanks again!

The transformation is stunning!

Thank goodness you moved the range and installed a hood. I'll never understand why people think installing a range in a peninsula or island is a good idea...

Love your kitchen. I’m in the process of doing my kitchen and will be doing similar layout. Does a 30” range work well?

@mishdish Thanks, I hope your remodel turns out fantastic! I love my range, but I’ve never had a bigger one so others may feel differently. We cook a normal amount, and have 6 burners which is more than enough. I think I’ve only used 4 at a time and usually it’s one or two, maybe a third to boil water. I do love the double oven as well, especially because we were able to get rid of the toaster oven on the counter in favor of using the upper smaller oven to quickly heat items on a flat surface. My only second thought was that maybe we shouldn’t have gone with a gas cooktop since they’re not good for air quality, but we just weren’t ready to commit to induction yet.

WOW!!!!!!!!!

Looks great!

The change from an outdated kitchen to a modern, functional space is quite noteworthy. It highlights the impact of careful design and skilled workmanship. Improved elements such as under-cabinet lighting and a sleek backsplash can enhance both the look and usability of the kitchen.

What a difference. Love the added doggo, really nice touch.

Great job on personalizing the kitchen to be functional for your needs.