IKEA + Scherr’s White + Green Kitchen Before & After
I’ve loved reading kitchen reveals for years and hope that mine can bring some inspiration or enjoyment to other readers!
Though I only posted once about this kitchen, I have learned so much from helpful folks here. Thank you, @Buehl, @cpartist, @mrspete, @sheloveslayouts, @mamagoose, @Jan Moyer, @Debbi Washburn, @palimpsest, @rebunky, @Diana Bier Interiors, @anj_p, @The Kitchen Place, @sushipup, @John Liu, @Mark Bischak, Architect, @thinkdesignlive, @Joseph Corlett, and a number of folks whose handles I can’t find anymore. And for inspiration, in particular @cherylhewitt's chef drawer @breezygirl's tower and windows.
Before
The cabinets were the original 80’s cabinets, with a coat of white paint on them. After we moved in, we covered the granite with marble contact paper (because you could never tell if the granite was clean!), switched out the handles, put after-market roll-out drawers in the pantry cabinets, made a lower cabinet into a slide-out trash, changed the lighting, and otherwise lived with it. Over 7 years, we had replaced the range, fridge, and dishwasher.
The biggest pain points were a main walkway between the range and sink/prep space, hard to access storage, and pinch point between end of peninsula and fridge.
Design
We spent years thinking about various configurations. We ended up with a broken L with island. My biggest stress with this was two-fold. (1) I did not want the main sink on the island, but it didn’t fit anywhere else. I wanted a prep sink to have two sources of water. And (2) I was very nervous about putting the cooking zone in a major walkway. I also (3) didn’t want 4 in a row seating, but as the dining table is so nearby, I deprioritized that wish.
All have turned out to be non-issues!
(1) There is more than enough prep space on the 9’ island even with the sink. We put in a drinking faucet specifically to be able to have two sources of water so one person can grab water even if the other is washing dishes. (There are actually three sources with the fridge dispenser!).
(2) As for the walkway, a few things have mitigated what I do think is a design flaw. First, the range is not directly in the crossroads, but further down. Second, the alternative traffic route has a larger aisle and goes towards the more attractive destination (playroom vs dining) so the kids naturally go that way and not through the cooking zone. Finally, there is a full 48” counter to counter between the range and island so even when people walk through it doesn’t feel too crowded.
Construction
We opened the playroom wall up about 13 inches.
We had three soffits; we removed two as there was nothing in there. We pulled the third back a little but opted to keep the rest due to cost. Instead, we extended it across the dining room; then used the soffit dimensions to frame an opening to the living room. We are pleased!
After Sources
Design - We did the overall design but Inspired Kitchen Designs (IKD) plotted it all together. They made one major mistake in for some reason not taking into account a window that would have led to a complete redo, but when we caught it on final check they redid the design for free.
Floor Tile -
Style Selections Carrara Fresca 13-in x 13-in Matte Porcelain Marble Look Floor and Wall Tile
Satori Regent Argento 13-in x 13-in Matte Porcelain Stone Look Floor and Wall Tile
Wall Tile - Mineral Tiles Reflections Forest 6x6
Cabinets - IKEA Sektion with four tweaks. The above fridge cabinet is pulled off the wall (the default cabinet would not have been flush with the fridge). The left tower is custom made by Scherr’s. The under siink cabinet holds an 18 inch trash that required a minor hack. The right tower has a very minor hack to include a Docking Drawer charger.
Doors - Scherr’s 400 series in Extra White. As noted, they did the left tower totally custom after I realized that the IKEA option for an appliance garage would lead to not fitting the KitchenAid. They used Blum hinges on the mechanism.
Counters - Glacier White Corian with double 3/16” radius edge
Appliances and Such
Zephyr Tempest II hood
Sharp 24” microwave drawer
Fisher Paykel DishDrawer
Bosch diswasher
LG fridge
LG induction range
Kohler strive Sink 36” farmhouse workstation
Rev a Shelf trash drawer with IKEA Utrusta auto opener
Delta Theodora faucet
Moen soap dispenser with Never MT
Aquasana drinking faucet
Cuisinart Toaster Oven
Amerock Kane handles and knobs
Recessed 4” cans
Favorites
Appliance garage
Auto trash open
Aisle space
Ease of unloading the dishwasher right into drawers.
Oversize cabinet knobs
Faucet
Counters
Island dimensions
Trade-offs
It’s hard to call these regrets as they were more trade-offs.
The under sink trash was cut down by a centimeter to fit.
Traded a slightly larger exterior window for two slightly smaller ones, specifically to be able to see a full row of backsplash at the top and bottom
A few darker spots at night. Will probably add another two cans on the soffit around the range and undercabinet lights at the toaster oven.
Storage Map
The dotted lines are hidden drawers.
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