We’re finally coming towards a close on the kitchen. We still have some minor updates to work through (crown molding, installing the cabinet above the refrigerator, door casing, etc.) but we’re ready to share a few before and after pics!
Since moving into our house two months ago we’ve knocked down major walls separating the kitchen from the rest of the home, updated the electric and plumbing, installed new hardwood flooring, replaced all the upper and lower cabinets, and added a butcher block island. We updated to stainless steel appliances, soapstone countertops, and installed a subway tile backsplash. We also added recessed lighting, pendants, and under-cabinet lighting throughout. Oh, and added a new addition (baby Lizzy) to the family just days before moving in. Whew. It’s been a wild ride. Now, onto before and afters!
Yes, that is the same house 
I am totally obsessed it.
There’s just something special about walking into a room that you’ve literally re-built from the ground up. Try it sometime.
The industrial vibe streaming from the pendants and metal stools makes me a little weak in the knees. And Oh Em Gee, that farmhouse sink.
I DIYed a no-sew roman shade for our atrium window. More on that soon
Shiny chrome faucet = happy wife.
Lets not even get started on the range wall. No wait, lets.
Subway tile to the ceiling. Best move yet. She beams from across the room…
We did a little custom work with the island, adding a wine fridge and built-in microwave. By far, Zoey’s favorite part of the room. Buttons! Ignore the sad door to the laundry room. Like I said, some small updates left.
And because the hubs worked his buns off on the electric work (along with pretty much everything else in the house) couldn’t get by without a pic of the lighting in action.
You can see our house lit up from a 3 miles down the road.
We’ll have an upcoming post sharing our money saving details along with sources and possibly a cost breakdown. But for now, just pics galore!
Don’t forget to check out how details on the material selection process!
Hi! I'm Jessie, a wife, mother of two girls, and an interior design fanatic. My husband Rick and I just purchased our second home, a 1950's ranch in dire need of some TLC, in our hometown of Cincinnati, OH. To find out more, click 
That is freakin’ gorgeous! You must be so proud! I LOVE everything you chose!
(And I have to admit…despite recently finishing our kitchen reno, I am already jealous of yours!
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Here are some pics of our new kitchen. We did a full wall of subway tile and love it as well!
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Your kitchen looks great!
Jess and Ricky, you are to be congratulated on a totally gorgeous piece of art! It is stunning and to think you did it all beginning shortly after the birth of little Lizzy, with Zoey underfoot. It is awesome and would inspire anyone to do a home improvement project! Congrats.
it looks AMAZING! so bright, fresh, open- love the materials used!
Your kitchen looks absolutely fabulous… I’m in love with everything about it!!!
I love your kitchen! It’s completely amazing–especially that you were able to do it for 10k! I’ve been planning our kitchen reno for 4 years now and, sadly, we decided to move! I’m frustrated to never see my ideas in action. Anyway, I found your blog through 7th House on the Left and am following you. Love your style! Enjoy your kitchen!
Hi Ellie
So sad that you won’t be able to see your ideas come to life. I felt the same way about a few things in our last home. Hopefully your next home has just as much potential!
Jessie
This is gorgeous! Pretty much everything I want in a kitchen, you created! It’s just so lovely!
Thanks Amy
Your home and blog are beautiful!
I LOVE YOUR KITCHEN.
I would love to know how you undermounted the domsjo as that is exactly what we want to do. Was it difficult???
Thanks Danielle!
Undermounting the Domsjo sink is a manageable project for any do-it-youselfer. We googled for a few articles of guidance. I’m thinking an upcoming post with details on how we tackled the task? If not, I’ll email a more detailed guide.
Jessie
What a beautiful redesign. I saw your appliances are from Ikea. I’m really curious, are you happy with them?
Thanks June!
We absolutely love our appliances from Ikea. We had our doubts originally after reading some not so great reviews, but we honestly have no complaints. The microwave took a little getting used to, with a turn dial as opposed to the traditional buttons. But nothing we ever disliked. Also, the fridge layout is a bit different. The shelving system isn’t as flexible as most refrigerators but again, nothing we didn’t get used to. Just an adjustment. Hope this helps!
Jessie
I also have the same hood, but a different built in oven, and gas cooktop from Ikea. Besides the hood being noisy (but ALL are at that price point), I love them. The prices were cheaper than all else out there and they came with a warranty at no additional cost. They are made by whirlpool. Personally, I was not a fan of the dishwasher and the fridge. I just wanted different internal layouts that what they offered. The price of the fridge, though, was tough to beat, and was therefore were difficult to pass up. In the end, I got an amazing deal on Samsung dishwasher and fridge, sans the warranty. With the warranty, had I bought it, they probably would have been about 25% more expensive than the Ikea ones.
Lemurific-
Thanks for expanding on the quality and performance of the appliances. Anyone else have experience with Ikea kitchen appliances? Feel free to chime in with advice!
Jessie
Jessie, this kitchen is beautiful! We have an ikea kitchen too and went with the same cabinets (with different pulls). Your floor is beautiful and I think we even have the same vent hood. Ha! We’re all about the white subway tile too. Mmm, mmm, MMM. The counters were certainly worth the splurge and the flat faces on them look great.
Thanks Apronless
It seems the Adel Ikea kitchens are all the rage right now! Seriously can’t beat their amazing prices. I’d love to see how your kitchen turned out!
Jessie
GORGEOUS transformation!
I love the look and am wondering where the stools came from. who is the manufacturer or when can I find them?
Pat-
The kitchen stools are from Overstock and can be found here. They’re actually on sale right now! Sources for any other kitchen related pieces can also be found here
Jessie
Popped over from Centsational Girl. I love the kitchen reno and how you broke down your sources and prices. I also recently did a kitchen gut, and replaced them with Ikea cabinets. I love them and love that if you ever get sick of the style, you can just spend about 1k (or less) to change the doors and panels!
Also, in regards to the drama some time ago. You gave credit to your inspiration, which is what DIY bloggers do. I dug your art and was interested in purchasing something similar (cause I am not that great of a cutter). Guess what? I won’t be buying it from that etsy seller. If they seriously thought YOU were responsible for taking away their business, they are beyond foolish. Their art is not a science and not extremely novel. You would have brought them business. It is a shame they didn’t have the foresight. Kudos for you not dealing with foolhardy folks.
Lemurific-
Yes, the versatile door fronts are by far one of our favorite features! So cost effective in the long run. Thank you so much for the kind words regarding the artwork. It amazes me how cruel people can be online, but it amazed me even more when so many amazing followers stood behind me. You guys are the best
Jessie
Beautiful!! I love all of the elements. It is fresh and happy. I am a little jealous
Loved finding your kitchen thru Kate’s link! Wow, great job. I am just now planning my Adel Ikea cabinet installation for my new kitchen & hope to get it going by August. Loved seeing how all of yours went together. I am doing some of the same elements, like the subway tile and dark floors. Love, love your kitchen!
Thank you Rhoda!
Side note, totally bummed that I missed out on Haven this year. Looked like SO. MUCH. FUN. Definitely count me in next year!
Can’t wait to see how your kitchen turns out
Jessie
This is amazing LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! Great Job!
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Glad to have you on board, Jacque
Jessie
Found you via Centsational Girl’s round-up this Sunday. LOVE your kitchen– definitely crushing on the fabric for your Roman shade, plus the kitchen stools and butcher block counter. Great job!
Amazing. Love the floor!!! What did you use for the flooring throughout the space?
Thanks Christine,
More flooring details here
Jessie
This looks incredible! It seems that Ikea kitchens are popping up all over the place recently – which I’m super pleased about (made it a lot easier to convince my hubs to go with it). We have been reno-ing our kitchen sine December, and I’m about ready to blow haha, 7 months is FAR too long to go without a kitchen. (especially since we’ve had EVERYTHING since January, just sitting around waiting to go in.) Such is life I suppose, eh? I recently changed my mind on our uppers, – I’d always wanted them to go all the way to the ceiling, but since we were going with the cheapest Harlig, they didn’t come in the 39′s, so I sided with money, instead of what I really wanted, and now I’ve changed my mind and we are having to get new uppers. I guess that’s another downside of taking 7 months to complete projects, you have WAAAAY to much time to change your mind haha. Anyway! I should stop rambling, and get to the question I had for you. I like the finished look of the top of your uppers, is that just tiny moulding, or a piece of quarter round type dealeo, or did it come with the cupboards? It’s perfect simplicity.
Rebecca,
Just imagine what a treat it will be when you get a brand new kitchen though! As far as the cabinets go, the top piece that sits between the ceiling and cabinets is from Ikea. It’s called deco strip, and can be used as a cabinet cornice. Check it out here. You can tell them when ordering kitchen cabinets that you’d like to have it included and they’ll set you up with the right sizes 
Hope this helps.
Oh that is entirely too long to go without a kitchen! You have my sympathies
Jessie
Thanks for the info, it looks like they have them at my closest store, and since I’ve (almost) convinced the hubs that the taller uppers is the way to go, this seems like the perfect solution
Looks like such a happy kitchen! I love the industrial accents and that huge butcher block island is awesome.
It’s really gorgeous! Love the color choices, the style of the cabinets, pulls, mix of cabinet styles (glass and wood), subway tiles…..all of it!
Seriously, so gorgeous. I love how neutral it is with all the pops of color. Wine fridge FTW!!
I am hopelessly in love with your kitchen… as in I a pinning it as a dream kitchen. Nice work. I can picture this kitchen in action with my family so easily!!
Here from YHL…..WOW!!! Beautiful ~ you guys did a fab job.
Just found your blog through young house love. I love what you did with your kitchen! Amazing transformation!
Absolutely terrific job. As someone who is not a big fan of white kitchens, yours is superb!!! Came over from Young House Love and will now be bookmarking your site.
Your kitchen looks like its right out of a magazine. So gorgeous! Also, I love the way you accessorized. Just wondering where you found the dish towel.
Thanks Kristen!
The dish towel is from Crate & Barrel, although I’m not seeing it on their website anymore.
Jessie
Such a beautiful kitchen!! I’m locking your pictures away in my ‘to remember’ brain file for when I build my house of dreams!
OH MY WORD!!!!! GORGEOUS!!! Can I move in? ha!
Beautiful kitchen..
Love your kitchen!!!!!! Stopping by from YHL.
Beautiful kitchen!! I just finished up an Ikea Adel kitchen too & only have the subway tile backsplash left to do. Loved all the details you added in, it looks fantastic. I know you are as happy with your kitchen as I am with mine. You can’t beat it for the price. I’m going to read all your kitchen posts. Trying to figure out how you got by with less $$ for the cabinets than I did. Mine came out around $4200 and looks like we have about the same amount of cabinets. I got in on the sale too! Anyway, looks great, congrats on a wonderful kitchen renovation.
Um… for me, jealous is an UNDER-STATEMENT! Wow does this look beautiful. I love the subway tile and especially that fabric! Great job. I can’t wait for your post on the roman shade b/c I so need two of them for my kitchen : )
Beautiful kitchen!
Quick question: What did you use to cover the sides of the island? Did you cut those covers panels yourself and if so what paint did you use to match the adel off white?
Thanks!
Thanks Chip,
We used cover panels from Ikea, so no painting involved. I believe they’re 8′ pieces, and we just cut them down to size. Hope this helps!
Jessie
So beautiful! We are looking into beautify-ing our kitchen, and our lkiving room, kitchen, dining room areas seem to be set up pretty much the same as yours. Do you have a picture of how the kitchen looks from the front door? How the areas come together? Thanks!
Thanks Megan!
The third “new kitchen” picture down in this post is actually an accurate shot from the front door. When you enter the house you’re looking nearly straight on at the kitchen window. Hope that clears things up!
Jessie
Lovely home! It appears you’ve the same wall color throughout your home. What is it? It is great!
Thanks Jennifer,
The wall color is Ben Moore’s Gray Husky. Hope that helps!
Jessie
Love the kitchen. How wide is your island? It looks wider than the 25″ butcher block you linked to at Lumber Liquidators. Did you connect two pieces together?
Coming over from Aimee’s to tell you that you did a wonderful job on your kitchen.
I love your house. It’s beautiful!
Perfection! Great job.
Not sure if you check the comments. But I am in love with your kitchen!! You did an amazing job! Can you share the dimensions of your kitchen? I am looking to copy yours and would like to see how it compares to the space i’ll be renovating .
Thanks
Yep, every single one
Our kitchen is about 18′W x 10′L. Hope that helps and good luck with the reno!
xo,
Jessie
Thank you so much, totally do-able!! Love your bathroom too!
I really appreciate your reply!