It’s been a little quiet around here the past week, but it’s for good reason. My husband and I were up to our elbows in faux stone while we gave our kitchen island a makeover, plus our boys were home from school a lot due to parent/teacher conferences and the Columbus day holiday. I was opting to spend more time with them during that time and less time blogging. Yesterday, my husband and I FINALLY finished our kitchen island remodel and I’m going to be sharing that with you in a few days. There is more that we plan to do to our kitchen soon, so I wanted to share some gorgeous kitchen remodels that I am using for inspiration while I make over ours (on as tight of a budget as possible). Just click on the images and they’ll take you to the original posts!
First up is the stunning kitchen of the very talented Jennifer Rizzo. While she hadn’t planned to remodel her kitchen as soon as she did, a broken water pipe put it first on the priority list. I just love how the white cabinets look against the dark floors. The towel bar on the false drawer at the kitchen sink is genius! I may have to snag that idea for our own kitchen.
Even though she had to toss out several of her ideas for remodeling her kitchen, Christy from Confessions of a Serial DIYer still made a huge impact! By repainting her kitchen cabinets, swapping the wood facing on a few of them with glass, and adding this gorgeous island, her kitchen still looks completely transformed! My husband and I have thought of replacing a few of our cabinet fronts with glass for the past few years. I love how it opens up the kitchen a bit.
I’m a fan of white cabinets in kitchens, and Jenna from Rain on a Tin Roof nailed it with her kitchen makeover. I love how she uses dark hardware and pops of color to balance everything out. Her kitchen island is gorgeous and it has a sentimental touch with barnwood from her great grandfather’s farm.
This classic white kitchen remodel by Julie Blanner just makes me happy. It feels so inviting. The wood floors she and her husband installed are gorgeous. It’s hard to believe there was actually white carpet in there!
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I can’t stop looking at this gorgeous kitchen remodel from Oh So Lovely. The grey walls, the white cabinets, the subway tile backsplash; all of it is so beautiful! Her feather finish concrete countertops came out perfectly and it has my husband wondering if maybe we can do the same when we remodel our bathroom vanity. And the best part is, she did this entire remodel for $500!
Tasha from Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body really knows how to work with what she’s got. For less than $700, she and her husband took their dated kitchen and completely transformed it! Can you believe this floor is stenciled linoleum? She didn’t stop with the kitchen though. She carried this transformation into her dining area where she added a gorgeous plank wall on one side and a chalkboard wall on the other.
So what do you think? Did you find any inspiration? Like I said before, I’ll be sharing our kitchen island transformation with you all later this week. It will be part one of our kitchen makeover. I’ve definitely found a lot of inspiration from all of these gorgeous kitchens and I’m so looking forward to seeing our finished kitchen!
Such beautiful kitchens! I love love love Jenna’s kitchen makeover and Julie Banner’s white kitchen is absolutely beautiful. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
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Thanks so much for including my little kitchen redo with these amazing kitchens, Katie! It’s so nice to not have to look at a sea of brown. 🙂
You’re welcome and I’m sure it is! Your kitchen looks so amazing.
Thanks so much for including my kitchen!! That is some great inspiration to be among!
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Hi Katie! I can’t thank you enough for including my kitchen in this fabulous round-up! Hope you are doing well!
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Jenna’s kitchen is beautiful! As well as Tasha’s. They are my best choices. But all in all, the rest of the kitchens are beautiful and very pleasing. I love white for a kitchen as well.
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Agreed! I can’t wait to make my kitchen white! I haven’t bitten the bullet and taken a brush to the cabinets yet, but it will be soon!
Congrats on finally finishing your kitchen island remodel. You have a point about how Rizzo’s white cabinets compliment her dark floors.
Thank you, Christina!
I love these kitchens! They all look very modern and clean. Thanks for sharing!
These kitchen remodels are beautiful, and I especially love the second one with the tiny island in the middle. My husband and I are currently looking for a contractor to help us with our remodel, so I’m trying to gather ideas and make sure I know what I want while that’s going on. I would love to have a tiny island like that, and I think it’s a cute and unique thing, so I’ll have to look more into that.
I love the remodel from Jennifer Rizzo, all the white is beautiful. It feels like it’s such an elegant home. I’ve been talking to my husband about remodeling our kitchen too, but I don’t think he’s on board yet. When he is, I’ll have to search for a professional to help us out with the job.
WOW! Thank you for sharing all of these. I love how all of these kitchens have amazing cabinetry!
These are all so gorgeous! The fifth one has got to be my favorite – from the paint to the decorations to the wood floor, I can’t believe it was so inexpensive!
I really like that first kitchen with dark wood flooring. It contrasted the cabinets really well. The choice for using white in the cabinets was really strong, too; white makes spaces appear more open.
Wow. I’m going to try this! Looks great. Thanks for the tip!