Today I am sharing my modern kitchen remodel before and after transformation! This kitchen has been a labor of love. There has been so much thought and planning that went into this space. It is undeniably my favorite room in the house! It’s the main focal point once you are in our home. When we purchased this home a year ago, the kitchen was small, cabinets were falling off the hinges, and there was very little storage. The kitchen is the heart of the home and I couldn’t wait to make it more functional for cooking and entertaining. See the before and after transformation below.
I have partnered up with Hudson Valley Lighting on this post, however, as always all opinions are my own.
A few design features that were top on my list for our kitchen remodel was a large island, slide out pantry, waterfall island countertop, and a large gas stove. I decided to remove a wall, rearrange appliances, and extend the kitchen. We removed the main wall that separated the living areas. We also removed a window, fortunately, our home is so bright and cheery it didn’t affect our natural light too much. Overall we kept this kitchen on a tight budget for what we were able to accomplish. Some things that helped cut costs were negotiating appliance prices, price shopping our quartz slabs, finding affordable options for non-custom cabinets, and price shopping our hardware.
A few things that we decided to do with our kitchen to make our kitchen standout was bringing the cabinets to the ceiling to make the kitchen feel even larger, taking the backsplash to the ceiling, creating a custom stainless steel range hood, and upgrading our appliances, installed large scale dramatic pendant lights to tie the space together.
Lighting truly can make or break a space. My recommendation when picking out lighting is to go with larger scale pendant lights for your space. Lighting is such an important decision, it gives the mood in the space, and can make such a beautiful impact if done right. We went with the 12.5″ Lambert pendant lights from Hudson Valley Lighting. These lights are beyond stunning! I am so glad we found these. We chose the aged brass finish, it’s a gorgeous finish and exactly what I was looking for.
We decided to go with Calcutta quartz. I LOVE marble countertops, they are my absolute favorite. I cook every day, love wine, and have my 3-year-old daughter help me cook at times, so marble was out of the question for now. We loved the idea of the white countertops with more dramatic veining similar to Calcutta marble. I wanted to go more modern with our kitchen remodel so I decided to do a waterfall edge countertop. We are so happy with the way it has turned out! I love the way it frames our island and our fabricator did an amazing job. We decided to have the island as large as one slab so there are not any seams except for the waterfall edge.
I decided to go with Blanco Carrera marble tiles for the backsplash. I wanted something that wouldn’t be too busy in the space. We too the backsplash up to the ceiling and it makes such a difference.
I recently added valance above the window where our sink is. It adds some blush tone to the kitchen and accentuates the Turkish pastel kitchen runner.
We decided to go with brass hardware and faucet. We have a lot of stainless in the kitchen with the appliances and range hood so I decided to mix it up and add champagne brass hardware.
Overall, we are so happy with the space and the changes we have made in this space to put our personal touch on it. I hope you enjoyed my modern kitchen remodel before and after transformation!
What an incredible transformation, Bethany!! Just WOW!!
This transformation is amazing! I love how bright and beautiful you’ve made the space!
It is amazing the transformation! So many people would pass up on a house/kitchen like that (before), now they would snatch it up immediately. Excellent design choices B!
Thanks Tana! I loved being able to transform that small kitchen into our dream kitchen. xo
Bethany, I’m so in love with your kitchen transformation! Looks awesome!
Thank you so much Jessica!!
Its beautiful. In what way were you bedget conscious?
Hi! Thank you so much. Our budget for all that we wanted to achieve was tight. Some areas that I was able to save was in hardware, finding the least expensive options for cabinetry that would work in our kitchen. Custom cabinets would have been double in price so we decided to do out of the box cabinets. I price shopped my quartz slabs, negotiated and waited for sales on the appliances, and also waited for sales on the backsplash. Surprisingly through all of that I was able to save us thousands.
You kitchen design is perfection! I love what you did with the tile and the window covering over the sink. It makes such a statement with the gold faucet! Pinned and pinned again 🙂
Aw thank you so much Tracey!!! xoxo
I’m currently remodeling our kitchen and am making many of the choices you made – white subway tile, marble, a Sub Zero refrigerator and satin brass fixtures and hardware. I am on the fence about a cabinet front for the refrigerator or leaving it showing as stainless. Can you tell me why you chose stainless over cabinet front?
Hi Sandy! So my fridge and freezer is Frigidaire Professional. We have been so happy with it! It did not have the option to have a cabinet front and our budget did not allow for the subzero. The frigidaire professional is a fraction of the cost, I would highly recommend checking it out. I know there is nothing like a subzero but our budget just didn’t allow for it.
Are your kitchen cabinets stock cabinets? If so, were they already painted or natural? Lastly, what is the height of the upper cabinets?
Hi Brenda! My cabinets are 42″ uppers with 18″ glass cabinets on top. They were in stock cabinets that were already painted white. Let me know if you have any other questions :).
What color white did you go with for cabinets?
Beautiful kitchen!
Curious, what is the second, small faucet for?
We are remodeling our kitchen right now and want to know if I need a second faucet. ????
Right? I am with you! Can’t wait to see what you do!