Kitchen Source List & Budget Breakdown

First off—I want to thank you all so much for the overwhelmingly kind responses on our Kitchen Reveal last week. We put so much time and energy into this room and we are like proud parents, so it feels great to know that so many of you are following along and are enjoying watching this house unfold! I wish I could invite you all over for dinner & drinks to celebrate 🙂

Update: to those who requested wider angle shots for the before and afters, I just updated my last post with new photos—scroll to the bottom of the Reveal Post to check them out!

Update 2: I also posted a quick video tour yesterday, see it here on Instagram.

Now it is time to dive into all the juicy details.

I mentioned in the beginning that this was not going to be a budget makeover. We did that in our Florida house, but I did not want to hold back this time. With that said, we still DIY'd as much of it as we could and shopped around for the best deals (of course), so we could have spent a lot more. I kept a spreadsheet and tried to be as diligent as I could about recording every purchase, but over the course of five months, contractors working on different parts of the house and lumping labor charges together, and countless trips to Lowe's for miscellaneous items, this is definitely not an exact dollar amount. I also did not include things like pillows, dishes, plants, and accessories that are not kitchen specific and could be repurposed elsewhere. It becomes a gray area when you get into decorative items—where do you draw the line? Let us start with materials…

Floors: Armstrong Shell White Walnut Engineered Wood / ~$800 (I purchased the wood for the entire house at once, so I divided it by the square feet of the kitchen to get the total) Ceiling & wall tongue & groove planks: Lumber Liquidators / ~$500 (^same thing here) Wood for DIY Beams: Lowe's / $220 Wood for trimming the windows: Lowe's / $80 Paint & primer: Kelly Moore's Swiss Coffee (white/trim), Valspar's Montpelier Madison White (walls), Valspar's Dark Kettle Black (door) / $280

Wood/supplies for pantry: Lowe's / $120 Wood, stain & poly for bar and bench seat frames: Lowe's / $150 Plywood, trim & paint for bench seats: Lowe's / $85 Upholstery foam for bench seats: Ebay / $146 Batting for bench seats: JoAnn's / $35 Fabric for bench seats: Fabric.com / $116 – Similar found here

Tile installation supplies: Lowe's / $130 Wood & stain for floating shelves: Lowe's / $40 Quarter round / trim pieces: Lowe's $45

Lumber, stain & screws for dining table: Lowe's & JS West / $130 Now for the expensive stuff… the appliances. We purchased most of the bigger items at Lowe's during their Black Friday sale.

Whirlpool Fridge: Lowe's BF / $1563 Whirlpool Dishwasher: Lowe's BF / $388 Corstone Sink: Lowe's / $390 (no longer sold) – Similar here Faucet: Lowe's / $150 Garbage Disposal: Lowe's / $97

Whirpool Oven: Lowe's BF / $971 Whirlpool Cooktop: Lowe's BF / $388 Microwave: Amazon / $162 Wine Fridge: Ebay / $237 Now for the fun stuff… decor!

Cabinets: Kraftmaid Durham Maple Square (in Grayloft and Dove White): Lowe's / $8,235 after sales, promos and rebates Counters: Silestone Quartz (in Marengo and Blanco
White): Lowe's / $3,254
Pantry cabinets: Ikea Pax Wadrobes / $630
Bench seat cabinets: Ikea Akurum / $560

Bar cabinets: Ikea Akurum / $200
Quartz stacked stone: Lowe's / $240 Bar floating shelves: DIY Ikea desk hack
Bar Accessories: Vases, tray & lantern: thrifted / Moose print: afusu.com / Cabernet sign: DIY / Frame: Ikea Ribba Cabinet hardware & doorknobs: Ebay: Knobs / Cup pulls $77

Pendant lights: Amazon / $46/ea
Pendant light bulbs, medallions & dimmer switch: Lowe's / $70
Recessed ceiling lights & bulbs: Lowe's / $250
Ceiling speakers: Amazon / $108
Upgraded light switches & outlets: Lowe's / $30
LED under cabinet lighting: Ebay / $130
Table runner & flower box: DIY
Parsons chairs: Overstock (with old slipcovers) / $207

Woven wood shades: justblinds.com (Singapore Oak color) / $207
Subway tile: Lowe's / $250
Runner: Dash & Albert – Wayfair / $90
Sink pendant light: Feiss Urban Renewal Mini Pendant – Similar here

Rug: 8×10 in Natural
Chalkboard: The Summery Umbrella
Pillows & blanket: Ikea, Target, Etsy & TJ Maxx

Floating shelves: DIY
Dishware: Ikea, TJ Maxx, thrifted
Quote print: afusu.com

Pet portrait prints: afusu.com
Frames: Ikea Ribba (+ DIY fabric bows)
Pet bowl: DIY
Stool: Gifted
Door knobs: Ebay

Last but not least, labor costs. We hired out certain things that we did not feel comfortable taking on in our own. Here is our rough estimate:

Reinforce kitchen ceiling, finish demo, build pantry wall: $1,100
Electrical (relocating wiring to the island, wiring appliances, etc) $1,750
Cabinet installation: $1,574
Countertop installation: $1,123
New drywall & fridge plumbing: ~$500
Sink & Dishwasher plumbing: $432

And I believe that covers everything.

Final tally drumroll please…..

GRAND TOTAL: $28,481
Again, this number is genuinely just an estimate, but even if you add in every little thing we could have possibly forgot about, it is still definitely under 30k. And I am pretty confident we added more than that in value to the house considering we got a great deal for the neighborhood. It genuinely pays off to buy a house that needs some TLC!

Once again, here are the project links which go into detail about each phase if you'd like to learn more about how it all came together:

If I missed anything or you still have questions, please do not hesitate to ask in the comments!

So what do you think? Was the total more or less than you expected, or right on the mark? Imagine if we had hired out everything instead… yikes! I can easily see how the average kitchen remodel is over $50k. Glad we got the most expensive room in the house out of the way. Now we can focus on the other 2100 square feet… one project at a time!

I have got a fun giveaway coming up in the next post—you will not want to miss it!

Get this look in your own kitchen with my shopping list:

Armstrong Shell Flooring - $5/sf

Tongue & Groove planks - $1.29/sf