We've transformed our kitchen desk into a DIY custom walnut coffee bar! The coffee bar includes lots of cabinet storage, glass doors to store stemware, open shelves, and the perfect spot for my Breville barista express impress coffee maker. We've got a YouTube vlog on the project from start to ...
AFFORDABLE CABINET HARDWARE
Our painted cabinet fronts have cured so lets talk affordable kitchen cabinet hardware because it is finally time for hardware install! The struggle is real when it comes to finding beautiful but affordable kitchen cabinet hardware. We partnered with Battle Creek Hardware on the new hardware in our ...
PAINTING OUR KITCHEN CABINETS
With our IKEA boxes installed, next up is painting our DIY kitchen island. We are going to be painting our island using the Graco Magnum X5 paint sprayer. This is the second time using our paint sprayer for a large project. We've previously used it painting our kitchen island. If you are ...
STUGA ENGINEERED WOOD FLOORS
We are installing all new engineered wood floors throughout the first floor of our home and we've chosen flooring by Stuga in the color moonlight. These are engineered white oak floors from Poland. We are going to DIY install these floors with some help from my Dad, who has installed many engineered ...
PAINTING OUR DIY KITCHEN ISLAND
Now that we've got our island built, next up is painting our DIY kitchen island. We are going to be painting our island using the Graco Magnum X5 paint sprayer. We've never used this paint sprayer before, so this will definitely be a learn as we go process, but we're really excited to use the ...
DIY INSTALL IKEA KITCHEN CABINETS
At our new kitchen, we are going to DIY install our kitchen cabinets, using the IKEA SEKTION kitchen cabinet system! The IKEA SEKTION kitchen cabinet system is very DIY friendly, straightforward to install, and a cost-effective option for a complete kitchen renovation. This will be our second IKEA ...
DIY ENGLISH INSPIRED CUSTOM KITCHEN ISLAND
Let's build our DIY english custom inspired kitchen island. It will include 4' of IKEA SEKTION base cabinets and a 4' island extension. We're strategically doing projects in our kitchen so that we can keep it a usable kitchen for as long as possible, so before we finish demoing out the final ...
PATCHING DRYWALL AT OUR KITCHEN SOFFITS
We just completed most of our kitchen demo, the largest part of it being removing our existing kitchen soffits! If you missed that you can check out our blog post and vlog here. It is time to start putting this kitchen back together and it begins with patching drywall. We have never done any drywall ...
KITCHEN DEMO & REMOVING SOFFITS
Kitchen demo day is finally here, there is no one more excited to get this kitchen renovation going than Kam and I! We're going to be doing a full gut renovation, removing all of the existing kitchen cabinets, soffits, appliances, etc. One of the biggest aspects of our kitchen demo is removing our ...
KITCHEN MATERIALS AND BUDGET BREAKDOWN
Since we're about to kick-off our kitchen renovation, we wanted to go through some of the kitchen materials we've already chosen and other materials that we're still making a final decision on. Making these decisions early on also helps to really hone in on a realistic budget for the entire kitchen ...
