Before: Ready to Remodel

Lindsey machado of designed with grace & joy in temecula and murrieta, calif. , gave new life to her clients’ now-outdated tuscan-style kitchen. “when i was first contacted for this kitchen remodel, my client was thinking about ripping out the whole thing and start ing over,” machado recalls. “but i saw the potential of what this space could be because it was already an ideal layout. ” they discussed painting the walls and cabinets and replacing the countertops, backsplash, and flooring. However, it became apparent that replacing all the cabinets and drawer fronts was inevitable. The kitchen update included quartzite countertops. They also brightened up the walls and made the island a focal point by painting it a moody blue, which was a color chosen to match the decorative backsplash tile.

After: Modern Kitchen Update

Hartford is an inspired modern update on the classic shaker style kitchen. Cabinetry is in-frame with ‘cott beading’ around the doors and drawers. The design is finished off with corner pilasters and traditional cornices. Each kitchen is beautifully proportioned, with an unerring focus on scale to ensure a flawless result. Browse hartford collection.

Paul and pauline own sussex prairie gardens , an eight-acre public garden in west sussex. The grounds included a rusty haymaker’s barn, which has been transformed into a modern and functional home by sandy rendel architects. It’s enveloped in weatherproof, corrugated zinc and sits next to a newly built mock grain silo that functions as a viewing tower, offering visitors a bird’s-eye view of the gardens. The ground floor has two guest bedrooms, a bathroom, main bedroom and office. The first floor offers a large open-plan kitchen and living area, with a private walkway to the viewing tower. The exterior remains true to its origins, while the interior features modern updates that gently echo the character of the barn, such as precision-engineered red trusses to support the insulated curved roof, oak flooring and stainless steel counters in the kitchen.

Before: Room for Improvement

At first glance, this living room already looked pretty up to date, and it wasn't too cluttered, but there's always room for improvement. Swapping out the old seating pieces in four different colors for sofas and armchairs in only two gives the space a more cohesive look. Next, the old coffee table is traded for a more stylish option. Finally, the addition of the rug ties everything together in a way that was missing from the old room.

After: Bold Kitchen Style

Baths , bedrooms , dining rooms , kitchens , living/family rooms oh! we love this one! this home is in the heart of ballard and our goal was to create a home that felt unique, inviting, and fun, and that showcased the personalities of the homeowners, mixing british eclectic with east coast bold! ready for a whole-home tour? let’s start in the rather brown kitchen. Check out all that wasted space! so much room, and so little counter space! the solution? add a generous island to the middle of the kitchen, and then have some fun with the finishes! we lined the perimeter of the room with white shaker-style cabinets and topped them with black quartz to create bold, graphic contrast.

Infusing bold color into your kitchen is a trend-forward way to transform a space. Painted kitchen cabinets in rich hues like navy, cobalt blue, or deep green pair beautifully with white countertops for chic contrast. We love how style blogger will taylor of bright bazaar perfected a coastal look for his beach cottage kitchen renovation. “i love how the cambria torquay matte countertops contrast with the rich navy cabinetry,” he says. “plus, the countertops are 100% nonporous so there are no stains if i spill my wine. ” adding a peninsula island to the kitchen layout added more surface space for a stylish breakfast nook featuring cool gray cabinetry.

Before: Too Much Wood

Ryan enlisted designer monique gibson and architect joel barkley to help her renovate the loft. Industrial lights from a salvage shop in maine illuminate the kitchen’s dining area, which boasts cabinets by fine woodwork. Grapefruit fills a porcelain bowl by valérie hermans on a plank-top table by get back. Pinterest copyright ©2015 the condé nast publications. All rights reserved. 3/30 pinterest copyright ©2015 the condé nast publications. All rights reserved. 4/30.

A blend of cabinet refacing and new cabinetry completely update the style of this kitchen. Quartz countertops, cambria's bellingham, with ceramic tile backsplash finish the look off perfectly. Refaced cabinets with portobello stain on maple, plus an island with driftwood stain for a stylish gray contrast. Granite countertops in blanco tulum mimic the colors of the stacked-glass backsplash. Refacing gives this kitchen a new personality in suede gray, coupled with our statesman door. Cambria quartz countertops in waverton enhance the overall look for a simple, yet rich new design. This kitchen is transformed with cabinet refacing. The satin white statesman cabinets reflects a new england flavor.

The kitchen before didn’t work for us. Not only did the colour give me nightmares, but as you might have seen from my living room reveal post ( here ), it was separated from the living room and felt isolated at the back of the house. It’s a north-facing room, so felt dark and dingy, especially with the wooden units and heavy, black tiles. Practically it didn’t work either, we kept banging our heads on the extractor fan, doors were falling off, the freezer didn’t work, and the fridge was in one of those small base units with hardly any space to store food for two people.

It’s amazing how updating flooring can really transform a room. From the warmth of engineered wood to punchy patterned vinyl, researching flooring as part of a kitchen remodel is worth doing.