Who did your kitchen?

We're looking to redo our kitchen.

Did you redo your kitchen?
If yes, what exactly did you do?

What was your budget range?
When all was said and done, did the job come in within your budget?

Who did you use?
Would you recommend?

Pictures would be great too!

Thanks for the help!

Message edited 3/6/2006 4:33:55 PM.

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My FIL owns Karp Kitchens, he designed my kitchen in the first house and just completed the kitchen in our new house. We just moved in this weekend so I don't have pics yet of it completed... backsplash should be in this week

I can't really speak about prices because we paid cost on the cabinets (but all genuine hardwood... very well made Richmaid cabinets), got his contractor's discount on many of the other materials. We did pay retail for the appliances because we didn't go with super-high end. He mostly does very high end kitchens and has connections at only the very high end appliance stores. He just ordered an oven for a customer that retails for $18,000 .

We redid our kitchen as part of an entire home renovation so I don't have an itemized price for the kitchen. I can ask him what the kitchen would have cost retail but I'm guessing about $40-50K including labor.

OH, we did a complete gut, vaulted the ceiling, took out a small wall, demolished two small broom closets to make way for one large pantry, took out a window and replaced it with sliding glass doors, new rewiring, extended the waste pipe (that had more to do with the upstairs bathroom redo), all new electrical wiring, highhats, under the cabinet lighting, all new sheetrock, spackled, all new appliances, all wood cabinets, granite countertops, tile floor and backsplash, new heating unit, mouldings. We painted ourselves.

Message edited 3/6/2006 7:53:33 PM.

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Thanks.

Anyone else have recommendations? I need to start making appointments and getting estimates.

Thanks for the help!

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We did most of it. Ripped every thing out to the bare walls and floors. We had hardwood floors installed, granite counter tops, all stainless Kitchen Aid appliances (we would NOT recommend Kitchen Aid - long story) but the stainless appliances definitely! We had a cabinet maker make custom solid hardwood cherry cabinets. We are very happy with our kitchen I do have the floor guys name and the cabinet maker if you are interested.

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We did our kitchen ourselves. We took out and replaced the cabinets,floor,counter,dishwasher and light fixture. It was a lot of work for the two of us and took a lot longer then expected, but we are so happy with the results. Plus, now I know how to tile a wall and floor!!

Our budget was $5,000 and we stayed under it by around $500.

I'll post pictures later.

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We did all the work ourselves.
Pulled up the tile, ripped down walls, added a few feet, moved water, moved electric, put down new wood floors, installed the cabinets, new granite ect.
Before



Sorry they are not the best pics but we had a small galley kitchen.

one from during construction


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We had a budget to start and we blew right through it.

Message edited 3/14/2006 8:22:45 PM.

Re: Who did your kitchen?

Posted by DebG

We did all the work ourselves.
Pulled up the tile, ripped down walls, added a few feet, moved water, moved electric, put down new wood floors, installed the cabinets, new granite ect.
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Sorry they are not the best pics but we had a small galley kitchen.

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We had a budget to start and we blew right through it.

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took a ton of research and a ton of pre-production! However, I am SOO glad we did. I have soo much pride about our kitchen (I show it off every chance I get). There is a TON of gratification at the end.

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You have FM

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Debg your kitcehn is BEAUTIFUL... Cany you share with me the cost... I would love to do mine over again and make it like yours... Its really stunning....

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DebG your kitchen is amazing!

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Deb- I am so impressed!!! You guys did a fabulous job!!!!!!

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Gorgeous kitchen!

My husband and I work such long hours, I don't think we have the time to do it ourselves. And my husband is not that handy that other than the demolotion portion, we'd need to hire a contractor.

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It's easier than you think it is. Just research DIY shows and websites and they will walk you through how to do it.
We lived wtihout a kitchen for quite a few months (I couldn't STAND fast food after that ) For those that asked costs, we went over budget and it cost nearly 30k, if you want a price breakdown of how/where the money was spent, feel free to FM me.

Last but not least, thank you all for the compliments! I appreciate them!

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DH works for Alure, we just had our siding and windows done this week and the kitchen project is coming up in a couple of months. They've done 3 of ABC Extreme Home Makers and are lined up for a 4th. My friend's parents got their siding and kitchen done through them and it came out great. Check out their website alure.com. If you are interested fm me and I'll have DH talk to the guy who designed our kitchen to set up an appointment.

Kelly