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Anonymous wrote:It could cost anywhere from 10k to 200k Depends on your level of finishes

Well aren't you an unhelpful soul.

Not the PP, but I found that post to be helpful because its the actual answer. It is much less helpful to make up a number that simply speculates as to OP's taste.

The cabinets look o.k. but they don't have any dimension- the long flat line across the top needs to have some variation. Put in a stainless range and then a stainless hood that goes up to the ceiling- also, take away the cabinet over your sink and then put heavy moulding on top of all the wall cabinets. Not sure if you have wood floors in the rest of your house, but it can be hard to match wood- so do a nice tile (some long greige tiles would look great). Then do a nice natural stone counter, steal appliances and a tile backsplash that tie it all together. If you haven't been to this site, it's great for ideas: www.houzz.com

Yes, our tiny galley kitchen will cost $40k all told (that includes expenses OP won't have, including new appliances, electrical work and small but pricey structural/plumbing changes.)

One point from spending way too much time on this: the two biggest line items always seem to be labor and cabinets. Seriously the granite or quartz seems super cheap by comparison. If you can do any work yourself, you'll save big. Ditto on finding ways to keep cabinet costs down (fixing up your current cabinets; using Ikea; finding a display model via a site like GreenDemolitions.com, etc etc.)

Ikea can be awesome by the way, particularly if you use doors/drawer fronts from custom places like Scherrs or Semi-Handmade. Still cheaper than most other options - but you either need to be DIY skilled AND willing & capable of investing the time and energy into the grunt work -- or you have to find a great contractor who can work wonders with the product. Most contractors we found were not fond of Ikea.

Yeah, 25k or so. I'd keep the cabinets unless they have condition issues. Put your money in the appliances, from-scratch island, and all new counters. Engineered hw flooring. If you need cabinets too, tack on 8k for Ikea. Their cabinets are MDF construction which is what almost all mid-tier cabinets will use. There is nothing wrong with Ikea cabinets and there are threads here and elsewhere that discuss their durability.

Even with IKEA cabinets you're looking at 20-30k easy for an overhaul. We just renovated a small kitchen and were stunned at how costs add up.

This was for a later date. Was only estimating. But it is expensive

Anonymous wrote:It could cost anywhere from 10k to 200k Depends on your level of finishes

Well aren't you an unhelpful soul.

It could cost anywhere from 10k to 200k Depends on your level of finishes

Our kitchen's a little smaller and our current reno is going to price out just over $30K. We do have a little bit of demo though, but are mainly keeping the same footprint and appliances. Shakes out at:

$16K--labor (includes flooring and backsplash tile, some lighting fixtures, some demo, some minor electrical upgrades, painting)
$12K--cabinets (a step above IKEA but not high end by any stretch and we don't have as many)
$3K--quartz counters (I'd guess we have slightly more counter space, but no island)

Your labor cost will likely be lower as you're further out from DC than we are, don't need demo, and don't need the backsplash. That said, your flooring cost will be a lot higher as we don't have an eat in kitchen.

Appliances will run you another $3-4000, easily more if you're going for higher end brands.

Anonymous wrote:Leave the cabinets, get new countertops, new appliances. Completely gut that island and get a new, larger fancy looking island. A good island will make the rest of those cabinets look fancy. And get new flooring.

Exactly this. Plus new floors. Add big island lights. And you may need to get a carpenter to cut into the cabinets around the fridge and rebuild the fridgebox so you can fit a decent modern fridge.

Leave the cabinets, get new countertops, new appliances. Completely gut that island and get a new, larger fancy looking island. A good island will make the rest of those cabinets look fancy. And get new flooring.