What a great transformation! You should be proud of yourself for designing it on your owm. I love the chocolate and vanilla combination. Wishing you good times in your new kitchen.

That just cannot be the same house! It looks like you moved. What an amazing transformation. Cabs are beautiful, and I like those secret, tucked-in saddle stools. My favorite item might be the drama you put on the walls. It looks great!

Wow, wow, wow. It is stunning. I love everything and you should be so proud of your design and choices. Congratulations!

Yowzer. Nice job! Love the backsplash tile, especially but it all looks great. What a difference, eh? Enjoy!

Gorgeous! Love the stone, the sink, the cabinets, the layout, etc. etc. Congratulations and may you and your family have many awesome meals there!

Love the transformation!!!
Nice job!!!

Wow! That's beautiful!! Great job. Enjoy your new space!

You have done a stunning redesign. I love your new layout, and your color choices are sensational! Great job!

That looks great! I especially love the backsplash. Congrats!

love the granite, beautiful kithen

Beautiful! Love the BS with the granite. Looks like a kitchen in a magazine. Great job, congrats!

great design! congratulations

Absolutely stunning! Excellent makeover....you must be most proud....enjoy it!

BEAUTIFUL !! BEAUTIFUL !! I cannot believe that is the same room. I am going to study the before and after photos some more...It's amazing what removing walls can do for a room. I knocked out a useless coat closet and now my kitchen looks so much larger, even though the closet was not large.

So nice. I can't believe the difference. Congrats.

I'll echo what others have been saying...WOW!
I kept having to go back and take more looks to even see how it was the same house!
The color combinations are beautiful....and I especially love the backsplash tiles.
We just got a new Bluestar rangetop too- hope you are enjoying yours as much as we are.

Wow, what a transformation! Looks fantastic!

Amazing change! Hard to believe it's the same space! Much better now, right?? :)

That's a hot Bluestar, how do you like it??

I love the Backsplash, the cab with the glass, and the colors all go very nicely together. I esp love the brown! Nice job!! Enjoy!

I love this! Congratulations, hope you have many years of enjoyment!

Wow! That kitchen is gorgeous!!!! What a transformation:) enjoy:)

Thank you everyone for your kind words, much appreciated! I know it is hard to follow the before and after pics because we changed so much, fridge and oven changed walls and only a small beam is left where most of the upper cabinetry and all of the appliances used to live. We are huge fans of the open floorplan for any who are considering it. We discovered that the "U" shaped layout with an island would give us the most usable counter and storage space but we considered many other plans (I had tracings of at least 11 different options). What was most surprising is that by changing one room, the kitchen, we feel like we have an entirely new home. Now we can have several people cooking/prepping and one cleaning up while simultaneously chatting with people at the breakfast bar or dining room table. To think we almost didn�t embark on the remodel!

A few of you commented on the BlueStar cooktop, I think it might be my favorite piece of the new kitchen. I love how fast I can boil water for tea or pasta on the super-sized flames and I love the control of the gas. So far I find it easy to keep clean and I love the look of it. I�m using my microwave a lot less because I can warm up quickly on the BlueStar. I chose the cooktop because it isn�t as deep as the rangetop, therefore, I gained precious inches of clearance between the stove and island. It is also cheaper, nice benefit. My old electric cooktop with glass top looked easy to clean but I spent countless hours scrubbing off burned-on stains. The cast iron cleans up so easily.

Our brown backsplash also got a number of mentions. This was a bit of a risk since most backsplashes seem to be lighter colors. Of course we got the idea from another kitchen on this forum :)and it seems to really work in our set-up. We are fans of the deep brown tile, it adds some richness to balance the open layout and white cabinetry.

To all of you in the middle of projects . . . there are bumps and surprises along the way but we found it was well worth it.

Hello, What a fantastic redo. I would love to know how you like using the Blue Star cooktop. Have you had any problems?, and how is the clean-up? I am getting ready to make a cooktop purchase. Thanks for any feedback.

Beautiful job! It's true, it does look like you moved to a new house! The browns and warm white are really pretty together.

Wow love the colors. Your kitchen is beautiful. Great transformation! This forum is awesome. I learned so much of what to do and what not to do.