Welcome to our Scandinavian Fashionable cabin kitchen reveal! On this submit, I’ll be sharing the method of renovating our cabin kitchen and our expertise doing an IKEA kitchen.
Say howdy to our stunning Scandinavian Fashionable Wisconsin cabin kitchen that my husband and I renovated on a finances.
We couldn’t be happier with how this IKEA kitchen turned out and I’m excited to dive deeper into all the particulars of this renovation.
The Scandi/Mod Design
The general vibe of our cabin is Scandinavian-modern with a country twist. We bought the house from house owners of 30 years who did an awesome job preserving the pure wooden paneling within the residence. There was a number of carpet — even on the kitchen island (3,000 sq. ft. to be precise) — and an authentic kitchen that badly wanted some tender love and care.
Our purpose with this renovation was to infuse the house with Scandinavian fashionable vibes whereas conserving the true attraction (insert: wooden paneling) of the cabin.
With that in thoughts, we saved the wooden paneling on the partitions and ceiling and put in a ravishing white backsplash with white paint to complete it off. As an alternative of doing white or pure wooden cupboards, we went inexperienced/gray to verify it paired properly with the wooden paneling.
The Supplies
Nearly all of the supplies used for this venture got here from IKEA excluding just some issues. Beneath you can find hyperlinks to all the things plus my opinion on the method 😀
Cupboards & {Hardware}
Good day COVID, howdy delays! When souring cupboards for this venture, we needed to remain on a fairly tight finances, whereas managing loopy transport delays on account of COVID. I priced choices at Menards, BOXI, and IKEA and ended up going the IKEA route as a result of they have been priced one of the best (by far) and had the quickest supply time (in order that they mentioned).
IKEA cupboards come unassembled, so it’s really a DIY venture understanding that you need to put them collectively and cling them your self. Each Menards and BOXI got here assembled, jacking the worth up.
We selected to go together with IKEA’s BODARP Matte Grey/Inexperienced Cupboards as a result of I liked the flat-panel Scandinavian vibe, plus I acquired my inexperienced kitchen with out having to color the cupboards and spend much more cash.
I completely love how the grey/inexperienced colour pairs with the white oak LVP flooring and the superb authentic woodworking. I believe white would have been too stark/fashionable, and I’m actually pleased with this colour alternative.
The {hardware} we bought for these cupboards was additionally IKEA. At $4 a bit, these Hackas matte black cupboard pulls are really a stellar deal and provide a wonderful fashionable vibe
Home equipment
One factor that we love about IKEA is that it’s really a one-stop-shop. Their kitchens are designed with room for normal home equipment and we determined to buy straight from IKEA for just a few causes.
- Timing: transport was 4 weeks.
- Value: you actually can’t beat IKEA costs.
- Comfort: the truth that you possibly can order all the things without delay and never should bounce round from store to buy is very nice.
- Sale: on the time of buy, they have been having their 20% off family and friends sale, which drove the worth down much more.
I’ll say that these are under no circumstances high-end home equipment. However, once more, that is our cabin kitchen and we have been in search of reasonably priced choices. Whereas we acquired a extremely nice deal on these home equipment, I’ve one huge caveat. THE DANG STICKY PLASTIC PROTECTOR.
The home equipment come wrapped in a sticky plastic protector and you need to manually peel them off. It’s so arduous to take away this sticky mess, particularly from the crevasses.
This will likely sound foolish, however there may be nonetheless plastic caught to each equipment we bought as a result of we have to Exacto-knife it off and we haven’t gotten round to it,
Listed here are hyperlinks to every of our home equipment:
Sink/Faucet
I lastly acquired my farmhouse sink everybody and let me let you know IKEA makes it very easy as a result of they solely have just a few choices. We bought the Havsen sink and I really like that it has 2 sides.
It’s solely been just a few months since set up, however thus far so good.
As for the tap, we initially bought one from IKEA and have since upgraded it for aesthetics and high quality functions. The present one we now have is the Delta Essa Faucet in Matte Black that I acquired from IKEA.
Pendant Lights
$42. Individuals of the web, these pendants have been $42 — TOTAL. That’s proper, they’re $21 apiece at IKEA and you actually can’t get a greater deal than that!
I knew I needed black pendants and noticed these at IKEA and couldn’t move up the deal. The one factor I want was completely different about them, was that the within was the identical matte black as the skin as an alternative of white. However, for $42 I believe I can reside.
Floating Cabinets
Who knew it was so arduous to search out floating cabinets! This was one of many hardest issues for me to supply as a result of I wanted a fairly particular measurement and needed white oak.
After buying and failing just a few instances, I lastly discovered the floating cabinets of my desires from Rejuvenation.
As a result of they’re actual 2-inch white oak cabinets, they’re undoubtedly one of the crucial costly objects in the entire kitchen, however completely price it.
Love these white oak floating cabinets? Listed here are the precise specs of those I acquired:
- 2-inches thick
- 24-inches huge
- 10-inches deep
PS: we hung them round 15-inches aside from each other and the primary shelf was butt up towards the underside of our higher cupboards and sit proper on high of our tile.
Counter tops
Counter tops — the costliest line merchandise in the entire finances. On the time we bought our IKEA kitchen, they weren’t promoting/putting in their very own counter tops. I’m not positive the rationale, however I’m assuming COVID/provide chain points.
With that mentioned, we determined to supply counter tops from a neighborhood vendor (we used Development Stone Surfaces out of Eau Claire, WI). Quartz is certainly an improve, however I believe it’s price it long run.
I discovered a extremely fairly product known as Aldino Giallo Quartz that I fell in love with. I actually appreciated the brown/gold hues within the veining and that it was nonetheless shiny white.
My Expertise with Development Stone:
We did have a little bit of a hiccup when it got here to working with Development Stone. The workforce that got here to measure didn’t do an awesome job and ended up measuring each the island and L counter tops incorrectly. So, when it got here to set up, nothing match.
The worst half was that the unique set up was the day earlier than Thanksgiving, leaving us with an unusable turkey day kitchen.
Development Stone ended up leaving the wrong counters put in over Thanksgiving, however we needed to wait 2 extra weeks for them to re-cut and set up. We additionally needed to uninstall and reinstall each plumbing and equipment electrical energy to take action which was a little bit of a ache.
Tile
I knew I needed to maintain the backsplash easy and white. Initially I used to be going to go together with a skinner subway tile and set it vertical, however then I got here throughout this lattice weave sample from Daltile and fell in love.
The tile was fairly cheap and I want I might have bought sufficient to go all the way in which up the ceiling, however I used to be brief by only a hair so we determined to tile simply the backsplash.
Different
- European Mule Deer Mount: I really like me a fake set of antlers and I couldn’t be happier with the European mount I discovered from Forged Horn Designs.
- Stools: the stools pictured in these images have been bought in the summertime of 2021 from West Elm. I acquired them on tremendous sale ($70/2 stools to be precise) they usually now not have them. Whomp.
- Eating Gentle Fixture: the mild fixture above our eating desk was additionally bought from West Elm. They’ve it in each matte black and gold.
- Eating Desk: the desk I bought seats 10 individuals and known as the Mockelby desk from IKEA. For IKEA, it’s really actually nice high quality and was decently priced at $699.
- Eating Chairs: because it’s our cabin, I didn’t wish to spend an arm and a leg on chairs. I purchased 10 IKEA Janinge chairs at $65 every.
IKEA Kitchen Price range – The Breakdown
Beneath you can find the breakdown of our IKEA kitchen finances by supplies and labor. I needed to make an observation that I didn’t embody 2 issues: flooring (we redid the ground in the complete home) and ceiling drywall.
Supplies
- Cupboards: $5,500
- Home equipment: $4,500
- {Hardware}: $150
- Sink/Faucet: $350
- Pendant Lights: $42
- Counter tops (not IKEA): $6,000
- Tile (not IKEA): $270
Labor
- Demo/Cupboard Set up: $3,500
- Equipment Set up: $560
- Plumbing: $400
- Electrical: $1500
- Tile Set up: $1500
I really can’t imagine that every one of this got here in at beneath $25,000! AND- it may have been virtually $7,500 much less if Mark and I might have achieved the work ourselves.
We all know lots of people are super-duper helpful and will have achieved this kitchen for $17,000, however we determined to rent out the constructions from the very starting to hopefully make this a smoother and higher course of.
Professionals & Cons of an IKEA Kitchen
I used to be forwards and backwards with customer support for hours and a number of the merchandise have been in inventory and shipped instantly, however I needed to “regulate a handful of issues” and “name the shop each week” to see if it was again in inventory. One factor, specifically, was a nook base. If something about this course of, you need to have all cupboards put in earlier than transferring to the subsequent step — counter tops. It ended up taking 3-4 months to lastly get all the things we would have liked and I needed to be VERY persistent.
Earlier than Images
I couldn’t depart you hanging with out the epic earlier than images. As a result of is it really a kitchen reveal with out the earlier than and after images? I hope you take pleasure in all the carpet 😀