Finished

All done – pics below.  Very happy with the way it ended up.  We have a better all-around design than before, more functionality, more cabinet space, more light!  Great work from our designer and contractor executing the plan we had for the space. Painting / staining ourselves was time consuming, but since it’s the one thing we can do, we felt we should save money and do it.

Most of the items pictured are from IKEA: cabinets (Akurum cabinets, Adel doors), countertops (Numerar wood counter on island, pure white quartz stone everywhere else), exhaust hood (Luftig) and double oven (Framtid).  We kept our existing fridge, microwave, dishwasher, range, barstools and leaning shelves.  We purchased some excellent floating shelves made of MDF that we painted to match the cabinets and a neat chair from West Elm that fits the desk space well.