Great transformation. The only thing I wish was done differently is the floors. The different grade wood seems to clash. I think a blue slate flooring would have been perfect here.

Wow, what a transformation! You did a wonderful job.

Great job!

AMAZING WORK AND TRANSFORMATION !!!!

Where did that window wall go? This contributes to a cave- like feeling.

Wow, what a big improvement!

I'm thinking a lighter colour on the walls, maybe an oyster white....also, something to look at over the sink.

Beautiful, but I couldn't live without a window over my sink area. That feature was lost with the remodel. In my world, the entire kitchen remodel would have to work around that immovable dictate. Otherwise, lovely job!

I'm the least photogenic person I know, but look pretty ok in person.

Maybe that's what's going on with this kitchen. Looks like a kitchen in a cave.

Beautiful wood cabinets, but I think a dark wood island would provide a nice contrast and coordinate with the dark spots in the wood. A soft green or greenish beige wall make the light wood pop.

Really needs more light. It is too dark.

Very nicely done!

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!! I was going crazy seeing all these cheap and cheezy white kitchens. I was starting to think no one has class anymore.

For safety reasons, I do hope you have a hand rail on the stairs! You have put a lot of hard work and time into this renovation. Everything looks great.

Beautiful cabinets. Love your blue wall color. Enjoy.

Love the remodel! It looks incredible, only thing I might of changed was keep the larger window for some more light, but I understand getting rid of it made space for more cabinets, which is always handy.

Beautiful transformation!

There's no contrast, and the granite choice instantly dates the space. You can try adding a light colored backsplash, and wall color.

It is laminate, not granite. And just for reference; we allow our customers to chose their colors according to what they want for their home. We are a design company and work WITH our clients, but we do not make decisions on color, window sizes, handrails and other things FOR them. The contractor also may influence some of the choices made, but we stand behind our designs to fit the needs our customers present to us while doing our best to improve the space for them.

@ A.L.M. What Lizzy wants is a white kitchen, white subway tile backsplash and dark floor, so your clients can be zombie sheep and follow everyone else with no charisma, character, or originality. Or even quality for that matter.

Love it! I love those cabinets.

No Tony, just contrast and a window!

Now that part I agree with. More natural light. I have a large sliding patio door and a sink window so I have lots of natural light in the kitchen. Makes it much more inviting. But sometimes you can't put extra windows so you gotta make do with what you have.

This is just one of thousands of kitchens we have done and not a single one is like another. The layout and restrictions of the home itself dictate design- this is our reality, not like the tv shows where they always knock out walls and open up space. We cater to real people with real homes and real budgets. We do our best to make their dream kitchen the way they want it!

Beautiful job! Just bad paint color.

Fantastic job! I love the color you chose for the walls!!!

Amazing work!!

This is beautiful!

There are no bad paint colors....just bad attitudes

Those who say this looks like a cave obviously haven't been in a REAL cave. This is a real life remodel for real life people with real life budgets and other constraints. This is a remodel that was chosen by the homeowner based on their likes, not to be "on trend" for resale purposes. I like the originality. The whole reason for lights is to provide light in a room...don't have to to rely on natural light through windows, like before electricity was popular.

Wonderful rustic remodel!

jenwen: Thank you for your comments and thoughts on this. Basically you 'nailed' that (pun intended).

There have been questions about the window. The window would have been where the fridge is at now. We took it out because you were looking into a dark garage not the outside. They needed and wanted as many cabinets as they could get in the space we had. They told me that they would sacrifice daylight for cabinet space so that is what we did.

Budget is the key to the remodel. You'll be happier sticking to yours like Doris Townsend.

I love your kitchen. Enjoy.

Nicely done! Very warm and inviting.

Absolutely stunning - I love the mix of the dark blue and the light wood

Looks great!

Gorgeous cabinet choice!

The more I look at this you really did a huge improvement on this kitchen, that original kitchen looked really rough! I really like how you can see the knots in the cabinets too, they're nice and unique that way :)

This looks fabulous!

Looks great!