I’m very excited to finally share with you our new white kitchen! Our home renovation has been a long and crazy journey over the last year, but well worth it. If you missed some of my whiny posts from living and working in the house during the renovation, you can find them here.
Be sure to check out our Home Tour page for all of the details about our home renovation!
While we were planning the kitchen renovation, I pinned lots of kitchens onto my Kitchens Board on Pinterest. Something that I noticed right away – I have a thing for white kitchens! Especially white kitchens with white appliances and wood floors. So, that’s the direction we went, and I’m thrilled with how the kitchen turned out!
Let’s start with a before picture from the hallway leading into to kitchen. This is the main entrance into the kitchen.
I love how bright and cheerful the kitchen is now!
The view from the dining area – before and after.
Looking from the kitchen into the dining and living room areas. You may notice that the dining and living rooms aren’t finished yet. I still need to do something with our table and also the windows. I have the fabrics for the window treatments, just need the time to make them!
Update! Here’s what the kitchen looking into the dining and living room areas looks like now!
Our hoosier cabinet went to live in the home that it originally came from, so it’s staying in the family. We have upcycled our old living room TV cabinet by turning it into our new microwave/storage cabinet.
The new countertops, backsplash and kitchen faucet. I wanted to add touches of green and warm wood and wicker as a contrast to the white.
The only new window treatment that I’ve made, but I love it! I picked the fabric out two or three years ago, and I’ll be using it in our living room too. We painted the walls with Benjamin Moore’s Ballet White.
So, what do you think about white kitchens – yay or nay?
Here’s what we changed in the kitchen (and the posts with further details):
Soffit
Painted Cabinets
Painted Cabinets Update
Cabinet Knobs
Pantry
Microwave Cabinet
Countertops
Backsplash
Stools
Peninsula
Roman Shade Valance
Hardwood Floors
Painted Trim
I’m joining these parties!
Linda says
March 2, 2015 at 6:12 amLove it! We are going the same route soon.
Jann says
March 2, 2015 at 7:31 amThanks Linda! Good luck with your renovation!
June says
March 2, 2015 at 8:20 amI love it! I think you made a good decision on the white frig. The floor is amazing! Good job!
I am replacing my carpet in all the bedrooms & halls and tile in 2 bathrooms? I am really struggling with my decision on tile that looks like wood or wood it amounts to 1450 sq. Ft so that’s a lot of tile? Maybe cold we have pets so that’s why we are considering tile? But I am leaning wood? How did you make hard decisions? Thanks june
Jann says
March 2, 2015 at 8:24 amThanks June! I have known for years that I wanted to do wood floors. We had tile in our entry and down the hall before the reno. Our builder had already installed it when we bought our house. We don’t like tile, so wood was an easy choice for us. I can see if you have pets that tile may be a good option.
Dee says
March 2, 2015 at 9:03 amYour kitchen is gorgeous, and I love the pops of green you added! We’re redoing ours, but I’m drawn to dark kitchens, so that’s the route we’re taking. I do love looking at white kitchens though — they just look so fresh and inviting. Can’t wait to read more about your reno. 🙂
Jann says
March 2, 2015 at 10:52 amThanks Dee! Good luck with your renovation!
Laura says
March 2, 2015 at 9:06 amBeautiful Jann! I love everything about it, but the pops of bright green really look great!
Jann says
March 2, 2015 at 10:54 amThanks Laura! I really love the green too, it may be becoming my new favorite color. Though I still love blue too.
Barb says
March 2, 2015 at 9:34 amJann, I love it! It’s such a “happy” room!
Jann says
March 2, 2015 at 10:54 amThanks Barb!
Jill Jones says
March 2, 2015 at 9:46 amCongrats, Jann – Your new kitchen is so pretty. I bet you just love walking into it in the morning. Love the white…so clean and fresh. Enjoy!
Jann says
March 2, 2015 at 10:55 amThanks Jill! The windows in the kitchen and dining are face east and south, so it’s wonderfully bright and cheerful in the mornings.
Laurel Stephens says
March 2, 2015 at 1:58 pmYour new kitchen is beautiful! What a great remodel.
Jann says
March 2, 2015 at 2:48 pmThanks Laurel!
nikki says
March 2, 2015 at 7:49 pmIt looks beautiful. Love the clean look the white gives. Thr countertops are gorgeous & love the pops of blue & green. Great job.
Jann says
March 2, 2015 at 7:52 pmThanks Nikki! I love how light, bright and clean a white kitchen looks.
Kathy Rieke says
March 2, 2015 at 9:03 pmLove it, Jann! You done good!
Kathy
Jann says
March 2, 2015 at 9:21 pmThanks Kathy! I’ll bet you’re excited about your new house! Sorry the weather had to make moving in a challenge!
Susan says
March 3, 2015 at 5:40 amWow, Jann! It looks beautiful! Amazing how different it looks in white. The green accents are adorable. (I’d probably end up painting my windows shut!).
Jann says
March 3, 2015 at 6:48 amThanks Susan! The windows were painted last May when we could keep them open. I did have to move them a little while they were drying, but it wasn’t too bad.
Leslie Townsend says
March 3, 2015 at 12:54 pmHi Jann,
I saw your kitchen on FB and love it! Bill & I are going to start building a new home any day and are planning a white kitchen. What did you use for your countertops?
thx
Leslie
PS so sorry we missed you in SRQ, but I was sick. 🙁
Jann says
March 3, 2015 at 2:52 pmHi Leslie! We have Corian countertops. I have always love the look and feel of Corian, so decided t go that route instead of quartz. I’ll be doing a blog post about countertops soon! Good luck with the new house!
Martina says
March 3, 2015 at 7:03 pmLove white kitchens and yours looks beautiful!
Jann says
March 3, 2015 at 9:21 pmThanks Martina!
Cricket says
March 4, 2015 at 8:18 amCongratulations Jann! You have a clean canvas to add whatever color you want throughout the seasons. I too have been pinning alot of white “farmstyle” kitchens. This summer, my goal is to do a mini makeover in our kitchen since a whole new kitchen isn’t in our budget yet. Enjoy your new space, it looks great!
Jann says
March 4, 2015 at 9:53 amThanks Cricket! Good luck with your renovation!
Stephanie Van Vranken says
March 6, 2015 at 6:42 amYour new kitchen looks wonderful ! Love the green accents and also love the roman shade fabric. Great job !
Jann says
March 6, 2015 at 7:31 amThanks Stephanie!
Ruth Zahler says
March 12, 2015 at 9:16 pmJan I love the white kitchen. You have created such a very nice space. Thank you for sharing.
Jann says
March 13, 2015 at 8:41 amThanks Ruth!
Nancy says
November 4, 2015 at 10:05 amIts beautiful! I have a white kitchen also, it is amazing what white will do and it goes with all decor….a classic white kitchen! You did a great job, enjoy!!
Nancy
wildoakdesigns.blogspot.com
Jann says
November 4, 2015 at 11:12 amThanks Nancy! It’s true, white is so easy to work with. I love how clean and bright it looks too.
Liz @ Infuse With Liz says
January 18, 2016 at 9:19 amWow this turned out fantastic! Love the new counters and wood flooring. The cupboards look so updated in white and I like the pops of green you used. That was a fantastic idea repurposing the tv cabinet for the kitchen area. I don’t think I can bet my husband to go along with painting my kitchen white but I would if I could. I like white now more than ever as long as it’s not too stark. I’ve added white through accessories.
Jann says
January 18, 2016 at 1:03 pmThanks Liz! I’m loving how light and bright the kitchen is now!
Lisa | Shine Your Light says
August 24, 2016 at 6:21 amSo light and bright! What a difference the paint made to this space, and bringing the cabinets up to the ceiling was a great choice too! Beautiful – hope you are enjoying it!
Jann says
August 24, 2016 at 6:55 amThanks Lisa! We are enjoying it very much!
Julie says
August 24, 2016 at 8:48 amAmazing and BEAUTIFUL transformation, Jann! Just shared for you 😉
Jann says
August 24, 2016 at 9:47 amThank you so much, Julie!
Melissa says
October 8, 2016 at 7:21 pmI have looked everywhere but cannot seem to find what color you painted the walls. What brand of paint and color did you use to paint the walls? Thank you!
Jann says
October 9, 2016 at 7:22 amThanks for pointing this out Melissa! I have added it to the post. It’s Benjamin Moore’s Ballet White.
Poulin Design Center says
May 25, 2017 at 12:50 amI LOVE your kitchen! It is so modern and stunning! I pinned it for inspiration!
Jann says
May 26, 2017 at 9:15 pmThanks!
Lou says
August 31, 2017 at 9:54 amHI, can you tell me if the grain of the oak cabinets shows through the white paint?
Jann says
August 31, 2017 at 12:45 pmThe oak grain doesn’t show through because we had the grain filled and sanded so that the cabinet doors would look like the mdf upper cabinets that we had built. I have written a blog post about this. https://www.newtoncustominteriors.com/how-to-paint-oak-cabinets/
Anne-Marie says
May 6, 2019 at 11:32 amThis makeover is inspirational! Congrats.
Jann says
May 14, 2019 at 10:36 amThanks Anne-Marie!