Much better use of the space!

I thought I didn't like white kitchens. I was wrong. This is gorgeous!

I love the white tile on the walls and the wood flooring! Also a much more efficient use of the space.

Love the grout color (just did ours with white grout but I LOVE your grey!) and the whole thing. So clean and adjustable to your mood or style!

Looks great, though I think I've seen the word "EAT" in kitchen renovations enough to now officially make it cliche. Everything else is stellar.

awesome!

Love your new kitchen.

Love it. So much. If I could redo my kitchen tomorrow, it would look a lot like this. Clean, simple, functional, bright. Well done!

The after is much nicer. I like the book shelf at the end of the counter and the cabinet with the glass door, but I'm tired of all white kitchens. Just a personal peference.

I love, love your new kitchen! It's FAB!

Looks like a vet's operating room...........where is the calm, comforting color?????

Ned

Nice.

Holy better, brighter, and whiter!! LOVE the subway tile on the walls and the recessed lighting definitely opens up more visual space!! Rockin' re-do!

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@Ned, I find the white very calm and comforting.

I Adore the new kitchen. It is way better that the before. The three pictures on the wall, the book shelve, subway tiles, farmers sink... love love love.! The only thing i don't care about that much is that the tiles are all the way up instead of half way.. It gives a slight feeling of hospital to me. nonetheless it is beautiful so, congrats :)

White can be so cold and harsh, but here it looks clean and inviting. Beautiful!

Very, very nice. The wooden floors and the vintage detail keep the white looking clean and fresh rather than clinical. Great use of space, too. Do you miss that side door, or did whatever was over there become part of your kitchen area?

While I don't doubt that the old kitchen could use an update, what I see here is a new space that lost a window, is now harder to clean and seems to have a better photographer. It's certainly crisp, but I sort of miss the warmth of the wood tone.

Careful NED..AT will probably delete your comment as they do with all that don't fall into the majority which means they will delete this one too1 :oD

Can you hate which farm sink it is? Source for faucet and gray paint as well? Lastly I'm always curious I know where the microwave is hidden. Thanks!

Here's a good example of darker grout looking fab with white tiles; it goes great with the black handles, and gives a vintage-y look to an otherwise sleek kitchen. Big congratulations! Oh, and I LOVE the dark floor with the whole scene.

"Share" not "hate". Darn iPhone

kbwelham: They moved the island closer to the sink. I don't think they lost the window--it's just out of frame in the after pics.

A bit too white for my taste -- but it would be easy to add some color. I hate to admit I am NOT a fan of subway tile, either -- it's one of the AT staples, though -- like MCM furnishings. Everybody else seems to love it...

My personal taste notwithstanding, this is a great renovation!

Thanks so much for the feedback, everyone! We're so happy to have been asked to share our new kitchen and really excited to be able to share it with the Apartment Therapy readers! To answer the questions...

@COCONUTZINGER Thanks so much! The side door leads to our utility room. It's still there, you just can't see it in some of these photos. You can catch a glimpse of it in photo #5.

@PEBBLES The sink is the Dickinson apron-front, undercounter sink by Kholer. The faucet is the Wheaton pull-down by Pfister and the paint is Martha Stewart's Cobblestone. We rarely use the microwave and didn't want to take up any valuable cabinet or countertop space so we hid it in the closet in the adjoining utility room. We plan on putting it on a rolling microwave cart so we can bring it into the kitchen if/when we need it. It's a project that's on our to-do list over the next few weeks!

@BKHOMEBODY: We actually did lose the window but kept the door (which leads to the utility room). Ordinarily, we would never think of taking out a window (because natural light is the bom diggity) but in this case, we need to to enhance the layout. Now that it's all said and done, we're totally not missing the window and it was definitely worth it!

The kitchen looks amazing!

Great Job, The dark grout and "eat" over the stove really create a nice contrast and help keep the room looking too cool... a big fan of your blog as well!

Oh beautiful. Classic.

Love the tile, and how the grout and hardware seem to call out to each other.

I love this. And to those that think it is trendy, subway tiles (or tiles in general) have been used in kitchens for AGES. They were used because they are sanitary. You can see the dirt and grime easily on a white tile/surface - so you know what is clean and what is not. To those that think this is hard to clean, please do not invite me to dinner. If you think it's acceptable to use darker colors in your kitchen to hide dirt and grime, well, that is just gross.

Amazing! It practically glows.

Lovely. I especially like the bookcase built in.

The tiles/grout are perfection. Love the sink. Minus the 'EAT' sign, it's darn near faultless.

(I'm slightly bemused by the mega-fridge trend, too. My friends just bought one of those for a 2-person household. How many litres is that thing??)

The layout is so much better... it really looks like a kitchen now !

I'm not a huge fan of white-on-white-on-white, because I feel cold and unwelcome at 7 AM, but if that's your thing, well, you've done it perfectly ! I love how the kitchen is decorated without being overstuffed. I'd take off the "Eat" sign though, I feel like it's everywhere these days, and the rest of your decor is so much more original (love the three prints on the last photo).

It looks great; except for the over used 'eat'. I'd go for a bold color painting or graphic as the lone color element instead. One countertop drawback from someone who's just moved into a place with solid white countertop; every crumb, speck of pepper shows (arrrgh!).

Let's not 'eat' and then it'd be perfect.

It's beautiful but there is too much white for my taste! it's like looking directly into the Sun!

Maybe use a polarised lens to minimize the glare?

Anyway, when I saw the before I thought, just flip the colours around - and you did! Love the dark floor! Personally would have gone for darker counter too, but it's really pretty.

There info on everything but the pain color on the walls connecting the kitchen? I have these countertops with white subway tile for backsplash. I am matching the cabinets and trim to the subway tile but need an off white (with grey understones to match the torquay)for the walls. Do you have any suggestions?

@MARKEYHUTCH The paint color we used was Martha Stewart's Cobblestone (MSL241). If you're looking for something lighter, we'd suggest Pebble (MSL004), Heavy Goose (MSL261) or Benjamin Moore's White Dove (OC-17). Hope that helps!

@CHARLIE26 Thanks! The fridge is actually a standard-sized counter-depth and 23 cu. ft. (here's a link to the one we purchased: http://amzn.to/Kwx60Z). I guess the photos make it look huge, haha :)

Love this! So gorgeous.

Another white kitchen. Where are the colors?

I saw the pictures of the before and thought...nothing is wrong with that kitchen...very 2005 I thought...But once I saw the NOW pictures...WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW! English Majors don't be alarmed..this may not be a word, BUT it is certainly a feeling!!!! LOVE IT!!!! Ahhhhh...something about a white kitchen. I have one...but not a beautiful as this one...sigh...Great Job!

I love it! The AFTER picture really wow-ed me. Inspiration for my future kitchen. *fingers crossed :P

Love it but I do have an urge to see the glass front cabinets painted a bright orange. Maybe just add some aquamarine or red barstools...

So much light! The area looks twice as big with the white scheme and the glass-front cabinets...excellent!

the details make ALL the difference. It is refreshing to see dark hardware in a stainless and white kitchen--you have me convinced! Can you share the hardware resource? Thanks!

Thanks! The hardware came with the cabinets (Kraftmaid gave us a bunch of designs to choose from and we picked the "Aged Collection"). So I'm not sure you can buy them without the cabinets. But, here's something very similar: http://bit.ly/JyGGUs

I'm not normally a huge fan of white kitchens, or subway tile for that matter. But I LOVE your kitchen! It is so inviting and fresh, yet classic. For me, it's the dark grout on the floor/counter to ceiling tile that make this room, along with the dark hardware and dark floors. I'm a sucker for big contrast. Usually it takes splashes of color, or bold dark walls to give that to me. But your details do just that, and they do it perfectly.

I agree with ned. Looks like a hospital or morgue - I think I saw the same interior in Chintown (1974) last night.

cripes! all that white is blinding! and ugly! wtf is wrong with dark cabinetry?? i think the style of the room could have been updated a little, new knobs, fixtures, etc. and paint those walls red! i loooove dark wood! the before was just too empty! why do so many people seem to think all white is great? its cold, unwelcoming and sterile. previous posters got it right - hospital or morgue. are those places inviting and homey? NO.