Regret #6 dark countertops. Yikes, I cleaned mansion’s for 18 years, I hated cleaning dark countertops. I love how they look, bit no sooner do you wipe them clean, they look dusty again. Everything-I mean everything showed up on dark counters, dark wood, dark floors. I do love what you’ve done, you have really thought of all you want.
Hey Emily....for the upper cabinet door you are concerned about hitting the pendant light, you can get "stops" added to the hinges that prevent it from swinging past a certain point. We had them added to our custom upper cabinets from Home Depot that we had installed in the laundry room. It keeps the cabinet knobs from slamming into the walls. Also, I believe it would look very nice having the open shelves to the right of the window. Kitchen don't have to be symmetrical....they just need to look purposefully driven. Have a reason behind what you do and it will look "right" to your eyes. 😁😁
You have done a great job so far . It will be beautiful after adding countertops and backslash. I like your idea of removing that cabinet and replacing with shelves. MY question is why didn"t your designer tell you that spacers were needed and the orientation of the door swing ? That"s the designer job. You are doing a great job working around the obstacles.
Ahh I agree! But I have found that problems can get fixed faster in our reno if I step up and figure stuff out myself or accept responsibility for fixing it. I’ve always taken on a lot of responsibility and always try to be the first to say sorry and fix the problem. That said…. I do think the designer we worked with wasn’t the best, and I now know what to look out for in the designer themself (unfortunately)
So appreciate your honesty! This is real. We've had a similar experience. Hoping we get a chance to learn from our mistakes and try another kitchen someday. But your optimistic response is super inspiring! You are doing a great job!
Ahhh so good to know!! Maybe in our next kitchen we will do them. We unfortunately ended up with shiny after a mistake from the countertop guys BUT turned out to be a happy accident because we got a very hefty discount 😅
Hi Emily. I love your idea of taking the cabinet to the right of the sink down and putting up open shelving. With the cabinet to the left of the stove, could you take the cabinet door off so that you can access it easier to get your spices. Just a thought. Can't wait to see the full reveal!
The apron front: I have had 2 of them in 2 different homes and the trick is to use barkeepers friend. Gets ALL the scratches off and makes it look brand new! I am not careful with mine at all.
Yes to the open shelving! And definitely matte on the countertops. Can't wait to see how those turn out--I love soapstone, so I'm very curious about the quartz option. :)
I would do the open shelves. That cabinet looks very heavy hanging there and closes off the window too much. Aaaannnd, it may be too late now, but I would also remove the narrow one on the left, and instead of that corner upper, be flat against that back wall. I mean if you’re gonna do the laundry room anyway… it’s not a total loss. So those 3 cabinets btwn the fridge and window, out. And just do a double cabinet flush against the back wall. And you don’t need anything to left of the window, you can still just have the open shelves to the right. Also, the HD designers should’ve advised you on spacers. Can’t you flip that door and move the hinges to the left? I hate how much planing we do and we don’t really know until we’re living with it. It’s looking good, keep the faith 😂
Hi Terri! I’ll have another kitchen makeover video coming out soon because YES! A lot of these things have been fixed. We’ve also built it out a lot and I’m loving the look and functionality! It’s been thanks to comments like this that we figured out how to fix some of our mistakes haha so thank you! 🤍
😍😍😍really nice … White concrete the counter tops and change the pantry shelves to pull out shelves? Considering open shelving can also depend on if you have enough storage space for the things you have so you can lose a cabinet.
Thank you!! I’ve an update since this one it’s linked here. ruclips.net/video/5GaxYqCG4VM/видео.html Would LOVE to add pull out shelves to the pantry. I also organized that recently with thrifted finds on the cheep. It’s all a work in progress ☺️
Everything looks great! Hope its not too late but can't you turn the cabinet by the stove upside down and maybe shave the end off the drawer off a little at at a time til it doesn't hit the wall anymore?
Yes!! We’ve actually fixed almost all of these problems thanks to comments I got when I first posted this. I am putting together an update and Thrifted styling video of the kitchen very soon! Thank you!
Are you planning to put a moulding on the top we’re cabinets are? It appears like something is missing. Great idea to put the cabinets right to the top, well almost.
Yes! We just finished that actually. Here’s the next update after this video. And then there are two more. We’ve been tackling finishing the projects as we can 😅
If that sink is enameled cast iron then it doesn’t need a screen at the bottom to prevent scratches but rather a can of Bar Keeper’s Friend under the sink to use to wash away any marks.
I was hopping on to say, if you’d purchased the sink 20 years ago it would likely have been enameled cast iron. But now they are almost all fire clay- which means ceramic. You just need to be a bit more careful with it. The cast iron were pretty indestructible. Fireclay sinks will break if you do something like drop a Le creuset pan in it
Hi Pam! Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to comments! Hank you so much and that might be the round we are going now hahah there was a l other small mistake hahah
Love the open shelving idea! And just a thought…do you think you could make the pendant holes can lights and add one large pendant in between the two can lights?
That’s what my parents suggested when they saw it!! It might work. We are focusing on finishing up the bathroom now that this space in functional and will just back here soon! Thank you Cindy!
Great job! Open shelving has pro's and cons, often based on who is planning to live in the home. They can look very cluttered if someone like me were to be living there. 😂 What does your mom think about the idea? One plus, keeping the cabinet and putting it in the laundry let's a buyer move it back if they choose!
My parent nixed the open shelving 🤪 understand able as we don’t have a TON of cabinetry storage and they would want that. And I’m not so sure my husband would be on board to keep the shelves aesthetic hahah so I think you are totally right about that!
Emily it sounds to me like the associate you worked with didn’t give any suggestions? We custom built our home & having never built before we so appreciate of the suggestions that were given to us. I say go for it with the removal of the cabinet & addition of open shelves! 😊
Agh yes. I’ve realized that over the past few months. We also did this almost completely remote which presented more challenges. Oh well! I’ll have a lot more knowledge and power for next time
Emily, how did all these measures get messed up?? Didn’t you work with an experienced kitchen space planner at Home Depot? did they come out and measure and the screw up was on them??
Yes… about Home Depot I’ll just say I don’t think all their designers are equal. I worked with another one to fix some of these problems when mine was unavailable and it was miles better! She made suggestions and gave so many options. But that said it’s still a hit “DIY” when you go through Home Depot because you take your own measurements. But their math didn’t add up and I didn’t check it over. It all worked out! I will know what to go in with for my expectations next time!
Overall I think you are doing a great job. I think all your tips/regrets could have been avoided if you had slowed down and were not so excited. I know that is hard to do but I believe a person should live in the current space BEFORE renovating kitchens or baths. The reason is you don’t really know what you want/need until you see how the space currently works for your family or you are older and have lived in multiple homes to know what you absolutely need and what you absolutely hate! I did the renovation on our kitchen after having lived in multiple different homes and I knew exactly what I could and couldn’t live without. For the first time in our marriage my husband and I can say there is NOTHING we would change in our kitchen. Not your fault I know you both are young and we’re so excited to tackle it. Next time (if there is a next time) just take a breath and try and live in the space and see what you like and don’t like!
Thank you!! Ahh congrats on your dream kitchen! It definitely takes time and practice to figure out exactly what works and you like. In this I one we couldn’t wait until we moved in unfortunately - just with two toddlers at home every day and it not being functional as is. But DEFINITELY get that point! I’m sure there will be a next time 😉
Let me know if you have any questions about this DIY process, our design plans or what you want to see us DIY ☺️ thanks for watching y’all!
Go for the open shelving! I think having it on the one side will look great. PLUS it fixes your door swing/ pendant issue.
You’re right!! 🙌🏻
Regret #6 dark countertops. Yikes, I cleaned mansion’s for 18 years, I hated cleaning dark countertops. I love how they look, bit no sooner do you wipe them clean, they look dusty again. Everything-I mean everything showed up on dark counters, dark wood, dark floors.
I do love what you’ve done, you have really thought of all you want.
Oooh that’s good to think about! There seem to be disadvantages with all options 🤣 but something I will keep in mind!
SOOOO TRUE!!! Please reconsider.
Hi, about 8:42, I think you can still swap the hinges. I did for my end cabinet and it was easy.
Yes!! My dad figured out how to switch it 😅 I shared a more recent update of our kitchen remodel and “solved” a lot of these regrets ☺️
Hey Emily....for the upper cabinet door you are concerned about hitting the pendant light, you can get "stops" added to the hinges that prevent it from swinging past a certain point. We had them added to our custom upper cabinets from Home Depot that we had installed in the laundry room. It keeps the cabinet knobs from slamming into the walls.
Also, I believe it would look very nice having the open shelves to the right of the window. Kitchen don't have to be symmetrical....they just need to look purposefully driven. Have a reason behind what you do and it will look "right" to your eyes. 😁😁
That is such a good tip!! Thank you. I’ll check that out! And I love your point so much 💕
You have done a great job so far . It will be beautiful after adding countertops and backslash. I like your idea of removing that cabinet and replacing with shelves. MY question is why didn"t your designer tell you that spacers were needed and the orientation of the door swing ? That"s the designer job. You are doing a great job working around the obstacles.
I agree! Whoever was the person at Home Depot should've caught some of this. 🤷♀️
Ahh I agree! But I have found that problems can get fixed faster in our reno if I step up and figure stuff out myself or accept responsibility for fixing it. I’ve always taken on a lot of responsibility and always try to be the first to say sorry and fix the problem. That said…. I do think the designer we worked with wasn’t the best, and I now know what to look out for in the designer themself (unfortunately)
So appreciate your honesty! This is real. We've had a similar experience. Hoping we get a chance to learn from our mistakes and try another kitchen someday. But your optimistic response is super inspiring! You are doing a great job!
Love your idea about the open shelves!
So glad it could be helpful!! It’s a huge learning progress and I’m so very grateful to be doing this one with my parents
I think the open shelving would look great to the right of the sink /window
I would have loved them too! Ultimately we decided it wasn’t exactly what we wanted for this space. Shared more on that in my recent kitchen video ☺️
I have matte or leather look countertops (did reno in 2018) and love it. No fingerprints etc. doesn’t show much
Ahhh so good to know!! Maybe in our next kitchen we will do them. We unfortunately ended up with shiny after a mistake from the countertop guys BUT turned out to be a happy accident because we got a very hefty discount 😅
Hi Emily. I love your idea of taking the cabinet to the right of the sink down and putting up open shelving. With the cabinet to the left of the stove, could you take the cabinet door off so that you can access it easier to get your spices. Just a thought. Can't wait to see the full reveal!
I hadn’t though about that! Since living with it, it really hasn’t been the biggest obstacle. Will see! ☺️
The apron front: I have had 2 of them in 2 different homes and the trick is to use barkeepers friend. Gets ALL the scratches off and makes it look brand new! I am not careful with mine at all.
Good to know!!!
Yes to the open shelving! And definitely matte on the countertops. Can't wait to see how those turn out--I love soapstone, so I'm very curious about the quartz option. :)
Thank you!! It’s been a process getting them haha 😆
I would do the open shelves. That cabinet looks very heavy hanging there and closes off the window too much. Aaaannnd, it may be too late now, but I would also remove the narrow one on the left, and instead of that corner upper, be flat against that back wall. I mean if you’re gonna do the laundry room anyway… it’s not a total loss. So those 3 cabinets btwn the fridge and window, out. And just do a double cabinet flush against the back wall. And you don’t need anything to left of the window, you can still just have the open shelves to the right. Also, the HD designers should’ve advised you on spacers. Can’t you flip that door and move the hinges to the left? I hate how much planing we do and we don’t really know until we’re living with it. It’s looking good, keep the faith 😂
Hi Terri! I’ll have another kitchen makeover video coming out soon because YES! A lot of these things have been fixed. We’ve also built it out a lot and I’m loving the look and functionality! It’s been thanks to comments like this that we figured out how to fix some of our mistakes haha so thank you! 🤍
@@EmilyGarbe awesome! Meanwhile I was looking at my kitchen this morning and wishing I had yours. Even with regrets 😜 can’t wait for the next video!
😍😍😍really nice … White concrete the counter tops and change the pantry shelves to pull out shelves?
Considering open shelving can also depend on if you have enough storage space for the things you have so you can lose a cabinet.
Thank you!! I’ve an update since this one it’s linked here.
ruclips.net/video/5GaxYqCG4VM/видео.html
Would LOVE to add pull out shelves to the pantry. I also organized that recently with thrifted finds on the cheep. It’s all a work in progress ☺️
@@EmilyGarbe ☺️
Everything looks great! Hope its not too late but can't you turn the cabinet by the stove upside down and maybe shave the end off the drawer off a little at at a time til it doesn't hit the wall anymore?
Yes!! We’ve actually fixed almost all of these problems thanks to comments I got when I first posted this. I am putting together an update and Thrifted styling video of the kitchen very soon! Thank you!
Are you planning to put a moulding on the top we’re cabinets are? It appears like something is missing. Great idea to put the cabinets right to the top, well almost.
Yes! We just finished that actually. Here’s the next update after this video. And then there are two more. We’ve been tackling finishing the projects as we can 😅
Extreme kitchen Makeover + styling thrifted & vintage decor
ruclips.net/video/5GaxYqCG4VM/видео.html
If that sink is enameled cast iron then it doesn’t need a screen at the bottom to prevent scratches but rather a can of Bar Keeper’s Friend under the sink to use to wash away any marks.
Haven’t tried bar keepers friend! It’s fireclay…? But bleach seams to get off anything!
I was hopping on to say, if you’d purchased the sink 20 years ago it would likely have been enameled cast iron. But now they are almost all fire clay- which means ceramic. You just need to be a bit more careful with it. The cast iron were pretty indestructible. Fireclay sinks will break if you do something like drop a Le creuset pan in it
I would go with the shiny countertop. Everything is looking great.
Hi Pam! Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to comments! Hank you so much and that might be the round we are going now hahah there was a l other small mistake hahah
Love your shirt! ❤ Would love the Q&A 😊
Thanks Moriah! Target haha 💕
Love the open shelving idea! And just a thought…do you think you could make the pendant holes can lights and add one large pendant in between the two can lights?
That’s what my parents suggested when they saw it!! It might work. We are focusing on finishing up the bathroom now that this space in functional and will just back here soon! Thank you Cindy!
Great job! Open shelving has pro's and cons, often based on who is planning to live in the home. They can look very cluttered if someone like me were to be living there. 😂 What does your mom think about the idea? One plus, keeping the cabinet and putting it in the laundry let's a buyer move it back if they choose!
My parent nixed the open shelving 🤪 understand able as we don’t have a TON of cabinetry storage and they would want that. And I’m not so sure my husband would be on board to keep the shelves aesthetic hahah so I think you are totally right about that!
Nice,actually it looks good.good job
Thanks!!
Emily it sounds to me like the associate you worked with didn’t give any suggestions? We custom built our home & having never built before we so appreciate of the suggestions that were given to us. I say go for it with the removal of the cabinet & addition of open shelves! 😊
Agh yes. I’ve realized that over the past few months. We also did this almost completely remote which presented more challenges. Oh well! I’ll have a lot more knowledge and power for next time
GREAT tips!!!!!😊
Hope it was helpful!!
Go for open shelves 😊
So much has changed in here and I will share it soon!! ☺️
Emily, how did all these measures get messed up?? Didn’t you work with an experienced kitchen space planner at Home Depot? did they come out and measure and the screw up was on them??
Yes… about Home Depot I’ll just say I don’t think all their designers are equal. I worked with another one to fix some of these problems when mine was unavailable and it was miles better! She made suggestions and gave so many options. But that said it’s still a hit “DIY” when you go through Home Depot because you take your own measurements. But their math didn’t add up and I didn’t check it over. It all worked out! I will know what to go in with for my expectations next time!
Shave the tiniest bit off the drawer and definitely do open shelves
We did! There’s been a few updates since this one 😊
Overall I think you are doing a great job. I think all your tips/regrets could have been avoided if you had slowed down and were not so excited. I know that is hard to do but I believe a person should live in the current space BEFORE renovating kitchens or baths. The reason is you don’t really know what you want/need until you see how the space currently works for your family or you are older and have lived in multiple homes to know what you absolutely need and what you absolutely hate! I did the renovation on our kitchen after having lived in multiple different homes and I knew exactly what I could and couldn’t live without. For the first time in our marriage my husband and I can say there is NOTHING we would change in our kitchen. Not your fault I know you both are young and we’re so excited to tackle it. Next time (if there is a next time) just take a breath and try and live in the space and see what you like and don’t like!
Thank you!! Ahh congrats on your dream kitchen! It definitely takes time and practice to figure out exactly what works and you like. In this I one we couldn’t wait until we moved in unfortunately - just with two toddlers at home every day and it not being functional as is. But DEFINITELY get that point! I’m sure there will be a next time 😉
Always have your kitchen designer/cabinet builder do their own measurements. It just never works when you try to do it for them.
We will definitely have them do it if there is a next time in our next home 😅
Strange that 2 different areas were off by 6 inches. Sounds like a home depot error.
I definitely think so! Love Home Depot, didn’t love the guy we worked with 🙄
For the drawer that rubs the wall, remove the drawer and plane off a 1/16". No one will know the difference.
That’s exactly what we did! Thankfully most of these issues have been fixed. I need to post an update soon!
Premature video
We’ve fixed a lot of these “mistakes” since then 🥰 here’s our backsplash come together!
ruclips.net/video/O9dPWWKlNe8/видео.html