IKEA Kitchen Reveal – Scandi-Mod Wisconsin Cabin

Welcome to our Scandinavian Fashionable cabin kitchen reveal! On this put up, I’ll be sharing the method of renovating our cabin kitchen and our expertise doing an IKEA kitchen.

Say good day to our lovely Scandinavian Fashionable Wisconsin cabin kitchen that my husband and I renovated on a finances.

We couldn’t be happier with how this IKEA kitchen turned out and I’m excited to dive deeper into all the particulars of this renovation.

The Scandi/Mod Design

The general vibe of our cabin is Scandinavian-modern with a country twist. We bought the house from house owners of 30 years who did an important job preserving the pure wooden paneling within the dwelling. There was plenty of carpet — even on the kitchen island (3,000 sq. ft. to be actual) — and an authentic kitchen that badly wanted some tender love and care.

Our purpose with this renovation was to infuse the house with Scandinavian fashionable vibes whereas maintaining the true allure (insert: wooden paneling) of the cabin.

With that in thoughts, we stored the wooden paneling on the partitions and ceiling and put in a stupendous white backsplash with white paint to complete it off. As a substitute of doing white or pure wooden cupboards, we went inexperienced/gray to verify it paired properly with the wooden paneling.

The Supplies

The vast majority of the supplies used for this venture got here from IKEA apart from just some issues. Beneath you’ll find hyperlinks to the whole lot plus my opinion on the method 😀

Cupboards & {Hardware}

Whats up COVID, good day delays! When souring cupboards for this venture, we needed to remain on a reasonably tight finances, whereas managing loopy delivery delays attributable to COVID. I priced choices at Menards, BOXI, and IKEA and ended up going the IKEA route as a result of they had been priced one of the best (by far) and had the quickest supply time (so that they mentioned).

IKEA cupboards come unassembled, so it’s actually a DIY venture understanding that you need to put them collectively and hold them your self. Each Menards and BOXI got here assembled, jacking the value up.

We selected to go along with IKEA’s BODARP Matte Grey/Inexperienced Cupboards as a result of I liked the flat-panel Scandinavian vibe, plus I obtained my inexperienced kitchen with out having to color the cupboards and spend much more cash.

I completely love how the grey/inexperienced coloration pairs with the white oak LVP flooring and the superb authentic woodworking. I believe white would have been too stark/fashionable, and I’m actually pleased with this coloration alternative.

Home equipment

One factor that we love about IKEA is that it’s actually a one-stop-shop. Their kitchens are designed with room for normal home equipment and we determined to buy immediately from IKEA for just a few causes.

1. Timing: delivery was 4 weeks.
2. Value: you actually can’t beat IKEA costs.
3. Comfort: the truth that you may order the whole lot directly and never need to bounce round from store to buy is very nice.
4. Sale: on the time of buy, they had been having their 20% off family and friends sale, which drove the value down much more.

I’ll say that these are under no circumstances high-end home equipment. However, once more, that is our cabin kitchen and we had been in search of inexpensive choices. Whereas we obtained a very nice deal on these home equipment, I’ve one large caveat. THE DANG STICKY PLASTIC PROTECTOR.

The home equipment come wrapped in a sticky plastic protector and you need to manually peel them off. It’s so onerous to take away this sticky mess, particularly from the crevasses.

This will sound foolish, however there’s nonetheless plastic caught to each equipment we bought as a result of we have to Exacto-knife it off and we haven’t gotten round to it,

Sink/Faucet

I lastly obtained my farmhouse sink everybody and let me let you know IKEA makes it very easy as a result of they solely have just a few choices. We bought the Havsen sink and I really like that it has 2 sides.

It’s solely been just a few months since set up, however to date so good.

As for the tap, we initially bought one from IKEA and have since upgraded it for aesthetics and high quality functions. The present one we have now is the Delta Essa Faucet in Matte Black that I obtained from IKEA.

Pendant Lights

$42. Folks of the web, these pendants had been $42 — TOTAL. That’s proper, they’re $21 apiece at IKEA and you actually can’t get a greater deal than that!

I knew I needed black pendants and noticed these at IKEA and couldn’t move up the deal. The one factor I want was totally different about them, was that the within was the identical matte black as the surface as an alternative of white. However, for $42 I believe I can stay.

I needed to make a remark that along with the two pendant lights, we put in 4 recess lights for further gentle, and boy do they make a distinction. Electrical was considered one of our largest line objects (see beneath), however undoubtedly price it.

Floating Cabinets

Who knew it was so onerous to seek out floating cabinets! This was one of many hardest issues for me to supply as a result of I wanted a reasonably particular measurement and needed white oak.

After buying and failing just a few occasions, I lastly discovered the floating cabinets of my goals from Rejuvenation.

As a result of they’re actual 2-inch white oak cabinets, they’re undoubtedly one of the vital costly objects in the entire kitchen, however completely price it.

Shelf Specs

Love these white oak floating cabinets? Listed below are the precise specs of those I obtained:

• 2-inches thick
• 24-inches huge
• 10-inches deep

PS: we hung them round 15-inches other than each other and the primary shelf was butt up towards the underside of our higher cupboards and sit proper on high of our tile.

Counter tops

Counter tops — the most costly line merchandise in the entire finances. On the time we bought our IKEA kitchen, they weren’t promoting/putting in their very own counter tops. I’m not certain the explanation, however I’m assuming COVID/provide chain points.

With that mentioned, we determined to supply counter tops from an area vendor (we used Development Stone Surfaces out of Eau Claire, WI). Quartz is certainly an improve, however I believe it’s price it long run.

I discovered a very fairly product known as Aldino Giallo Quartz that I fell in love with. I actually favored the brown/gold hues within the veining and that it was nonetheless brilliant white.

My Expertise with Development Stone:

We did have a little bit of a hiccup when it got here to working with Development Stone. The crew that got here to measure didn’t do an important job and ended up measuring each the island and L counter tops incorrectly. So, when it got here to set up, nothing match.

The worst half was that the unique set up was the day earlier than Thanksgiving, leaving us with an unusable turkey day kitchen.

Development Stone ended up leaving the wrong counters put in over Thanksgiving, however we needed to wait 2 extra weeks for them to re-cut and set up. We additionally needed to uninstall and reinstall each plumbing and equipment electrical energy to take action which was a little bit of a ache.

Tile

I knew I needed to maintain the backsplash easy and white. Initially I used to be going to go along with a skinner subway tile and set it vertical, however then I got here throughout this lattice weave sample from Daltile and fell in love.

The tile was moderately cheap and I want I might have bought sufficient to go all the way in which up the ceiling, however I used to be brief by only a hair so we determined to tile simply the backsplash.

Grout: We went with a lightweight gray grout coloration, however I believe white would have seemed good as properly.

Different

• European Mule Deer Mount: I really like me a pretend set of antlers and I couldn’t be happier with the European mount I discovered from Forged Horn Designs.
• Stools: the stools pictured in these pictures had been bought in the summertime of 2021 from West Elm. I obtained them on tremendous sale ($70/2 stools to be actual) and so they not have them. Whomp.
• Eating Gentle Fixture: the gentle fixture above our eating desk was additionally bought from West Elm. They’ve it in each matte black and gold.
• Eating Desk: the desk I bought seats 10 folks and is named the Mockelby desk from IKEA. For IKEA, it’s truly actually nice high quality and was decently priced at $699.
• Eating Chairs: because it’s our cabin, I didn’t wish to spend an arm and a leg on chairs. I purchased 10 IKEA Janinge chairs at $65 every.

IKEA Kitchen Finances – The Breakdown

Beneath you’ll find the breakdown of our IKEA kitchen finances by supplies and labor. I needed to make a remark that I didn’t embrace 2 issues: flooring (we redid the ground in all the home) and ceiling drywall.

Supplies

• Cupboards: $5,500
• Home equipment: $4,500
• {Hardware}: $150
• Sink/Faucet: $350
• Pendant Lights: $42
• Counter tops (not IKEA): $6,000
• Tile (not IKEA): $270

Whole price of supplies: $16,820

Labor

• Demo/Cupboard Set up: $3,500
• Equipment Set up: $560
• Plumbing: $400
• Electrical: $1500
• Tile Set up: $1500

Whole price of labor: $7,460

Whole price of venture: $24,280

I really can’t consider that every one of this got here in at below $25,000! AND- it may have been nearly $7,500 much less if Mark and I might have carried out the work ourselves.

We all know lots of people are super-duper helpful and will have carried out this kitchen for $17,000, however we determined to rent out the constructions from the very starting to hopefully make this a smoother and higher course of.

Execs & Cons of an IKEA Kitchen

Professional – Design Providers: the most effective elements about doing an IKEA kitchen is their free design service. You should utilize their on-line planning too, however you can even go in-store along with your measurements and have knowledgeable designer aid you design and order your kitchen. I went in two totally different occasions and spent round 2 hours every time. It was very useful and FREE.

Professional – Worth: you actually can’t beat IKEA’s costs. The overall quantity we spent on supplies was $16,820 and $6,000 of that was quartz counter tops not from IKEA. A lot of different cupboard locations quoted me at nearly that very same value, so it’s fabulous you may get nearly a whole kitchen for below $20k.

Con – Horrible Provide Chain Points: I’m not certain if that is all COVID-related, however we had a bummer of an expertise when it got here to delivery. Our authentic ship date was 4 weeks after the order (loopy quick) and it simply by no means confirmed up (no warning e mail or name!). I tracked it down and so they rescheduled for 4 weeks later. The order ended up coming, however solely about 3/4 of the stuff confirmed up.

I used to be backwards and forwards with customer support for hours and a few of the merchandise had been in inventory and shipped instantly, however I needed to “regulate a handful of issues” and “name the shop each week” to see if it was again in inventory. One factor, specifically, was a nook base. If you understand something about this course of, you understand you need to have all cupboards put in earlier than transferring to the following step — counter tops. It ended up taking 3-4 months to lastly get the whole lot we would have liked and I needed to be VERY persistent.

Con – Plastic Masking on Home equipment: I discussed this above, however the sticky mess from the adhesive on our home equipment proper now may be very unlucky.

Con – It’s a must to put it collectively: whereas we employed this out, a con of doing an IKEA kitchen is placing collectively all the cabinetry your self. The order is available in 1,000,000 containers and it undoubtedly wasn’t one thing we needed to tackle ourselves.

Earlier than Pictures

I couldn’t go away you hanging with out the epic earlier than pictures. As a result of is it actually a kitchen reveal with out the earlier than and after pictures? I hope you take pleasure in all the carpet 😀