Very nice work! if you had to breakout the costs of updating the kitchen what would you say that was all in? and specifically what kind of things did you do. I have been in my house for 2 years going from room to room around the kitchen and I need to do that next.
So the kitchen from top to bottom:
Drywall/mud/paint/supplies: ~$700(?)
Ceiling fan: $90 - menards clearance
Crown: $200. Got the crown for free, used, from a co-worker. It was originally stained oak, price is for refinishing materials (stripper, sanding, primer, paint.
RTA Cabinets - $1,100 Got them at a cabinet warehouse seller and they had a $100/cabinet special, with some limited selection. You can tell that the cabinet above the microwave should have been shorter and above the refrigerator should have been a deep upper, wider and shorter. They are actually high quality though, solid wood doors and plywood boxes.
Granite Countertops - $2,400 This was a home depot 'sale' that turned into a clusterfk
Sink - ~$100 - you can find super cheap sinks for sale online that are very nice. It came with these rubber footed stainless steel grates that sit in the bottom that I absolutely love.
Faucet - $60 - same as above, very nice, very inexpensive, very much purchased online and shipped from overseas.
Stove / dishwasher / refrigerator / Microwave - $225/$100/$400/$75 - all purchased on craigslist or at thrift stores. They dont match but look and work great.
Floors - $200 - the floors throughout the house is refinished heart pine that was under the carpets, original to the house and 90 years old. Its not in the best shape, but I think the character and goes with the house well. Total cost to refinish was $800 in sander rental, pads, stain and poly and counting 25% of that for the kitchen.
Miscellaneous - $350-$850 - everything else that I don't remember the price or am forgetting about (cabinet hardware, shims, quarter round, router bits and new wood where trim had to be replaced, landfill fees, pendant lights, electrical wire, switches, plugs, faceplates, plumbing materials, etc)
so total cost was $6000-6500