Our brother and sister-in-law recently purchased a new home. While it was absolutely stunning from the get-go, it still had a lot of plain jane features throughout… and most importantly, their builder grade kitchen. My sister-in-law is in love with anything farmhouse these days and dreamt of a kitchen straight out of Fixer Upper. Luckily for her and my brother they had the bones, they just needed a little love to help turn their dreams a reality of a farmhouse kitchen.
I won’t say much in the post today; I’ll just let the photos do the talking 😉
Their first major task was painting the entire kitchen Latte by Sherwin Williams, then they switched out their bland laminate countertops for beautiful new granite countertops.
Next on the list was adding white subway tile with a light gray grout. The little glass measuring bottles are from Kirklands. LOVE them! Unfortunately I don’t see them online from Kirkland’s but you can get them here for only $13 (for the set of 3!!).
I love the little touches of natural wood we added throughout. Most of the items we purchased were from HomeGoods, Kirkland’s, Hobby Lobby or Gordman’s. Yes, Gordman’s has an awesome collection of farmhouse décor if you have one near you!
And no farmhouse kitchen would be complete without a farmhouse sink!
If the kitchen faucet looks familiar, it’s because we have the same one in our kitchen! It’s the Kohler Sous kitchen faucet and it’s the easiest faucet to install… EVER. I have it, my sister-in-law has it, and my mom even has it! Yeah… we all love it, and all of our kitchens are very different. Goes with any style!
The lighting is one of my favorite additions to the kitchen is the lighting. The fixtures above the island and the sink are from Amazon.
To the left of the main part of the kitchen is the pantry, little mudroom & coat closet, the door to the garage… and the stunning butler’s pantry!
I posted about this butler’s pantry a few months ago. You have to see the before and after of this space, trust me. Truly amazing!! Click over to see all of the plans and pics.
Pretty amazing kitchen, right?!
I think they’ll be hosting a lot of family gatherings in this space!
Hope you enjoyed the tour of their builder grade turned farmhouse kitchen!
Kim May says
July 10, 2017 at 11:32 pmOur builder grade cabinets have started to bow as they were not made to support granite counter tops. Have you had any issues with adding granite to builder grade counter tops?
howtonestforless says
July 11, 2017 at 8:29 amWe’ve never had issues before but they can add some extra support before they add the granite if needed. The granite company should properly access during installation and before they attach. Hope that helps a little!
Marie says
July 11, 2017 at 9:32 amLove the kitchen. But one thing I would change is to reverse the ovens and the refrigerator. Then the ovens are next to a counter. More convenient. Also the fridge is bigger so it should be on the other side.
Just a suggestion.
Mary @ 120 Spring Street says
August 16, 2017 at 10:06 amHi, I’m a new reader, love your blog, and I want to go ” backwards* from today’s post to read more. I can’t figure out how to do that on your blog, often at the bottom of the comments is a “go back” sign (or something like that) that will take you to the next to last post, etc. Anyway I’m dying to read more so please tell me how to do that! Thanks, Mary
howtonestforless says
August 17, 2017 at 5:51 pmThank you!! You can start here: https://howtonestforless.com/blog/
These are the most recent posts and you can go backwards from there! Hope that helps!!
Kelly Ray says
November 29, 2017 at 9:18 pmPlease share the granite color shown in these photos.
howtonestforless says
December 2, 2017 at 8:52 pmI think it’s Venetian Gold Light!