$80,000 Kitchen Renovation - Pricing Breakdown of a Complete Kitchen Remodel

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We break down each area of one of our kitchen renovations showing the price of Cabinetry, Countertop, Backsplash, Finishing Details, and Labor.

[phone]

At Cabinet Creations, we are a Kitchen & Bath Design specialist with an in-house Installation Team. We have been serving Waterford and surrounding Southeast Michigan communities for over 26 years.

[UltimegaSeven]

I wish more people watched these videos. The amount of people that want pintrest kitchens and tiktok creations for $5k and labor to be no more than $8K is maddening. Especially when its a place in the home you use every day.

[stitcher]

Mostly white kitchens w/ some warm wood tones & some SS are certainly a classic & timeless! As in most kitchen remodels, abode owners make choices of how to spend their money. Kirk noted the broad breakdown categories for the kitchen choices made by the homeowners of the ~$80K ‘rip & replace mostly in place’ kitchen + butler’s pantry redo he is discussing (not where he is filming the video) & you can go to his site of cabinet creations to see various picture angles of that nice ‘design & build’ project w/ the highlight of the wooden features of the hood & of the kitchen island. He noted that no flooring, no appliances, & no decorative items are included in the very general pricing ranges he provided.

Those homeowners spent approximately:
● $10K for countertops for not quite 100 sq ft of some level of engineered quartz countertops including all fabrication, delivery, & installation;
● $40K-$50K for ‘Shaker look’ mid-range mostly painted cabinetry (but the kitchen island white oak appears to be stained wood) w/ ‘5 piece’ door & drawer fronts, & w/ various base cabinets including a total of 6 multi-drawer bank lower cabinets (including 1 in the smaller butler’s pantry area redo) while other base cabinets have pull-outs, many 2 tier upper cabinets including lighting in the top tier height ones w/ glass doors & then lighting under the larger upper cabinets at tier 1;
● $10K for various ‘finish’ details (from pull hardware, to extractor hood, to recessed + pendant lighting, new sink, new gooseneck main kitchen sink faucet, the smaller reverse osmosis added kitchen sink faucet, drawer microwave oven, backsplash tiles, paint, & whatnot other materials & supplies for the renovation); &
● $20K for all labor which would include from ‘demo’ of previous kitchen (not sure what happened to old cabinetry) (removal of whatever was in previous kitchen/hauling away/any dumping fees, to installation of all new cabinetry & any required trade work for carpentry, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, dry wall, painting, to cleanup for the updated kitchen.
●Note:The abode owners saved money by going with more basic looking white subway tile backsplash areas since they wanted the more expensive range hood to be a focal point instead.

Aspects of this kitchen redo to consider include:
●The little reverse osmosis H2O faucet next to the main kitchen faucet at the sink is a nice extra feature;
●Who doesn’t like an attractive wooden accent range hood/extractor feature? If a different range hood had been used, then going w/ a more distinctive/decorative backsplash could have been a nice option/alternative focal point;.
●People vary in their preferences about pendant lighting; Great spacing for recessed ceiling 'daylight color' LED lighting really does matter;
●Drawer banks w/ varying numbers & sizes of drawers are great⏤the more the merrier! I *think* I counted 5 total drawer banks in the kitchen (which includes 2 in the wood tone feature kitchen island + 3 along the cabinet wall perimeters + 1 in the 8.5 ft of cabinetry base cabinet run in the butler’s pantry area). 
●Under cabinet lighting is sooo nice; upper tier upper cabinet lighting is both practical & attractive if you go with two tiers of upper cabinets;
●An 8’x5’ kitchen island w/ seating for 4 is ample. White oak is certainly a nice option in wood species.

●The white engineered quartz countertops look fresh & may stay that way when religiously cleaned & kept away from direct sunlight which can cause some white resins to ‘yellow’ in some brands of specific ‘named colors’ of said engineered quartz, but hopefully the homeowners were steered away from those countertop choices. Although using the same countertop material + color for the perimeter wall areas as well as the kitchen island is always an option, it’s also a possibility to use say 2 complementary colors to vary the look which is often what kitchen designers will suggest if a client wants that type of upscale look.

[np]

Love the breakdown and your attention to detail! Really gives appreciation for the detail spec. Have to admit my last kitchen had a lot of these and honestly the key cost increases were similar areas e.g. recessed doors, custom cover pieces, custom toe kicks, double height upper doors, 3 or 3+1 drawers everywhere, custom color match, etc. But it was so worth it!!!

[luckylibbet]

This video makes me feel MUCH more comfortable with the 90k quote I ultimately accepted, mostly because I'd worked with this company before. Slightly smaller kitchen, but a lot more electrical and plumbing involved, mostly to get from 1984 code to 2024 code. About the same amount of cabinetry, no paint, but all the drawers and rollout trays. New floors. And labor costs in SF Bay area higher than national. I was a tad worried that I was over-paying, but given the level of trust I already have with my contractor, I now know he really was upfront with me.

[twosawyers]

The only reason I pay for that price point is speed, quality and precision. I looks like you hit all those wants. Good job.

[dearreader]

Damn, this is really a $120, 000 kitchen. Those appliances aren't cheap.

[juliekraut]

How do you get multiple bids when the designers want a deposit that goes towards the project (understandable) and if you don’t go with them then you loose this money?

[dcat]

Close up video shots have a different floor (and stools) than when he is sitting and talking.... why?

[patrickm]

No finishing video tour to show all that you talked about? c'mon man!