19 Before and After Kitchen Remodel Ideas
If you’re looking for the best kitchen remodel ideas, these before and after pictures are perfect inspiration for small kitchen remodels and DIY kitchen remodeling on a budget.
Be prepared for your kitchen remodel! Read 5 Must-Read Tips To Know Before a Kitchen Remodel plus our Remodelaholic tips for surviving while remodeling your home.
19 Do It Yourself Kitchen Remodel Ideas
One of the most satisfying parts of DIYing, especially for big remodeling projects, is the side-by-side before and after pictures!
We’ve featured dozens of beautiful kitchen remodels on a budget, so browse these before and after pictures to find just the right inspiration for your do it yourself kitchen remodel.
Before and After Kitchen Remodel Pictures
Whether you’re looking for a large or small kitchen remodel, entire do it yourself or some DIY and some professional work, check out these beautiful kitchen remodel ideas!
Click each link to see more details, sources, and DIY tutorials for each kitchen remodel.
Gutting the house or designing from scratch? Check out our guide to kitchen layouts here.
Before and After 1960’s Kitchen Remodel
We took our small dead-end galley kitchen in our 1960’s rambler, knocked out a wall or two (plus the ceiling), and remodeled it into a sleek, modern white kitchen to fit our style.
We used IKEA cabinets that we love for their versatility, like our pantry rollouts for storage.
DIY Columns and Arches in Open Living Room and Kitchen Remodel
In our Park House in Texas, the kitchen itself just got a few small updates to the oak cabinets and a new subway tile backsplash before we moved.
But the view connecting the dining room and kitchen to the living room got a major overhaul with our DIY interior columns and arches!
Gray IKEA Kitchen Remodel
Whitney found this original brick during her small kitchen remodel and the added brick character is the icing on a beautiful gray IKEA kitchen remodel cake.
Do-It-Yourself Remodeled Gray Kitchen
Becky’s DIY kitchen remodel is a Remodelaholic favorite! She knocked out walls, reconfigured the layout, and refaced the cabinets with new doors and drawer fronts (and don’t forget the gorgeous refinished wood floors!)
Modern Farmhouse White Kitchen Remodel
This open white kitchen remodel is the most stunning before and after! Small country kitchen turned jaw-dropping modern farmhouse kitchen, thanks to Dana’s beautiful style and hard work.
Duplex Kitchen Remodel
Laurel remodeled this dated small duplex kitchen into a beautiful contemporary kitchen — including adding a dishwasher!
Basic Oak to Modern Farmhouse Kitchen Remodel
Alyson’s kitchen before picture is the classic 90’s builder basic kitchen, golden oak cabinets and all. She painted cabinets and installed new DIY wood countertops for a modern farmhouse kitchen remodel!
Open Dining Room and Kitchen Remodel
It’s hard to believe this is the same kitchen before and after! Laurel’s small white kitchen renovation has big style.
Boring Brown to Bright White Kitchen Remodel
There doesn’t have to be anything “wrong” with a kitchen — if it’s not right for you, make a change! This very brown 90’s kitchen got a gorgeous remodel to become a stunning open white kitchen with modern style.
White kitchens not your style? See our favorite gray kitchen cabinet ideas!
Dated to Elegant White Kitchen Remodel
Nina has beautiful style, and she brought it to stay in her gorgeous white marble kitchen remodel!
DIY Ranch Kitchen Remodel
Jenna’s 1960’s ranch kitchen needed some remodeling love, and she did it all on a DIY budget!
Complete Loss Kitchen Remodel
This half-burnt out home got a kitchen remodel for the ages! Just look how beautiful it is now.
Small Kitchen Remodel
Small kitchens often have the most to gain from a remodel! Kaylor put her heart into her small kitchen remodel with updated cabinets and a fridge enclosure, plus a beautiful backsplash.
Small Kitchen Remodel with New Layout
If you have an old small kitchen, remodeling to rearrange appliances like Rachel did can make it feel new and modern and so much more functional.
Modern Kitchen Remodel
Karisa turned a dark and cramped kitchen into an open modern kitchen with a concrete island!
Thrifted Cabinet Kitchen Remodel
Sometimes you can remodel using existing cabinets with paint or new doors, but if you need new cabinets — consider using secondhand thrifted cabinets like Liz did in her small kitchen remodel.
Get more kitchen remodel ideas in our Kitchen Design Inspiration File and our Get This Look room decorating series.
Small Modern Farmhouse Kitchen Remodel
Talk about basic to beautiful! Laurel’s 1920 bungalow got a modern farmhouse kitchen remodel that makes my heart go pitter-patter.
White Beadboard Kitchen Remodel
This 1980’s kitchen remodel got a new modern color scheme and layout.
Knotty Pine Kitchen Remodel
Ashley updated her all wood kitchen with some beautiful modern meets vintage style. Those painted knotty pine cabinets and open shelves look great!
Modern Kitchen Remodel
This dark wood kitchen got a bright modern kitchen remodel in the hands of Jamie and Morgan! They reused most cabinets but updated the arrangement and layout, plus added a DIY range hood for extra style.
Beach House Kitchen Remodel
Think you can’t have a magazine-worthy home on a budget? Think again!
This beach home coastal kitchen was renovated by DIYers on a budget. See the details here.
More kitchen remodel ideas, inspiration, and tutorials:
- Popular Kitchen Layouts and How To Use Them
- 10 Ideas + Tutorials for DIY Countertops
- Colorful Painted Kitchen Cabinet Ideas
- How to Make Over a Kitchen Island with Corbels
Be sure to pin this to save for later and share with your friends!
Lorene has been behind the scenes here at Remodelaholic for more than a decade! She believes that planning projects and actually completing them are two different hobbies, but that doesn't stop her from planning at least a dozen projects at any given time. She spends her free time creating memories with her husband and 5 kids, traveling as far as she can afford, and partaking of books in any form available.
Such great ideas that it makes me want to start my kitchen remodel right now!