Before & After: Dated 2000s Kitchen Gets a Striking $2,000 Makeover (The Cabinets Stayed!)

"Orange-y wooden cabinets from the '90s and 2000s might have a bit of a dated look to them, but they can be worth keeping just for the sheer quality of the wood. Throw a little paint on them, and they'll be perfectly on-trend today, when dark gray, navy, and deep green paint colors reign."

""The kitchen had great bones," Jessica says. "The cabinets were in fantastic condition, and there was a ton of storage, but nothing about the space really 'wowed.' It was an awesome space to cook: large spans of countertop, two ovens, and a Wolf range, but the visuals left a little to be desired.""

"Jessica did a "soft renovation" first, where she painted the brown backsplash white, added bold black pendants where the recessed lights were, and replaced the tile counters from 2003 with DIY concrete ones with a waterfall edge. "All of those changes cost around $500, and it was a great jumping off point for the the later, larger renovations," Jessica says. "Eventually, I'd love to swap out my DIY countertops for a stone or quartz, but for the time being, I couldn't beat the $200 price point of the concrete.""

Orange-y wooden cabinets from the '90s and 2000s can look dated but often retain high-quality wood and ample storage. Painting them in dark gray, navy, or deep green modernizes appearance while preserving material. Jessica and Matt retained the original cabinetry and completed a low-cost soft renovation by painting a brown backsplash white, adding bold black pendants, and replacing 2003 tile counters with DIY concrete waterfall countertops for about $200. Those initial changes totaled about $500. Subsequent renovations of roughly $1,500 involved demo-ing upper cabinets and backsplash, installing floating shelves, building and finishing a new range hood, adding tile backsplash, and installing under-shelf lighting over a ten-day period.

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