I did mine myself about 8 years ago. Still cost me in the neighborhood of $18-20k with flooring, lighting, pecan cabinets, granite countertops, and appliances.

if you can afford to hire a chef, don't worry about the cost of the kitchen remodel.

I did mine myself about 8 years ago. Still cost me in the neighborhood of $18-20k with flooring, lighting, pecan cabinets, granite countertops, and appliances.

Damn, I dont have your skills, I won't even give it a thought. I've been trying to get my new fireplace (premade) installed for the last 6 weeks! I remember what you did with yours, it was impressive. Lol I'm super slow, and not very good at handy work.

Mine took me over two months. We spent about 7 months doing the entire house. Thankfully we didn't have to live in it during all of that. I've done that before and it sux!

Did you ever even buy the wine thingie?

Make sure you can actually get your appliances, before you start.

Depends on finishes. You could spend $40k on range and refrigerator, $80k on cabinets and another $50k on counter tops and floors.
Or you could do the whole thing for under $20k.

Very true.

If you want a "chef's" kitchen and want premium appliances like Wolf/Sub it is gonna be hard to do it for $75k. But you can also get some nice KitchenAid and cut half or more off the cost of the appliances though.

We just ordered $26k in cabinets, lots of custom extras, and extra tall, 57” total on the uppers. (Normal is 42”). Ordered all the appliances 2 months ago, the dishwasher was the last piece to be delivered, got it Wednesday. Doing a lot ourselves, but will still have at least $40k in when it’s completed. My wife will have the kitchen she wants, and that is priceless.