I did a kitchen reno last year (just outside of Toronto). Replaced the appliances, cabinetry, some of the plumbing and put in a vented range hood. Total cost (including taxes, labour, all appliances, and supplies) = $12,500.
I hired a tiler to re-tile the floor ($300 for the tiles, $300 for the tiles on sale), and hired someone to install the Ikea cabinetry and drill a vent for the range hood ($1050, well worth it), and had a family friend help with plumbing (paid him but at a much lower rate; a case of beer and a coffee gift card, he wouldn't take any cash). Oh, and I had a professional install the granite counter-top ($2100). The rest of the work (painting, opening up a wall, backspalsh, appliance installation and other odds and ends was done ourselves. Our kitchen is only about 10 x 12, but we're really happy with it. We did extensive price comparisons on EVERYTHING! Oh, and there is a great store is our area called "Wise Buy" that has the best deals on appliances and home stuff (we saved a bundle there on appliances)

I did a kitchen remodel in our San Francisco flat a few years ago. We got a bid for just refacing the cabinets and that came to $15,000. We also got a bid for replacing the cabinets at about $24,000. We ended up keeping the cabinets and just replacing the counters and sink and faucet. That cost about $6000 including materials and labor. Our kitchen is not very big. San Francisco is expensive I guess.

I remodeled in fall 2009. I live in the Detroit area. I was lucky enough to have my brothers doing most of the work, so I saved big on labor costs. I spent about $8,000 total, which included Ikea cabinets, silestone countertops, dishwasher, sink, drywall, microwave/hood, electrical work, subway tile backsplash, and an antique stained glass window (we had to move a window to accommodate the cabinets, so chose to fill the new space with the antique window). Fortunately, I already had stainless steel refrigerator and range, and a nice tile floor, so I didn't have to replace those.

We remodeled about 11 years ago. I don't remember how much it cost but try to build in extra for those unexpected things that come up. We live in AZ and found out the west wall in the kitchen had NO insulation so we tore out the wall and insulated it. Cost more for insulation, dry wall, paint, etc. but have cut down on electricity costs. Also had to move a wall to accomidate the stacking washer and dryer I bought and all the electricity for the entire house went through that wall. Hello, can you say it cost more than you planned???

We are just wrapping up a kitchen remodel in the upper Midwest. We spent about $3500 all together to update a 50 year old 8’x12’ space. $1500 went to appliances, and $500 to flooring. $1100 for laminate countertops (Lowe’s stock), sink, faucet and the install. $50 for paint supplies, labor by us. Finally, $100 to strip and poly the oak cabinets and $300 to replace the hardware, us again. The cabinets look amazing, well worth the mess and the week of work.

We did ours for 5500. We used ikea for our sink, cabinets, and hutch- Sears for our stove and fridge. My husband did the wiring and the plumbing.
the beginning of this set is how from our inspection, and then you get to the kitchen redo at the end. I could use some more photos... but you get the gist.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/russntara/sets/72157603710876282/

We recently gutted and redid our very small kitchen. We did all of the gutting work ourselves and are currently finishing things like trim. All in I think we are about $22k. The bulk came from cabinetry, appliances and plumbing. Our house is a 1937 and we decided to replace most of the plumbing while the walls were opened. There are definitely ways we could have cut costs with less expensive floors (we used 13x13 porcelain tile, and not getting the higher end cabinets. I saved in things like using the regular bull nose edge on the granite and by purchasing a floor model light fixture.

We gutted our 8.5 x 7ft kitchen last fall and put the finishing touches on it in Jan/Feb. We live in a basement condo in DC. The old kitchen was builder basic 1995 white. The new kitchen is Ikea cabinets in 2 colors, Bianco Antico granite, stainless appliances, and new porcelain tile floor. $8k for the whole ball of wax, but it was all DIY, save for the granite install. $45k? I can't imagine.

Pic here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/xand83/5544670304/in/photostream

I remodeled the kitchen in my 750 sqft condo for about $3100. I started with two layers of linoleum flooring with mold damage, ugly two-level laminate counters, those awful laminate cabinets (though solid oak inside), and 35 year old appliances. Did I mention it had been a rental for 25 years? One word - yuck.

I spent $450 on new cabinet doors, $100 on paint for them, and another $50 for knobs. I bought a new fridge for $800, and a used stove and dishwasher for $100 each off craigslist. New sink, faucet, and disposal + installation for $550. Tile floor $150. Porcelain tiled countertops $750 (I even removed a wall to make a bar). Topped it off with pendant lights over the bar for $50.

I installed everything but the kitchen sink myself. All these projects were done on weekends over the course of a year, except for the counters which we did in 6 days over Christmas.

Do the work yourself. See what you can reuse. See what you can get inexpensively - I lucked out on my appliances; new homeowners wanted stainless steel and were happy to part with their used white ones! And I love love love epoxy grout. I wouldn't use anything else on countertops. I spilled red food coloring on the grout a week after installation, and it wiped off like nothing had ever happened.

We remodeled our 130 square foot kitchen in 2009. We did replace the floor, but not the drywall, and didn't move any plumbing or gas lines. Our total was just under $4500.

I tiled the floor myself using pennies with epoxy mortar and grout over cement board at a cost of $6.14 per square foot ($800 total including tiling tools).

We got our cabinets at Ikea for $2000 and put them together and installed them ourselves in just 1 weekend.

I bought art glass knobs directly from the artist at $3.35 each, totaling $75.

Due to a measurement error (mine!), we did have to buy a new refrigerator ($400 on sale), but kept the dishwasher, stove, and sink/faucet.

The countertops are formica, installed for $800.

The wall paint was donated - two friends had leftover paint from other projects, and I spent $15 on a can of semi-gloss for the backsplash area.

The remainder of the money was spent on open shelving and cabinet inserts (a KitchenAid lift! pull-out garbage! under-sink sliders!) and a small "island" cabinet with drawers.

The average cost of kitchen remodel, "15-20K" ? That's what it's costing me to gut my 7x6 tiny bathroom.

We redid a small condo kitchen last year, along with the whole apartment when my boyfriend purchased it. Because the apartment is only 550sq. ft, there was no way to reconfigure the kitchen. We saved money by just getting new kitchen doors ($2000) and repainting the inside of the kitchen doors and the kitchen island to match. It was quite difficult to find a place in Vancouver that was willing to provide just the doors to us-so if your cabinets are odd custom sizes, it may take some time to find a place.

We splurged on ceasarstone countertops ($3000) but got a cheaper ($350) undermount sink and used the old faucet. Appliances were $5000-but could have been MUCH cheaper except for the fact that the building originally used these fancy downdraft JennAir ranges. We got out handles from IKEA for about $100.

Our best deal was on the backsplash. We bought clear subway tile at Home Depot, but they didn't ring it in right and we ended up paying $20 for almost $200 worth of tile. Because we were purchasing other items at the time, I didn't realize the mistake until after we left the store.

All in all, we did it for under $15,000 including appliances. We could have saved at least $1500 if we hadn't needed the fancy range. I also wouldn't go with ceasarstone again-we chose pure white and it's already showing marks. Looking back, I would have gone with cheaper butcher block counters instead to bring the budget down to about $10,000.

We did a complete gut job on a small 1950's kitchen in Alberta, Canada. The total cost was $25,000 (appliances included). It would have been easy to spend way more than that. We saved by using IKEA cabinets and DIY on the demo and framing. We splurged on wood floors (requiring refinishing the existing hardwood throughout the house to match the new kitchen wood), and on quartz counters. Opening two walls, changing a window size and rewiring all the shoddy electrical contributed to some overruns on our initial $20,000 budget.

Ha - you would not believe how much can be done with just paint and hardware!! I happened to just finish my kitchen project - check it out:

Kitchen Renovation

Our kitchen is 11X13, with the fridge in the old icebox space on the landing directly outside the kitchen in the back hall. Although it needed some work (mostly aesthetic), it was a huge selling point for the house since it has a 11 feet of 1929 cabinetry on the back wall in terrific condition.

The renovation happened in two stages. Stage one, when we first moved in, involved installing marmoleum, painting the walls and the 1970s horrid cabinets (while leaving the wall of 1929 original birch cabinets in their original finish state) and changing out the horrid counters for laminate. Altogether it cost a bit less than $1500, most of which was for the flooring.

Part two happened when the 1970s cabinets began to self destruct six years later. At this point, we decided to have a cabinet maker make custom cabinets to match the originals and to make a 11 foot maple butcher block counter to go with the original cabinets; we also replaced the laminate around the sink and stove a couple of small pieces of (salvage) granite for ease of use. In the process we also upgraded the sink and faucet. Altogether this phase cost about $5,000; while that may seem like a lot, the results are amazing and the kitchen is now in "forever" shape, at least for us while we stay in the house.

So over the course of 8 years we have spent about $6,500 on the kitchen. We feel like it is a reasonable amount and was money well spent, since we cook at lot and spend lots of time in the kitchen.

One thing I suggest for anyone who is doing a kitchen--get a few bids from small cabinet makers; you may be surprised by the prices. Due to the strange sizes of the cabinets, custom actually cost us less than any other option for much better quality and workmanship.

We are in the midst of a kitchen remodel as I type. :) I live in Portland, OR and our house was built in 1905. Our kitchen is galley style and is around 15x10 ft.

We bought custom plywood/hardwood cabinets and painted them ourselves. Countertop is quartz. I did the new wiring/electrical work, plumbing, various sheetrock repairs/insulation the tile backsplash. We are having the existing walls skim coated with new plaster professionally. We already have the appliances so no cost there. The floor is newish so we didn't change that either. All in all, we are coming in around 9k. Our estimates were about 8k.

We gutted and rebuilt our house in 2010. The Kvik kitchen + Siemens appliances (appliances on sale) cost us about +installation cost us €9.000. I guess we spent about 3.000 on radiator, walls, flooring, plumbing and gas, wages (much DIY). The vola watertap €700, the Cole & Son wallpaper €120 which makes it about €13.000 for about 80 sqft.

I'm just about to embark on a renovation and have just finalized my quotes from the various vendors and contractors. Here's what it looks like I'm spending:
new cabinets (Home Depot): $5000
new quartz countertops: ~$2000
new backsplash $500
installation work (including painting and electrical): $8500

I haven't decided whether or not to get new appliances or not yet, but if I do, it looks like I could get decent models of fridge, range, and dishwasher for under $2000.

We are in the middle of a redo right now and spent 10% of the value of our home. We used a contractor that did "everything" so it cost us a little more had we used various vendors. We had some labor intensive aspects to our project, ie. drilling into concrete slab floor for a gas line, relocating sink and pipes, knocking down multiple walls. We also splurged on high end appliances. The cabinets we chose are high end semi-custom with quartz countertops. We also had to redo the floors and lighting. We budgeted for it and anticipate this to be our forever house so we are excited! It's a lot of money but we are not diyers :)

Renovated ours 3-4 yrs ago in New York City. No structural changes or moving gas lines or such. Total -- labor, new cabinets, appliances, etc. -- about 8K.

We live in Vancouver BC. We opened up our galley kitchen by ripping out the bar, tearing out a wall (and rewiring a bunch of electrical), installing all new lighting, new quartz countertop, undermount sink, custom built one set of cabinets and refaced the rest. This all came to just under $19 000. And we still have to redo our floors and buy new appliances!

We're budgeting about $23k for our kitchen renovation. It's part of a $220k overall house renovation that added a 2nd floor to our original 1 story house and a 2 story bump out in the back where our kitchen will be. This includes all appliances, cabinets, hardware, flooring, etc. We're doing all the kitchen work ourselves (and the rest of the interior) so it is just materials cost. So far we've bought all our appliances (including Wolf Range) and have our cabinets picked out, but not purchased. We're hoping to have a working kitchen by August. Check it out on my blog!

Oh and our renovation is located just outside of Washington DC.

I live in a co-op in Washington DC, so no DIY remodeling is allowed and I could only use a co-op approved contractor, which jacked up the price for my super tiny kitchen remodel last summer. I ended up spending $6,000 to replace the floor tile and buy appliances and recycled glass countertop. I kept and painted the original mid-century cabinets and added new hardware.

I had wanted to knock a hole in one wall to open up the space, but the contractor would have charged me an arm and a leg to do it. Maybe some day.

We just finished ours (central PA)--it ran us on the order of $22K, maybe a touch under. But we gutted the kitchen--I think some of it was original to the 1945 house (like the metal corner cabinet--beyond disgusting). We tore down a wall, replaced a window, replaced the exterior door, moved the range and installed a hood (which we didn't have before), switched to gas (we already had gas service though), replaced the floors to match the rest of the house (oak), and we had to have our electrical service box upgraded.

We got our undermount sink free from the granite company (local), so sink and counters were ~$2800. New cabinets (Aristokraft maple, not super-high-end) were ~$4500. But everything else added up--we needed new trim and moulding cut and stained to match the rest of the house. We had the ceiling re-hung and recessed lighting installed, along with new wiring and switches. Lots of new outlets were installed too. The backsplash was done in tile--cheap ones from Home Depot (~$5/square foot). We also had to have the heating vent altered into a toe-kick under the sink (before it just heated up the sink cabinet--not useful).

I'm thrilled with the outcome--this was desperately needed. But sure--lots of money. Considering the overhaul we did though, I think it could've been a lot worse. Of course, if we'd done any of the work ourselves, we could've saved a lot, but well... we just didn't have the time/expertise.

We gutted and redid a 10 x 10 kitchen near Toronto two years ago with a contractor and his trades for everything. 18k for cabinets; 7 k for caesar stone counter, 5 k for appliances and 10 k for everything else.

Mine was more of a remodel than a full reno.
New flooring = $690
New counters = $150
sink/faucets/garbage disposal = $220
"builtin" pantry = $100
dresser butcherblock island = $150
pullout trash insert = $65;
pullout appliance insert = $50
new hardware = $70
glass cabinet doors = $100
backsplash = $200
appliances = $1425
"new" lighting = $60
paint = $75

Then there was misc. stuff like trim, new lightswitch covers, new junction boxes for moved lights, etc. Whole thing was approx. $3.5K. We had to a do whole house electrical upgrade during the remodel, which was an additional 2.6k. A couple of finished pics here: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/before-after/before-after-lisa-diy-kitchen-rehab-146149

We are about to start a complete gut & renovation of our 1922 bungalow. Included will be a new kitchen to fit in the current 11 x 15 space and we're estimating about $10,000 - but that does not include any labor costs. My husband is a general contractor and doing all the work himself - we estimate this will save us about $20,000. We are also using IKEA cabinets.
Most of the kitchen renovations my husband does cost $30,000+ for nice, but certainly not upscale renovations- so it's hard to believe the average cost is only $10-15K unless that's the DIY cost.

I'm still in planning mode but a tip from me, ask your friends and family who they used/know for certain things. I found out one of my uncles does countertops and I'll get solid surface for next to nothing (literally, he might take a $50 gift card), an uncle a couple states away is going to make a cabinet/island and bring it down in exchange for a mini vaca (getting use out of the new guest bedroom!) when he installs it and thanks to mom's connections I can get some flooring on the cheap from someone she knew when she worked in new construction. All in All I expect it to be under $1000 (before appliances, still looking for that connection!)

We just completed a gut renovation of our retro 60s dining room, kitchen and utility room, so its hard to say how much just the kitchen part cost. Our plumbing was shot (plus we are on a slab) and our kitchen and dining room traded places. Paneled walls were replaced with drywall, engineered flooring and ceramic tile were installed, lots of new lighting, all new appliances, granite countertops, all new cabinets, pocket door, and new stair railing. We did the painting and backsplash tiling ourselves (and that was plenty). All of it cost about $35K (and was worth it, but it hurt), about 20% of our house value. I live in a major SE city. Would have loved to have had an IKEA close by to save on cabinetry...

These comments do my heart good. The economy has improved enough that people can actually spend some money! I am mostly broke, unemployed for almost 2 years, and real estate values keep dropping here. So my dh is "spiffing up" our ugly kitchen: no gas/water/electric moved, but he does whatever repairs need doing as he takes the kitchen apart. He's building countertops, he just finished one side of the kitchen and our new shiny white sink is in and working. We're replacing base cabinets that are mess with inexpensive units from Home Depot (about $100 a cabinet) - the uppers are fine and will stay. He'll use subway tile for a backsplash, we'll paint the cabinets (soft gray) and the crap vinyl floor is being replaced with Armstrong VCT tiles (very retro). Bought a new gas stove in January when the old electric died, same for a new dishwasher this spring. The kitchen will not look like Lowes - Home Depot - or HGTV and that is our goal. It will look like us! For about $1,000 it will be a pleasant and more functional space!

Wow, seeing all these $$$ prices makes me realize that I should just paint my oak & plywood cabinets and call it a day. If I'm feeling fancy, I'll tile the backsplash myself and maybe drop the cash for a better countertop than the stained, pitted laminate I have currently.

My bf is a general contractor so we did all the work ourselves when we did our renovation last fall. We gutted most of the room (including the ceiling) and did some minor plumbing and electrical work. The majority of the costs were cabinets (Ikea) and counters (granite). Total, we spent about $2000. Granted, it's not a huge kitchen (12 x 10 but due to the 4 doors and 2 huge farmhouse windows, we could only put cabinets on two walls) and we didn't have to replace any appliances (they're all less than 5 years old, left behind by the previous owners). The only thing we have not done yet is the floors--we're planning to refinish the original hardwood but are waiting to do the dining room floor at the same time. Being able to do the work ourselves saved us a ton of money, as did shopping around before we made any purchases.

I removed old kitchen (around 100 sq feet) and installed Ikea kitchen myself. (If you can hang a Lack shelf, you can hang your own Ikea kitchen upper cabinets!)

My kitchen cabinets were about $1500. Ikea countertop (approx 21 linear feet) came to around $250. A total of $3000 to hire out removing wall between kitchen and living room. $2000 for new Whirlpool appliances.

$1000 to hire out some electrical and plumbing, including fixing my own DIY electrical f-ups. (Tip: don't attempt to do electrical work after consuming two 24 oz Margheritas.)

A total of around $7500 to $8000 for whole new kitchen.

We spent a lot more--close to 80k, but I wouldn't say it was a luxe reno. We live in an old house and had to hire an architect and break through 3 walls to open up the space a bit, so there was a lot of demo. We also raised our windows for better light and had transom windows installed above two doors entering into the kitchen, again for better light. Much of our cost had to do with code and environmental precaution fees. We had custom cabinetry built (painted birch with nice hardware) and installed for $12,000 after a very bad Ikea experience when redoing the unit below us (59 pieces of cabinetry were missing upon delivery and they accused us of lying and stealing it). We also had to replace subflooring, which was rotted and the flooring as well as move the plumbing. And we had a washer/dryer unit installed off the kitchen, which incurred various costs. The only appliances we purchased were the high-efficiency washer/dryer ($1300), undercabinet microwave ($250), and dishwasher ($400). Our 'big splurge' were lights (lots) ($500), painting (can't remember the figure but it was far better than what we could have done), and corian countertops for $1700, which we love. It took 18 weeks of living in our attic space with 2 cats, a hot plate, microwave, and doing dishes in the bath tub, but it was worth it.

Verily, did you see how our painted cabinets turned out? Only $400 spent and the difference is truly dramatic:

kitchen facelift

I'm totally floored that people can do entire kitchen renovations for less that we're being charged to sheetrock and do a little laundry room in our garage. San Francisco must be insanely expensive for contractors.

160sq.ft. Kitchen remodel of 1920s bungalow:
$3000 for new KraftMaid cabinets
$3000 for concrete countertops
$7000 for new appliances
$300 for new hardwood floors (unfinished red oak)
$1300 for drywall repair
$700 for sink and faucet
$500 for paint and other finishes

Grand total $15800. Totally worth it for a new kitchen we love, but we probably could have done it for less if we made some different choices. Also, doing 90% of the work ourselves helped. Neither of us had experience with remodels before, and with the exception of the drywalling, which we hired out, we were able to do it all.

hm, so far as I recall: £50 for flooring, £400 for IKEA units, £30 for doors, £17 for paint, £33 for sideboard, £29 for sink, £0 for taps, £15 for tiles, £2 for grout, £0 for bricks and mortar, £99 for cooker hood = £675 in 2003

(not including £149 for cooker, £139 for fridge freezer, £149 for washer)

I made the doors myself out of MDF because we could only afford the cupboards, and my FIL fitted the kitchen and rebuilt the wall etc. It's a good kitchen. It's not a posh kitchen but it works and it doesn't look horrible.

At the old place, we did the redo for about $4G. New appliances, granite tile counters, painted cabinets, new sink and faucet.

In this place, we did a "temp" redo which consisted of demo'ing a few less than functional cabinets and counters, replacing counters, new stove and hood, and paint. I think we spent about $1500 on it total. It's livable, but hardly my dream kitchen.

we built our house new on an infill lot. in London, Ontario- about 2 hours outside Toronto.

our kitchen is probably 180ft sq (18 x 10)- to put in my dream kitchen in a relatively small smace- we spent around $16,000 without appliances. We do have an Ikea close by...but it just wasn't our style. and I couldn't convince my fiance and his dad that the quality was good (they're stubborn).

$9,000 for the cabinetry. one of the big things was having our uppers go all the way to the ceiling- it makes it look so much better- custom. We also opted for glass doors on the uppers. We went with a shaker style- but with extra wide rails which made it look more modern. all the little things that set our kitchen apart- that's why we spent an extra $3K. but it was completely worth it.

kitchen tiles were a steal- $1.50/sq ft. for extra large 24"x24" slate look tile (they're porcelain).

and countertops- whooo whee. $5K for not that big of a space. white quartz.

the appliances were a ridiculously good deal- we had friends with a directbuy hookup. and we got our fridge at the scratch&dent section of sears outlet.

We are about to start our 160 sqft Kitchen gut/remodel. We have been pricing out the drywall/insulation, appliances, cabinets and misc. We have a budget of $6,000 and hope to do it in one month.
We are doing everything (except for the tile instillation, plumbing and electrical, thanks to family in the trade) ourselves. We start next weekend.
Fingers Crossed.

Removed everything of our small condo kitchen, even a stand alone wall, installed ikea cabinets and hood, quartz countertops, new sink, new tiles(floor & backsplash), scored a new Kohler faucet on ebay, new lighting. We did everything ourselves for around 7200$

About 8 years ago we redid our 300sqft kitchen totally including new sub-floor (due to a leak), granite worktops etc and appliances for about £25-30k.

We're about to put in a similar sized kitchen (different house) to a new-build extension which I think will cost us about £15-20k as we're trying to cut costs a little more this time.

$5500 in Long Beach, CA (LA county)

did 90% of the work myself. small 90sqft 1913 craftsmen kitchen. No plumbing/electrical changes necessary. butcherblock from ikea, unfinished oak cabinets from lowes painted black, hand fabricated shelving and built in's between studs, refinished original wood floors from layers of linoleum, pendants from barnyard electric, new maytag integrated dishwasher, summit cabinet depth fridge, big GE range hood, vintage late 40s keefe o'merrit oven, vintage 1933 cast iron farm house sink. Sherwin williams paint. only non DIY was walll contractors to patch up and smooth drywall/plaster and wood floor refinishers.

I'm astounded at how much some people spend on their kitchens, I mean I can understand my price would be double had I paid someone else to do the work, and that could double also if the kitchen weren't tiny, but spending much over 25k is crazytalk unless you shit money.

Ok, for those of you who have spent more and are feeling a bit glum...this may make you feel better. Our "partial" remodel with mid/high end appliances..30K.
yeah, I know it's higher than most posts here. Big kitchen (25 x40) with about 40 cabinets/pantry, large island and two other counter top areas. New Induction cooktop, new dishwasher, blanco granite sink, counterdepth kitchen aid fridge, custom cabinet with full extension and soft close hardware. quartz products on surface. Added coffee nook with glass shelves & lighting, changed lower cabinets to functional pull out deep drawers (love it). Doesn't include oven or floors (redid this recently). Added pantry. so, I can't compete with a 3K "remodel" but I think we're talking apples and oranges. Paid for labor: about 50 % of costs. gotta pay for expertise.
Still a work in progress, hopefully done by Dec 1. Will post photos then.

I am in the home stretch of a kitchen remodel / entrance refurbishing. I have been doing all the work myself, Removing horrible enameled metal tiles wall to wall even the celing in kitchen, new counters, new cast iron sink, new goose neck faucet, faux stamped copper back splash, new lighting, new flooring, drywall ect. The foyer included stripping death green wallpaper, scrubbing old glue off, patching cracks, priming, and repainting. As well as laying new runners in the hallway. Total investment: Days away from 1 year, and approx. $3500-$4000 with plenty of drywall, fast sand, and paint left over. Next stop the bathroom!

We gutted our kitchen down to the plumbing. It's a small kitchen with eat-in dining in a 900 sq ft condo. Travertine floors (installed ourselves), IKEA cabinets (installed ourselves), 200v outlet for our new laundry closet (installed by electrician), caesarstone countertops, lighting, and so on.

15K for all of it.

It really pays to do some research and see what you can and cannot do yourselves. Labor is costly in any market. However, if you're in doubt about your skills in the slightest, hire a professional. Screwing up something like plumbing can be a disaster. Unless we had custom cabinets I don't see how our reno could have been over 20K. We were smart about getting estimates and doing our research. Plus, our kitchen isn't big so we couldn't go crazy even if we wanted to!

13 X 8 galley in Ottawa ~11K, taxes (13%) included.
two big splurges: backsplash tiles ($1200) and all new kitchenaid appliances ($5K). The tiles were literally the most expensive in the entire store, and it's too bad I fell in love them, because I would have saved a bundle had I not.

For me, the slightly higher-end stainless steal appliances and mosaic backsplash create enough of a luxurious feel that I thought I could skimp on flooring ($300), counters (wood - $800), cabs ($3000), pulls ($100), sink ($200), and faucet (kept old one).