Before & After: A Farmhouse Kitchen Transformation

Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold is the Executive Editor of Cubby, and one of Apartment Therapy Media’s first full-time editors from way back when. She was the founding Design and Lifestyle Editor for Kitchn and the Managing Editor for Apartment Therapy’s green living site, Re-Nest (RIP). After a few years offline and then working elsewhere, she’s back to share ideas about design, kids, and family life. It’s helpful that she now has two little kids and lots of thoughts about all those things. She lives with said kids and their father in St. Paul, MN.
published Apr 16, 2012
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It takes a brave and capable couple to tackle a full house remodel, especially when it’s a severely run-down farmhouse. But Raina and Robert—a stylist and an architect, respectively—saw the potential in this Hudson Valley, New York homestead, and spent 15 months turning it into a sophisticated, modern home – with a knockout kitchen.

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Because the farmhouse was meant to be a rental, it was essential to keep the renovations within a strict budget. Thus, the new kitchen has IKEA cabinets and counters, subway tile from Lowe’s, a Brizio kitchen faucet, and Whirlpool appliances. The couple’s favorite element of the redesign, and their one big splurge? The vintage wood bar, which they call “kind of crazy for a rental.”

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See the Full Tour: Raina and Robert’s Modern Farmhouse Makeover at Apartment Therapy

Related: Kitchen Spotlight: Lori’s Serene Farmhouse

(Images: Befores by Raina Kattleson; Afters by Emily Johnston Anderson via Apartment Therapy)

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