{"id":2546,"date":"2025-09-14T02:02:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/09\/14\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-budget-remodel-that-looks-high-end-thanks-to-diy-and-clever-design\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T02:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T18:02:25","slug":"kitchen-of-the-week-a-budget-remodel-that-looks-high-end-thanks-to-diy-and-clever-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/kitchen-of-the-week-a-budget-remodel-that-looks-high-end-thanks-to-diy-and-clever-design\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00fcche der Woche: Ein preiswerter Umbau, der dank Heimwerken und cleverem Design nach High-End aussieht"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like so many people this past year, Kelly Jo moved back to her hometown to be closer to family. A single parent to a young son, she took it a step further by buying her grandparents\u2019 ranch-style house, which was her mother\u2019s childhood home. The house, in Pittsburgh, held sweet memories, but she wasn\u2019t attached in the least to the actual interiors. Dark and dated, with a small kitchen, it was in dire need of a refresh.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Jo\u2019s idea was to move the tiny kitchen into the roomy and light-filled sunroom, an addition that her grandparents had put in decades after the home was constructed. Her remodeling budget of $80,000 was not a small sum but challenging nonetheless when you factor in the other projects (turning the old kitchen into a home office, opening up the entryway, furnishing the kitchen, dining, and living areas) that would have to be undertaken in order to transform the interiors into a bright, warm, minimalist space.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Leanne and Steve Ford. In episode 4 of <em>Home Again with the Fords<\/em>, a new HGTV series that follows the sister-brother team as they help redesign the homes of people moving back to their hometown of Pittsburgh, Kelly Jo gets her dream kitchen, thanks to clever hacks and smart, budget-minded decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a tour.<\/p>\n<p>Photography by Erin Kelly, courtesy of Leanne Ford Interiors. (Construction by Williamson Construction.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1901001635361465710.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: The new spacious kitchen in the home\u2019s addition, which was formerly a sunroom. Leanne had the cedar trim and ceiling, which had an unappealing orange-y tint, painted white. A 6- by 6-foot quartz-topped island anchors the room. The stools are from Anthropologie.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4491458391921709137.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Leanne designed the statement pendant light and, in a stroke of genius, had it made from paper-m\u00e2ch\u00e9. The cost: $250.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7894320496589941174.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Using Ikea base cabinets helped keep costs down. Leanne chose Semihandmade fronts, from its SSS Beaded line, for the cabinet doors.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4453655848659101363.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: The wide-plank Tecwood floors from Mohawk have a bleached-wood look. The faucet is from Delta\u2019s Felix Collection.<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4548342807056559000.jpg\">  <br \/>Above: Handmade sconces by Bass &amp; Bennett&nbsp;flank the GE Cafe Appliances stove, in matte white. The vintage door leads to the old kitchen, now a study.     <br \/>Above: Leanne calls the vibe she was going for \u201cdesert ranch.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>For more kitchens with Ikea base cabinets, see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>K\u00fcche der Woche: Unterschr\u00e4nke von Ikea, schicke und bunte T\u00fcren von Reform<\/li>\n<li>Kitchen of the Week: Ikea Meets Semihandmade in a Shell Pink Beach House Kitchen<\/li>\n<li>In Praise of Ikea: 20 Ikea Kitchens from the Remodelista Archives<\/li>\n<li>Ikea K\u00fcche Upgrade: 11 Custom Cabinet Unternehmen f\u00fcr die ultimative K\u00fcche Hack<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wie so viele Menschen zog Kelly Jo im vergangenen Jahr zur\u00fcck in ihre Heimatstadt, um n\u00e4her bei ihrer Familie zu sein. Als alleinerziehende Mutter eines kleinen Sohnes ging sie noch einen Schritt weiter und kaufte das Ranchhaus ihrer Gro\u00dfeltern, in dem ihre Mutter als Kind lebte. Mit dem Haus in Pittsburgh verband sie sch\u00f6ne Erinnerungen, aber sie f\u00fchlte sich nicht [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}