The cabinets have arrived :)

IKEA is having their annual sale. 20% off if you spend more than $4500 in the kitchen department (sinks, appliances, countertops included). We only ordered cabinets, countertops, and hardware. I've already got most of my appliances, which are Kenmore Elite, and I plan to stick to that brand for the remaining appliance (gas range).

Anyways...my Dad and I rushed down for the first day of the sale. We were second in line. I had already drawn out a plan here at home with the handy dandy IKEA kitchen planner and went in a few days before the sale to finalize everything. Unfortunately, I didn't account for enough clearance space on one wall, so the kitchen planner had to make some changes and I lost a little 15" bank of drawers (but gained a bigger pantry). I'm still not sure how I feel about that. IKEA is great, but their current line (AKURUM) is pretty limited in terms of available sizes. They have a new cabinet line, Metod, which has a larger selection of sizes and is supposed to be out in the US later this year (it's already released in many other countries), but unfortunately I don't have the luxury of waiting for this remodel. Oh well.

Full Kitchen

The wall to the right is being moved 30" to give more space to the kitchen.

  

Looking toward the livingroom

Looking toward the livingroom. The stupid breakfast bar will just be counter height cabinets w/a pony wall.

The fridge/pantry wall

Not a great picture, but the wall w/the thermostat is moving 30" to the right, and the space is being absorbed by the kitchen.

The dimensions (just in case someone cares, lol)

The door style we're going with is IKEA ADEL 

The countertop is Caeserstone (Quartz) Nougat

I also picked up some hardware from IKEA, since any kitchen item I added to my order was 20% off. I'm not sure I'll use them, but I do like them (but haven't looked much). I went with VARNHEM. Kind of a classic look with a modern touch. 

We opted to have our cabinets delivered. The last time we remodeled with IKEA, we picked them up ourselves. It made for a ridiculously long day of waiting, and took an entire truck bed and minivan to get them home. For the $79 delivery charge, I let them do the waiting, checking, and heavy lifting :) My delivery choices were two weeks out...or the very next day. I went with the very next day (though we were far from ready to accept/store them). It was about a week sooner than I had hoped, but two weeks out wasn't going to work, so I went with what worked.