10+ DIY Kitchen Makeovers That Will Blow Your Mind

Last Updated on August 10, 2021

Looking for DIY kitchen makeover ideas? These 10+ amazing renovations will blow your mind and have you planning your new kitchen!

We had a contributor post a few weeks ago with an amazing kitchen makeover and it really got me in the DIY kitchen mood. We are in the early planning stages of giving our kitchen a massive overhaul and seeing what she did really got my creative juices flowing. We love the changes we made a few years ago (here is our painted cabinet tutorial and kitchen reveal part one and part two if you want to check out all the changes we made).

But this time around our plan is to take down walls and change the footprint (UPDATE: you can see our completed kitchen renovation HERE). Big and exciting stuff y'all…a huge DIY kitchen makeover! I am seriously obsessed right now with looking at kitchens, so naturally I wanted to share my favorites I have found with y'all. You are not going to believe the before and after photos in these posts. SO inspiring! They are giving me all kinds of ideas about my dream kitchen.

Kaleidoscope Living (yours truly) transformed this dark and outdated kitchen for just under $1,000! It is one of my favorite budget-friendly kitchen makeovers of all time! It's the transformation I designed and executed for my good friend Thea! Click HERE to check out all the details of how we created this huge transformation on such a small budget.

Remodelando la Casa created this beautiful DIY kitchen and it was a work in stages. Cristina kept making small changes until she was happy and the finished product is amazing!

Rachel from Maison de Pax is making my heart sing with this DIY kitchen. The marble tile is AMAZING, and y'all know I love gray cabinets! And if you ever wondered about gold hardware with gray, well wonder no more, because they are perfect.

Every inch of At Charlotte's House is amazing and her kitchen is no exception! I LOVE everything about it. Saying “all white kitchen” sounds boring, but when I look at what Charlotte has done to bring color into her white kitchen it totally changed my mind about all white!

Yellow Brick Home renovated the kitchen of the garden apartment they rent out using IKEA. The galley kitchen was expanded and improved in a really beautiful and functional way! I love the clean design and wood countertops.

Sand and Sisal created the most beautiful kitchen out of a complete disaster. Kim's home flooded and ruined her kitchen. After a long renovation process, this amazing kitchen was born! Talk about making the very best out of a terrible situation!

Chris Loves Julia has one of the most dramatic DIY kitchen makeovers in my list. You will not believe what this gorgeousness looked like before! If I didn't know better, I wouldn't know it was the same room.

Bless'er House gave her space a fresh new feeling without doing a total makeover. She worked with what she had for her DIY kitchen renovation and the results are beautiful!

Place of My Taste hit on one of my secret dreams for a kitchen…dark cabinets on the bottom and white on top. I LOVE this relatively new style of kitchen. Isn't it beautiful? Those floors and globe light fixture are pretty amazing too!

The DIY kitchen from Sincerely, Sara D. is a slice of perfection. The color is a lovely neutral and all the little details (those sweet silhouettes, the sleek pulls, the subway tile, that bright rug) really comes together in a beautiful way.

Lory from DesignThusiasm did a beautiful job with her kitchen makeover. She was extremely mindful of her budget, but made very smart changes that made the room look totally new and fresh.

Which DIY kitchen is your favorite? They are all so beautiful and really have me thinking about what I want to incorporate into our renovation. I love learning about the small changes people made that were most impactful and where they went budget versus what they really splurged on.

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