The kitchen can be one of the most expensive rooms in the house to remodel, but with a little creativity you can do a lot for a little. We are currently having a little affordable modern kitchen contest over at Grassrootsmodern, and it’s amazing the kitchens that some people are doing for a fairly reasonable price. With our remodel we were definitely feeling poor when we got to the kitchen, so we kept it as basic as possible. We got all our cabinetry from Ikea, and we were really impressed with the quality of it, especially considering what it costs. We went with the SORBO fronts with birch edges to compliment our Ikea flooring. Our countertops are the ikea NUMERAR butcher-block which are an amazing value for the price. Our sink was an Elkay undermount single tub that we got for around $300 and the faucet was a Pegasus from Home Depot for $189. We kept our LG refrigerator an added a new Ikea oven and a Bosch gas cooktop. The one thing we splurged a little on was the Bosch dishwasher. With all our cabinetry and appliances (minus the fridge) the whole thing cost under $5,000.