For all of you talking about the cabinets lost....Mónica literally said " I won't do this with every owner" she said that she talked to her about it and she was OK with it. Not everyone needs all that storage...what we need is stop hoarding stuff. With open shelving you are forced to do that as well as keep your things tidy and clean. Any space will breathe more with less stuff. I think the idea of getting all of those cabinets down is awesome and the end result is just Fantastic!!! Can't wait for next week's episode!

Hi Friends! I knew this ep would have you debating for sure -lol! Some thoughts on taking down the cabs and the infamous microwave. 1 The golden rule for ANY design is what the homeowner wants and how they plan use the space. This homeowner wanted open shelving. Her upper cabinets were mainly empty on a daily basis and she wanted to keep her essentials only in the kitchen. What you didn't see (bc we only have so much time in an ep) is that she has a massive dining room with tons of closed, built-in shelving where all of her serve ware and things are stored. 2- The microwave moved to the pantry outside of the kitchen - some people do want to prioritize design over convenience (Dallas was willing to take a few extra steps to get to the micro and didn't want to see it). 3- I love that you guys watch our makeovers and share your opinions - designing for a different homeowner with different style goals each weekend is a fun challenge AND it shows just how versatile Lowe's products are that we can design completely different looks!! See you next weekend!! -Monica

My mum and I are so glad to see Monica on the weekender again !!!❤😊😊😊😊

You did a BEAUTIFUL job with all of your decisions on this one, Monica!!! You had a gorgeous client w a gorgeous house. But, you did her well!

When I first saw the kitchen, I was like "it looks so nice, why would you need to change it??" And then, I have to admit, I was a little unsure it would turn out. Then at the reveal i was flipping blown away, it looks so, so cool. It's a perfect mix of styles, that all meld together, I was shocked I liked it so much since I don't usually like traditional. My only disappointment is that those adorable tiles with the bunny are demoed.

I am so glad Monica is back. She is amazing!

I love how it looks, but I'd never want to lose that cabinet space. Open shelves are pretty but not so practical. It is beautiful though. I have one open shelf and I am Definitely adding a towel bar to it, purchasing bar today :)

I love your design ideas for lightening up the kitchen for your client, Monica, and giving her a new stove!!!, so awesome!!!, however, I, too, am concerned about storage for her. I don’t know if she had a lot of stuff in her upper cabinets. If she did, maybe giving her back some storage by putting in a floor-to-ceiling cabinet, with glass inset doors (to keep things feeling light), in the unused space where the nice gold hooks are, would be a good idea.

I love that you listened to what she wanted. There are some people that just don't want all the storage space and that's ok. It's her home. Listening to what the client wants is the most important thing.

Absolutely gorgeous renovation. You added so much light, space, and style. I am ever amazed at your work around solutions for things like the gallery rail and range hood. Beautifully done! I would’ve liked to have heard about and seen what she stored in her cabinets. I love the openness of shelving in a kitchen but also fear it as I do not have a separate pantry or storage space for extra dishes, food, appliances. Did this homeowner purge things, store them elsewhere, or work them in? I feel that information would be helpful.

I definitely would've NEVER taken those cabinets down. To sacrifice so much precious storage for looks just does not do it for me. However, knowing that it was the owner's decision makes me feel better. The kitchen came out beautiful and it has a high end look. Tiles and color complement the style enormously. Great job and design.

It looks really great! I don't think I could live with so few cabinets, but it certainly works for the home.

This kitchen is so gorgeous!! Opening it up and letting the walls and windows breathe was the perfect solution. And those gallery rails... **chef kiss**

Beautiful design. I am a big fan of open shelving in kitchens. It opens up the space so much and adds interest. This redesign really played to the age of the home

Love the towel bars on the shelves 😍 Great idea 👏🏻 TY @monicamangin 🥰 Ps: Still think this series should be weekly 😁

I love, love the finished kitchen! Super stylish and very creative use of products! I am always excited to see different designs, and it is wonderful that you listened to the homeowner’s needs and wants to build her ideal kitchen…it is beautiful!

Hey there Monica, another hit on style. Love how this kitchen turned out. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️🥰❤️ Huge Fan of Your Work, Chris

It looks stunning!! I appreciate that she said "I won't do this with every owner" because most people want the extra cabinetry. But if it fits with her lifestyle, damn it looks fabulous in the end!

I live this at first when I said bead board up against the marbled tile I wasn't sure. But u proved me wrong it looks beautiful.

I love this style of kichen. The lights on the walls was very different. Open shelves are my favorite. It like a Traditional farmhouse. Everything in the makeover came out beautifully. Great job Monica

Love the towel bar hack! Love the new oven and table..,not in love with only shelving on the top (I would have preferred shelving just on the smaller wall. I’m always thinking it’s more stuff to dust! But you did a great job on the door!

I love this show!!!! I love how you all make it easy to learn how to do the same!! Please keep making these!!! ❤❤❤

Wow! So great. Very impressive just for a weekend

Loved this makeover. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍. Realise lots of people asked about storage. Probably an incentive to weed out stuff!

When I buy my home I am going to pull soooo much from this video....as always great job Monica. Dallas you're so lucky 😍

Love the kitchen makeover! Will try the towel bar idea--excellent.

Very nice. Looks great. I couldn’t live without upper cabinets . Open shelves would always be dirty in my house, but they look great here

The table is much better than the island. The island seemed like something from a workshop, and in the way. The beaded molding on the good vent is terrific.

I love weekender ever since so I really love that Monica is back for Weekender. Yayyy!!

This turned out beautiful. I love open shelves. And the tile back splash looks great! And didn't think a table would fit but actually makes the kitchen look bigger!

Fabulous outcome. So much brighter and roomier.

BEAUTIFUL JOB, Monica. Dallas has taste + discernment. You filled the brief!

Two words, blown away. Monica you never fail to amaze ❤

I love this make over. I think it's my favorite of all your kitchen redos!

"It`s looking fantastic" says the lady who quite recently got rid of all open shelving and did swap it for huge closed dark cabinets🤩 I have no regrets though....each to their own

I love love love your creative thoughts Monica. You are the best.

Awesome weekend project and awesome results. I love not crowding things into a home just because. Many of us don't need all those cabinets. It entices one to fill them up with stuff. I am getting ready to remove my upper cabinets for a simpler style. This project has got me thinking. Thank you, Monica!

Un-Eff'ing believable ! Just gorgeous. Love it !

Monica this is the video I have always wanted!!!. Thank you so much!!! Definitely borrowing that gallery rail idea. YAASSS the puck lights I used for my daughter's room.

I love it BUT it seems she lost a LOT of storage space. Where will she put everything she had in the cabinets and under her island, and what about a microwave? I wish some of that was talked about since many people wanting to redo kitchens have these same questions.

Wow - it’s beautiful! I love it. The bead board and the hood vent are probably my favorites.

I have done lots of painting, but I haven't liked the texture /application of the cabinet paint. If I don't have Varathane paint, I'd go with a super quality high gloss trim paint instead. I would pick a table and chairs over an island every time! Love the art. The rails and the backsplash were great clever choices. Well done! Now she just needs a weekend to tackle her front door and porch to elevate her curb appeal :)

People tend to keep EVERYTHING in their kitchens. I wonder, truly, how much is really beautuful and useful. Day-to-day dishware, holiday set, dressy set / often a wedding registry set. Pots + pans, bakeware, prep equipment, foils, wraps, papers, staples. Pantry is often a separate area. Coffee bar; baking center. See, Martha Stewart showed, years ago, how restaurants use open shelves. Monica doesn't do this with every client; but, this gal was begging to "lighten up".

It looks beautiful!!! Eventhough some cabinets is always useful to have for storages, I love the finish work.

This makeover is my favorite of all episodes, it was more than amazing.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😍😍

The kitchen is just beautiful I love how it turned out

Those towel rails... Excuse me: Gallery rails... Are a GAME CHANGER! I definitely want to incorporate this into my kitchen somehow

The towel rack hack, genius!! I’m definitely implementing this in my kitchen!

I loved the range hood and overall I liked the look, but not having all the upper cabinets causes me anxiety. Having the dishes on the counter? Of course she has a lot of lower cabinets. Love the towel bracket shelves!

Monica, you always amaze me! WOW! So many fantastic ideas.

Absolutely beautiful! The door color was amazing. I thought it was going to be lighter in color, but was pleasantly surprised the richness of color.

The range hood turned out amazing!! So cute! So original!!

I love it! It's amazing how breaking a large task into many smaller projects, and then doing simple changes can completely transform a space. The shower towel rail is such a creative idea too!

Beautiful! That ceramic tile backsplash is amazing!

Stunning!! The large tile backsplash is genius!!

This is me all day. I love it!

Looks beautiful! I love your hack ideas!

The lights were the best👏👏👏👏

As always you did a great job. So glad you're back. I am learning stuff. 😆

Love love love the enclosed range hood and the fluted molding! Such a gorgeous statement piece in the kitchen! As always, awesome job Monica!! 👏🏽

This kitchen is stunning. It looks like a designer kitchen. I am much more Rustic Farmhouse but I would love to do the backsplash. I still have laminate counter tops from the 90's when we built our home. I am now disabled and do not entertain like I use to .... so maybe I could do with less cabinets but I think it would be more work keeping it cleaned weekly. I love the towel bar idea. We used iron pipes for curtain rods in our living room on a pallet wall, at Christmas time my tension rod curtain bar over my kitchen sink kept falling down when I hung my garland on it (I have done this for YEARS) so not wanting to deal with it all holiday season We went to hardware store and bought 2 iron hooks and b/c prices have gone up we just bought a 1" dowel rod and spray painted in Rustoleum antique spray paint to give it the look of iron. No one realized it is a wood dowel! I wondered if you wanted one long rod instead of 2 towel bars could you have painted a longer dowel or pipe with the ends from the towel bar? I'm not familiar with that look so maybe there are breaks in the bars normally. Just a thought. There were so many ideas Monica that you just blow my mind. I would love for you to come to my house! My hubby and I just paid off our 30 year mortgage. wOO HOO~!!! But now that I am disabled I just can't help my husband and he is working 2 jobs, and turning 60 in August. He is a role model for in sickness and in health! I just love your channel! I'm making wish lists. Have a blessed day.

Love it, Buuuut where did all the things in the cupboards go? You didn't mention her having a butler's pantry or any other place for them.

Simply beautiful!

Love Monica's style. Even her clothing style I want!

Love it! Definitely will use couple of ideas such lightning to add to my remodeled kitchen. Great job 👏

Gorgeous makeover

Just beautiful!! The space looks brighter and bigger.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!! I just found this channel. I can't wait to see what else is here :)

Omg! You hit it out of the park!!!!! Well Done!

this kitchen is bad ass!!!! everything blind together so well awesome job.

Bright charming and sophisticated! Luv it! Single folks don't need all the cabinets as we do not have half the shit as a whole family. Luv the tiles as a backsplash. Going to be borrowing that idea in my new place. Thanks Monica!!!

While it looks pretty, I don't think it's practical. Where did she put all her appliances etc. after removing her packed cupboards. Like the rails but I would have changed the rods so it would fit the whole length.

Holy cow! This is amazing! All of it is beautiful!

Love, love, love the towel bar shelf’s I’m going to copy this😍

MONICA! You get me every time. Every single time I think "Oh, no, I don't like that..." about something, and then at the end it looks amazing. I was skeptical about the hood surround and the sconces. But in the end they both looked great. I am definitely a cabinet person, not an open shelving person. But hese shelves turned out fancy! The styling is so elegant. I also was not on board when gold tone metals started coming back into style. I kept thinking late 1980s / early 1990s. But they have grown on me and I like the color palette you chose for this room. The gold metals, the marble look tile, the blue door, and even the paintings and wood accents in the styling all really make the space look calm and sophisticated. I like that you gave a nod to the house's history. It can be really hard to do that in kitchens and bathrooms since things are so different now. I don't think I've seen a painting like that one by the fridge in a kitchen before, and that is one of my favorite things about the styling. Bravo! I just love this series. :)

Omg I haven’t seen a weekender episode in ages!!

Love this. It’s amazing

“I can get a cat!”😂… But seriously, love your design ideas. People so often keep the design decisions of the builder. And they can be but most of the time they are not creative. I love the way Monica always explains her creative decisions. ❤ Love your work/style and the show!❤

Brilliant lighting hack! I absolutely love that! So glad the weekender is back ❤

Greetings, Monica. This kitchen was modernized for sure. But, my concern is that the open shelving eliminates so much storage space. What happened to the contents of all the cabinet shelving that was removed? But, I do agree the elimination of the cabinets and inclusion of minimal open shelves does OPEN the kitchen.

Brilliant! Just brilliant!

Brilliant design solution in just a weekend Monica! It seems like just what the homeowner wanted. Thanks for the explanation in the comments too.

I loooove that this one has more of a style focus, the mix with the other episodes is really nice

It looks gorgeous, but I would have built an L shaped small banquet seating area with storage in the seating and a table where Monica put the coat hooks and kept the island :-)

This is gorgeous!! Best one yet.

While I love the overall style of the kitchen, the removal of the upper cabinets created a storage issue. The area where you placed hooks, could have been better used for a pantry to compensate for the loss of upper cabinet storage.

Just like she said, it's so crazy! wonderful transformation. Less cabinet make it looks nice.

The idea of using towel bars on the shelf was great. The kitchen is very pretty.

Absolutely gorgeous and so very inspiring!!!

Love the home owner and designers energy together!

Beautiful !!

Beautiful kitchen, more showroom than practical at first glance but I like the openness with the upper cabinets gone. I hope the homeowner has a pantry because she lost all her storage space. I like the open shelves and the idea for railings. The main thing I'd have done is take that small area where Monica put the unnecessary hooks and make it a shallow pantry with doors matching the vent cover. Over all, I like the space. My favorite were the sconces. Clever idea of using remote activated lighting. Monica took the kitchen back in time but in a modern way.

Wow, it looks stunning and luxurious! I also love all the hacks!! Great work, guys! 😊👍🏻

It's so beautiful!!! So classic and bright though warm. Love it! And as a German I always wonder why you Americans need soooo much storage in your kitchens, so I would have taken down down those cabinets as well!

It definitely looks more wonderful and filled with light now. I'm envious about the more open space you gave her. I'm glad you gave her a table where friends could come for dinner. The only problem would be the tall vase and plant you put on the table. You wouldn't be able to see anyone on the other side of the table from you, so you'd have to switch it out.

It looks gorgeous!! Question though, what happened to the microwave?.. and those bandanas at the beginning were crackin me up. 😆 love these episodes, but would like to also see the price tags if you care to start sharing.

Wow what?!! This is GORGEOUS

Love it but maybe there was room for a tall old fashioned pantry to replace the top cupboards?

It looks so beautiful...and I might use the giant tile hack for my future backsplash! My favorite parts are the use of the bathroom towel bars and the custom hood. Also, love the blue color of the door!

Great job! But, no microwave at all?