Kitchen Cousins John and Anthony transformed a certifiably dreadful kitchen in Sacramento, CA into this sleek and modern space that's part of a new, open and entertainment-friendly floor plan.

This section of the kitchen receives a clean and simple monochromatic treatment with black quartz countertop and carefully color-matched horizontal tiles.

Visual juxtaposition of wood and stone is a dominant theme in this reno -- which is actually more than just a simple kitchen redo. In the end, walls come down and the kitchen gets expanded into two adjacent spaces. 

Prior to the renovation, the Cousins dubbed this sadly dated kitchen "Brown on Brown on Brown" -- with its dark brown upper and lower cabinets topped off with mud brown laminate countertops. The lemon yellow walls and ceilings, and the damaged black and white floor tiles, also weren't doing the space any favors. Oh, and the drain line beneath the sink had been patched with duct tape. No kidding.