One of the best home improvement projects you can make to your home is remodeling your kitchen. According to the National Remodeling Statistics and the National Association of Realtors has reported that you can expect a 72.1 – 88.9% return on your investment. This should be welcome news when you are trying to maximize every remodeling dollar.
If you are planning to remodel your kitchen, create a realistic budget and be sure of your needs and goals. First, you should examine your kitchen’s layout, appliance locations, work space, storage, etc., if you are comfortable with it, then painting or refinishing your cabinets might be one inexpensive idea. Replacing doors with glass fronts, new hardware, drawer fronts and converting some of your cabinets to open storage, can give your kitchen an open airy charm.
You can give your kitchen new life by adding a new countertop, Kitchen Remodeling San Jose window, skylight or new built-in lighting. Consider a new full height custom back splash to enhance the beauty of your kitchen. Along with new flooring, wall accents, a deep well sink and swan neck faucet, you will have made a small investment paying big dividends.
If work space or appliance location is a problem, you may want to consider remodeling your entire kitchen and creating a new layout. Removing or bumping out an existing wall can give your kitchen the additional work space you need or an island you always desired.
Having a kitchen island can become an integral part of your kitchen’s design. Framing a pony wall around your island cabinets, with a raised or lowered counter top allows you to have family or guests nearby while you are involved in the kitchen.
Installing your sink or cook top in a kitchen island may also improve your kitchen’s overall appearance and layout. With a stainless steel hood vent over your cook top will be a stunning addition to your gourmet kitchen.
When you are creating your new layout, make a sketch or mark on the floor with masking tape the new location of your appliances and sink(s). Your appliance location will be the driving force behind your new layout and this will give you a good visual idea of how your kitchen will look.
Today’s cabinets offer several different styles, finishes and shades. Prices can vary as well, based on wood species, door & drawer details and cabinet heights, built-ins and style type; (frame-less, door & drawer flush with frame or framed). They also have many new and exciting cabinet features to store your utensils, deep pull out drawers for cookware, pantry & corner sections, sectional compartments for vertical storage. Cabinet manufacturers offer many enhancements to complete your cabinet design, crown molding, radius corners and glass fronts, face panels for your dishwasher & refrigerator, a light skirt for under mount lighting and finished end panels for the side of your cabinets, all will be a stunning addition to your new kitchen.
When you are researching for new cabinets, it is very important that you review your cabinet designer’s layout and elevation drawings thoroughly. Make sure the appliance locations are where they should be. That the door and drawer combinations of the different base cabinets (elevations) look symmetrical, that they line up with the uppers, and your overall design is pleasing to the eye. You should also be sure of what each cabinet has to offer, such as; (pull out shelves, deep drawers, etc.).