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I know that often times people will have those “if I would have known type of stories”, I am hoping everyone will share them with me in hopes of making my big project flow a little easier.
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I know that often times people will have those “if I would have known type of stories”, I am hoping everyone will share them with me in hopes of making my big project flow a little easier.
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the best thing you can do is work with a Kitchen designer that has experience!! Stay away from the box stores. They give their designers a 3 day training and put them to work! There are so many little details that are so important to remodeling a kitchen, it is impossible to understand them all in 3 days. I have been in the industry now for 5 years and I am still learning!!
If you haven’t decided on a designer, or have one and want a second oppion feel free to shoot me an email!
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First you should draw up some possible plans for your kitchen–where the appliances might be placed, where the cabinets and counters could go, placement of a table and chairs, etc. Include accurate measurements of the floor and wall spaces, as well as where the windows and doorways are located.
Then get some input about these plans from a few people whose opinions you value (but don’t ask too many people, as having too many suggestions could just add to the confusion).
Then go to a place like Home Depot and meet with someone in their Kitchen dept. These stores provide a free computerized kitchen planning service (it’s free because they are hoping you will wind up buying the stuff you’ll need from them). Bring along your sketches and measurements. They will put this information into a computer, which will then print out not just a diagram of the new layout, but will show just how things would actually look from different angles (just as if you were standing in different places and looking around the kitchen). If you are like me and have trouble visualizing in your head how things will look, these computer-generated pictures will be of great help in deciding which layout could look the best and work out the best for you. Another bonus is that the people working at these stores have helped hundreds of people redesign and renovate their kitchens, and are highly likely to give you additional ideas of what would work well for you.
Lastly (assuming you are not going to do all the work yourself), get prices from at least 2 or 3 experienced people for the job. Hanging kitchen cabinets and installing counter tops can be tricky, so you should make sure whoever you hire is expert when it comes to kitchens. Ask the people for references, and actually call some of these past customers to find out how satisfied they’ve been with the workmanship. And when you finally decide who you want to hire, make sure you get a written contract which specifies not only the price of everything (both materials and labor), but also the time-frame of the job (the start date and how long the work will take to complete).
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Just remember that a well functioning and good looking kitchen is a big selling point when you are ready to sell your house. Even though you might not be thinking of selling it now, you might in the future. That is what we thought about when renovating our kitchen.
We bought all of our appliances at Best Buy. They were offering 18 months no interest so we could pay our appliances off a little at a time. It was quite an investment but well worth it as we are now looking to sell our home. There are many homes in our neighborhood that look the same as ours on the outside but ours is completely remodeled on the inside. We saved a little money painting our cupboards. They were really ugly to look at but they were functional in our kitchen.
Good luck and have fun in your new kitchen.