July
2010
The Kitchen is one of the most important rooms in a home! Its not just a place to sit down for dinner with the family, its become a place for having quick snacks, entertaining a small group, casual dining, paying your bills or even school projects and homework. With that being said, some families are feeling dissapointed with small kitchen space, they feel as if they are missing a crucial part to their home. Renovating and expanding your kitchen is one of the top ways of adding value to your home, but not everyone has the extra $50,000-$100,000 to put into their kitchen, so here are some tips that will enlarge the image of your kitchen and maximize the space.
Quick Ideas & Tips:
Start by RECONFIGURING THE EATING AREA, it is obviously essential to have a eating area, but the normal round tables you see in most kitchen take up way to much room, so try replacing it with a diner-style booth ($2,000-$6,000) which can be propped up against a wall and will only take up 6×8 of space. Another option is extending a countertop and turn it into a breakfast bar (about 15 inches off a peninsula or island). Grab some stools or bar chairs that can be tucked under the counter. That way it will open up the whole entire kitchen! Another great idea is to consider the importance of your dining room. If it is ever hardly at use, then possibly knock down the wall that separates the dining rooms and kitchen and make it one big room for all of your casual and semi formal dining experiences. The construction of that type of expansion would range anywhere from $1,500 to $4,500. Remember to always MAXIMIZE YOUR SPACE, get rid of the congested feel of old-fashioned floor plans and make use of spaces that can be moved. For example, walk-in pantries, mudrooms and laundry rooms. Some of those areas are often attached to some kitchens and would be great additional space to a kitchen. A big plus, is the fact that there are great deals available on stackable laundry units, which take up very minimal space and can be tucked away in almost any closet space. So use that laundry room for kitchen space and hide the ugly washer and dryer in an unused closet! If these options are not available in your kitchen and the only option is to add on space, then DO IT ECONOMICALLY & AFFORDABLE. Its very simple to add adjacent living space, many people desire an extra eating area next to the kitchen, or a small family room or den. It will open the floor plan up and it will make the kitchen seem larger. It will probably run you close to $200 a sqaure foot and save you the headaches and costs of remodeling and adding actual kitchen space. If you’re more interested in just giving your kitchen just that tiny extra little “bump” then there are many easy and affordable ways of doing so. Most of the times you will be able to just hang the space off of the side of your home, by just suspendning the additional square footage from the current structure. It almost is as it is a bay window. Something like that will add some extra room for under $3,000. Those are just a few popular and affordable tips to make your kitchen closer to the kitchen of your dreams! Bon Appetit!
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