Remodeling Your Kitchen,
Part Two.

What are the solutions?

If you have completed the kitchen check list in Part One of this series, you have identified the problems. You will have to think about future plans and priorities. Kitchen remodeling generally can be categorized into three areas:

A Face Lift: The least expensive approach.

A Replacement Project: The average renovation to update appliances and materials

A Major Renovation: Total rearrangement, possibly rebuilding or additions. If the major reason for your project is to increase the resale value of the home, you might want to replace the floor, countertops, and/or cabinets. It is not practical to over-improve.

If you plan to live in your home for many years, and the kitchen is workable but out of date, replacement will normally be your best answer. New cabinetry, countertops, applicants and floor covering, without any major construction changes, might solve your problem.

If the kitchen just doesn't work, if there is insufficient storage, poor lighting no place to prepare your meals, your only solution may be that the space will have to be redesigned.

It's important to remember that if your kitchen really needs to be redesigned, just redecorating or replacing equipment will be a wasted investment.

Let Ivan at Ivan's House of Kitchens and Baths help you make some of these decisions.

Part III: What will my new kitchen cost?