After years of reimagining our kitchen format and design, in January 2024 we started a brand new part of our kitchen transform following our preliminary $95 price range kitchen replace. Residing and entertaining right here for 5 years helped kind our concepts on enhance the kitchen’s total operate and movement. So now that we’re (lastly!) at this part of our transform, we plan to work throughout the sq. footage we’ve with just a few budget-saving twists that I’m blissful to share.
Present state of our kitchen // Listed below are just a few earlier than and after photos of our kitchen after our first price range kitchen transform. You can even tour our dwelling from the start and take a look at the itemizing pictures earlier than we moved in.
Small Kitchen Hacks & Concepts
Hyperlinks to buy my kitchen
I really feel like we characterize most householders in that we don’t have an infinite price range for dwelling enchancment, and we solely do tasks as our price range and time permit. Understanding the nuance of your areas is such an vital issue when crafting a brand new room design, particularly should you’re reworking on a price range. That is very true for kitchens! Our circa-2005 home has just a few quirks that we needed to repair the minute we took possession of the home, and we’re so blissful that point has lastly arrived!
2024 Kitchen Rework Guidelines
Timeless to me means making a basic basis, modernized with paint & decor. Right here’s how we plan to create a timeless and basic kitchen that (we hope) will stay in fashion for years to come back.
- Repair our onerous water (✅We put in Culligan with reverse osmosis)
- Spend money on high quality home equipment (✅Accomplished! We’re loving our KitchenAid merchandise)
- Deal with awkward areas (we moved the large pantry to our laundry room, extra on this quickly!)
- Replace flooring all through the primary flooring (✅Accomplished! Come see which flooring we selected)
- Add seating & broaden countertop house (aka, rip & exchange our island. Extra on this quickly!)
- Backsplash: I’m dedicated to beadboard on the partitions of the kitchen for a timeless look
- Repaint cupboards (presumably, I’m comfortable with grey in houses so long as it’s blended with hotter colours)
Fast DIY Kitchen Transformations // As an alternative of a full kitchen cupboard alternative, we’re relocating just a few base cupboards that we salvaged from the island. The plan is to repaint if wanted, and exchange or replace {hardware}. We are also engaged on a supply for putting in glass cupboards. Paint is at all times my go-to for a fast and simple change in a kitchen!
We additionally plan to make use of beadboard wallpaper (or possibly the true factor) on our kitchen partitions as an alternative of a full tile backsplash. Tile and lighting are likely to age-out in a kitchen the quickest. So preserving these gadgets as timeless as doable are the purpose.
Luxurious Kitchen Upgrades // New flooring was put in this week! The ground has been the most important funding to date since we addressed all the first flooring, which was round 1,250 sq. ft at $2.60 a sq. foot. Upgrading our whole-home water system with Culligan was additionally vital since our water was so onerous. We felt we wanted to do that earlier than investing in new home equipment. We’re additionally within the technique of designing our personal island and we’ve already chosen quartz counter tops. Will share extra on all of this quickly!
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For 12+ years we’ve been updating our dwelling on a really small price range. My 14-Web page information contains:
- “6 Suggestions: How one can Prioritize Your Tasks”
- The FIRST factor I at all times deal with in each room
- What to do when you’ve got $0 to spend
- Recognizing “good bones” in each house
- What to do when you’re uninspired