Remodeling your kitchen is one of the best ways to improve your home’s interior aesthetic and increase the value for your home. However, you don’t want to put so much in a renovation that the cost outweighs the increased value. Following these steps will help with increasing the value while keeping cost lower.
- Do Your Research – When you begin to start preparing for the upcoming renovation, you need to decide what you want the space to be. How do you use this space? Are you a master chef who needs top of the line appliances? Create an account with Pinterest or Houzz to gather images of your dream kitchen. Make sure you consider your layout, functionality, finishes, and color palette. Sort these images in categories that determine how important they are for you to have. You are then ready to meet with a contractor or architect.
- Maximize Space – In most cases, every inch of your kitchen can be used, whether its additional cabinet space or turning an awkward corner space into a food prep corner.
- Don’t Rush – Rushing leads to unwanted changes, and potential problems down the renovation. After you know what you want, go in and visualize the layout, functionality and design of your new kitchen. Wanting to make a change after you realize that the sink is in a horrible place will be an extra cost and take time.
- Budget to Exceed your Budget – With any renovation, you have no idea of what you may find or come across. Planning on exceeding your budget will prepare you for the unexpected, and if you don’t need it towards the end, it can be extra funds to get those appliances you actually love!
- Look Over the Business Details – If you are using a contractor, make sure you get get all of the details of the renovation in writing, and read the contract(s) before you sign. It never ends well when you sign a unknown contract.