As time goes on, your wants and needs change. So the same kitchen that you had when you first started, and fell in love with may no longer be functional or what you want. Before you completely gut your current kitchen because you want some change, you need to take a good look at your home and project expectations. While you want to have your dream kitchen in your forever home, emergencies happen. If you are put in a position where you have to sell your home, you don’t want to have too much or too little in your kitchen. You want to upgrade your kitchen to boost your resale value, but not so much that you are throwing cash away. How do you decide how much kitchen is right for your home? For starters, having a refrigerator, cooktop, oven, sink and dishwasher are a requirement for any new kitchen. It’s the size, type, and quality that will vary from home to home. Here are some tips you can use to determine how much kitchen is right for your home.
- While your kitchen doesn’t need to match your home 100%, it does need to complement the rest of your home. Having a tiny kitchen in a large 3,000 square foot home or putting futuristic metal pieces in a cabin style home will scare potential buyers away. The kitchen must flow with the rest of the house.
- As you start deciding on what you want to put in your kitchen, you will need to have a good balance of your needs versus what you want. Having that 36” stovetop with the warming drawers will add elegance, but if you rarely cook or entertain, do you really need these types of appliances? Instead of spending all of the appliance budget on one piece, buy similar pieces that complement the kitchen so you don’t end up with a space that has one spectacular piece that is surrounded by non-complementing pieces.
- You don’t want to put a new kitchen in a rundown home. Keep in mind that you want the kitchen to complement your home, not out shine it. So if your kitchen remodel cost as much as or near the amount that houses in your area is selling for, when you decide to sell your home, you will find that it will be difficult to sell. Buyers want more than just a grand kitchen in their home.
Once you have done the research needed, you can begin the journey of creating the new kitchen. Having a plan of how much you are going to spend and what exactly you are wanting in a kitchen will help with your remodel. A dream kitchen that goes with your home should be a high priority, and if planned correctly, is very obtainable.