Does your kitchen need spiced up? Whether your planning additions or just wanting to add style elements we can help you. Most consider the kitchen to be the heart of the home, so why not make it feel like that. Also creating a custom kitchen doesn’t have to be as expensive as you think. We can use elements already in your design and modify them for a new look that won’t break the budget.
Here are three things we recommend you bring to your first meeting with us, but if you don’t have them that is alright too.
Here are some additional things to consider from www.myoldhome.com
Two Triangles are Better Than One: The Best Layouts for Busy Kitchens
The kitchen triangle — that three-sided connection between the stove, sink, and refrigerator — is practically sacrosanct in kitchen design manuals. But in today’s family kitchens, often one triangle isn’t enough.
1. The island workstation: Depending on the shape of your kitchen, an island can make the work triangle more efficient — in a large space, it can tighten the legs of the triangle to the recommended distance of between 4 and 8 feet. In a two-cook kitchen, the island can be a pivot point in a series of triangles, especially if it includes a prep sink or a dedicated workstation, as for baking. In a compact kitchen, consider a rolling island that can be tucked against a wall when not in use.
2. The zone approach: Before you settle on a layout, map out the prevalent traffic patterns in the room: for instance, from fridge to sink to stove; toaster to coffeemaker to computer desk; homework station to fridge to back door. Then set up distinct areas, or “zones,” for each set of activities. For convenience and safety, try to keep zones from overlapping — the refrigerator, for instance, should be at the outer corner of the cooking zone so that kids can access it without having to pass near the stove.
The good news is, you should be able to recoup most of your remodeling costs at resale. The bad news: You have to pay for it now. Limit spending to no more than 15 percent of your home’s market value. Then, once you’ve come up with a budget number, lop 20 percent off the top and squirrel it away for unexpected necessities — like shoring up the floor so that new cast-iron Aga stove doesn’t go crashing into the basement.
