After years of reimagining our kitchen structure and design, in January 2024 we started a brand new part of our kitchen rework following our preliminary $95 price range kitchen replace. Dwelling and entertaining right here for 5 years helped type our concepts on the way to enhance the kitchen’s general perform and circulate. So now that we’re (lastly!) at this part of our rework, we plan to work inside the sq. footage we’ve got with a couple of budget-saving twists that I’m comfortable to share.
Present state of our kitchen // Listed here are a couple of earlier than and after footage of our kitchen after our first price range kitchen rework. You may as well tour our residence from the start and try the itemizing photographs 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 residence enchancment, and we solely do tasks as our price range and time enable. Understanding the nuance of your areas is such an essential 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 a couple of quirks that we needed to repair the minute we took possession of the home, and we’re so comfortable 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 type for years to come back.
- Repair our exhausting water (âś…We put in Culligan with reverse osmosis)
- Put money into high quality home equipment (âś…Carried out! We’re loving our KitchenAid merchandise)
- Tackle awkward areas (we moved the massive pantry to our laundry room, extra on this quickly!)
- Replace flooring all through the primary flooring (âś…Carried out! Come see which flooring we selected)
- Add seating & broaden countertop house (aka, rip & substitute 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 happy with grey in houses so long as it’s combined with hotter colours)
Fast DIY Kitchen Transformations // As an alternative of a full kitchen cupboard alternative, we’re relocating a couple of base cupboards that we salvaged from the island. The plan is to repaint if wanted, and substitute 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 actual factor) on our kitchen partitions as a substitute of a full tile backsplash. Tile and lighting are inclined to age-out in a kitchen the quickest. So maintaining these objects as timeless as attainable are the aim.
Luxurious Kitchen Upgrades // New flooring was put in this week! The ground has been the most important funding to this point since we addressed your entire 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 mandatory since our water was so exhausting. We felt we would have liked to do that earlier than investing in new home equipment. We’re additionally within the strategy of designing our personal island and we’ve already chosen quartz counter tops. Will share extra on all of this quickly!
Want Inspiration?
For 12+ years we’ve got been updating our residence on a very small price range. My 14-Web page information consists of:
- “6 Suggestions: Tips on how to Prioritize Your Initiatives”
- 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
