So you’ve decided to renovate your home, whether for personal reasons or to increase your property value. You walk through your rooms and feel a bit overwhelmed. Where do you begin? How much should you spend? How many repairs should you do? It doesn’t have to be this way, you know. Revamping your home can be as simple as pie- so why not start where it’s made?
Your kitchen can be relatively easy to redo, depending on what sort of budget you have in mind. Kitchen renovations typically range between $20,000 and $40,000 but can also fall far above and below these marks. A good place to start if you’re short on funds is simple redecorating. Play with your walls a little and be creative. The possibilities are endless: a poppy paint job, warm and wild wallpaper, or toned-down tiles above your sink. Hang some art around your breakfast nook or dinner table to bring a little life into the room. Add furniture details on islands, chairs, or drawers to make things more interesting.
If you’re more adventurous and have a little more money to spend, by all means use it! New hardware on cabinets can do wonders for sprucing up your kitchen, and so can new molding. If your sink is dirty and dingy, install a more urban and useful one. A newer, more versatile faucet can make washing dishes or vegetables drastically easier. If you have a little extra to spend on revamping, why not replace older appliances? A new refrigerator or stove can be both practical and picturesque.
To make your kitchen more user-friendly and appealing, optimizing your storage is never a bad idea. Instead of letting pots and pans clutter up your cabinets, build a rack over your island or sink to hang them on. If you have the opposite problem and have too much cabinet space, rip a few of them out and put shelves in their place. You can make them more attractive by painting them and the wall behind them. Additionally, these shelves can be used for many more things than a cabinet could, including displaying decorations, stacking supplies, or as a more showy spice rack. If you have extra space under your island, in a cabinet, or in a drawer, you can use this space to organize loose items, such as utensils and produce, in baskets. These can either be stored away in secret or made into simple decorations, depending on your preference.
Renovating your kitchen doesn’t have to be so hard. In fact, it’s a relatively simple way to get your foot in the door with improving your home. Don’t get too overwhelmed with completely redoing your kitchen, though. Take things one step at a time. Instead of trying to do everything at once and have a kitchen out of Better Homes and Gardens, decide what you want. Take baby steps and start with a simple task like repainting. Before you know it, you’ll have a brand new kitchen all to yourself.