After years of reimagining our kitchen format and design, in January 2024 we started a brand new part of our kitchen rework following our preliminary $95 finances kitchen replace. Residing and entertaining right here for 5 years helped type our concepts on find out how to enhance the kitchen’s general operate and movement. So now that we’re (lastly!) at this part of our rework, we plan to work throughout the sq. footage we’ve got with a couple of budget-saving twists that I’m glad to share.
Present state of our kitchen // Listed here are a couple of earlier than and after photos of our kitchen after our first finances kitchen rework. You may also tour our residence from the start and take a look at the itemizing photographs earlier than we moved in.
Small Kitchen Hacks & Concepts
Hyperlinks to buy my kitchen
I really feel like we signify most owners in that we don’t have a limiteless finances for residence enchancment, and we solely do initiatives as our finances and time permit. Understanding the nuance of your areas is such an necessary issue when crafting a brand new room design, particularly should you’re reworking on a finances. That is very true for kitchens! Our circa-2005 home has a couple of quirks that we wished to repair the minute we took possession of the home, and we’re so glad that point has lastly arrived!
2024 Kitchen Transform Guidelines
Timeless to me means making a traditional basis, modernized with paint & decor. Right here’s how we plan to create a timeless and traditional kitchen that (we hope) will stay in type for years to return.
- Repair our laborious water (✅We put in Culligan with reverse osmosis)
- Put money into high quality home equipment (✅Achieved! 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 ground (✅Achieved! Come see which flooring we selected)
- Add seating & broaden countertop area (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 comfortable with grey in houses so long as it’s blended with hotter colours)
Fast DIY Kitchen Transformations // As a substitute 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 all the time my go-to for a fast and straightforward change in a kitchen!
We additionally plan to make use of beadboard wallpaper (or possibly the actual factor) on our kitchen partitions as an alternative of a full tile backsplash. Tile and lighting are likely to age-out in a kitchen the quickest. So protecting these objects as timeless as doable are the purpose.
Luxurious Kitchen Upgrades // New flooring was put in this week! The ground has been the largest funding to date since we addressed your entire first ground, which was round 1,250 sq. ft at $2.60 a sq. foot. Upgrading our whole-home water system with Culligan was additionally obligatory since our water was so laborious. 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 really small finances. My 14-Web page information contains:
- “6 Suggestions: Learn how to Prioritize Your Tasks”
- The FIRST factor I all the time handle in each room
- What to do when you’ve $0 to spend
- Recognizing “good bones” in each area
- What to do when you find yourself uninspired
