Free Kitchen Remodeling Guide and Timeline
Maybe you have been kitchen/bath cabinet shopping in stores or online. You envision a new kitchen for your home that will look fabulous for the budget you have. Here is my best suggestion n how to get there.
I've been working on kitchen projects for seventeen years. I can tell you without bias that investing a small part of your budget in expert design is UTTERLY worthwhile. Vital, in fact.
A good kitchen designer should not there to sell the cabinets of their employer. Their goal should be to ensure each client sorts out the many factors that go into designing a really wonderful layout so that the new kitchen is just right for the client’s preferences and kitchen space. It's a process. It takes experience, skill, and good software.
You can never get this kind of care from a contractor. Or from a big box store. By the way. it is never a good idea to let a contractor or installer make design decisions for you. You need a REAL kitchen design.
You'll save money, stress, and time, and you'll get a much nicer result, by basing your kitchen remodel on expert design and drawings. Your contractor will then know exactly what to do to prep the space, and where cabinet components are installed, so he can do what HE is good at. Yu won't have to worry that your dishwasher door won't open all the way, or that the new space around the island, which seemed ok, is really too tight.
As a note, architectural drawings are no substitute for a kitchen design. Such drawings are merely a general and typical idea of where cabinets will go within the space allotted. Luckily, unlike some architects, kitchen designers are quite affordable and, in the long run, a greater value.
A kitchen design is an inch by inch consideration of the optimal placement of cabinetry and appliances that best suits the needs of the space and the people who will be using it.
There is no substitute for a great, professionally drawn kitchen (or bath) design for your project. Spend the time working with someone who really cares, invest a small fraction of your budget in such service, and give yourself the best assurance of a great result.