It has begun - Kitchen Remodel 2015.
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Comments (0)I've consulted and lurked in these pages for ideas of what to do and not do and now I've begun remodeling my 1926 Portland cutie. It started as a kitchen remodel and mission creep has it touching most rooms of the house. I still might get the hang of this lariat and see what I can rein in. I'm blogging the remodel at my website--no commercial intent at all--but I'd love to share these experiences with anyone interested: miriamfeder dot com --note the blog button on the upper right. Keep your fingers crossed. Thanks...See Moredemo has begun!
Comments (2)Who could possibly hate red? I love your laundry room idea. Laundry is such a mind numbing chore that the room at least ought to be cheerful. I once had carpet installers in who were only here for a day, thankfully. Their inappropriate language while "conversing" with each other made me really uncomfortable - they had a distinct lack of vocabulary involving words longer than 4 letters. Next time we needed carpets, I didn't call that shop. Consider yourself fortunate that your people are civilized and polite. P.S. Laundry - the rule at our house was that when the kids were old enough to reach the dials on the washer, they were old enough to take care of their own laundry. #1 and 2 children thought #3 child got pampered on this, but actually #3 was just shorter longer than the older two. When they went to college they couldn't believe how many times they had to instruct their dorm mates on the fine art of using the washing machine. #2 child was also the dorm expert on patching walls, as if spackling was some special talent. Moral of the story - share these wonderful chores with the small fry!...See MoreDemo has begun
Comments (4)Congratulations on the beginning of the kitchen remodel! I'm also glad you're going forward with this. No matter the outcome, you will always know you didn't take the easy way out and that you tried to correct a wrong. Good luck on both fronts and if you need more support please let us know! We're here for you!...See MoreKitchen remodeling costs 2015
Comments (40)There seems to be a certain amount of judging going on here. We live in San Francisco, one of the priciest housing markets in the country. We bought our 1921 California bungalow, 1650 sq. ft. , in 1985 for the then-exorbitant price of $172,000. We could not buy it now, when all the houses around us go for $1.3 million or more. So if we need to fix our kitchen, 158 sq. ft., which was last done in 1972, and has an oven with only one hinge, it is going to cost a bundle. In our case, the "bundle" is $79,000, and we are in the middle of it right now. We are not buying lamborghini equivalents. We spent $10,000 to replace our refrigerator (KA), double oven (Bosch, because they DC'd the KA we ordered, and the size had to fit the cabinets), cooktop (Thermador), hood (Zephyr), dishwasher (Bosch), and sink (Franke). Could we have spent less? Yes. But I cook and bake a lot. We could also have spent way more. I am religious about following Consumer Reports suggestions where possible. We are spending $36,000 on our contractor, a price which is probably more sensitive to location than any of the other costs. But this includes bringing our kitchen up to code, which it was not in any respect. Electrical was positively dangerous. There was no wallboard behind any cabinets or appliances, which we have been told is a fire hazard. And the floor (originally tiny pink and turquoise tiles when the house was built, replaced many times) is being replaced by an oak floor to match the rest of the house. Even here, we are splurging bit, on gum wood molding to match the gum wood wainscoting in dining and living rooms. Our cabinets, Columbia, a middle of the road semi-custom, are $22,000. But our kitchen is an odd shape, and off-the-shelf cabinets wouldn't fit in many places. Here, we could have spent less only by getting fewer cabinets. The counters are Cambria quartz, $6500. We could have found a cheaper material, but CR says quartz is the sturdiest, and we never want to replace counters again. These are the big costs, but the project is full of smaller ones where we could save money or not: the breakfast nook needs a 30" x 54" table, and we couldn't find any trestle tables that size anywhere. The one we have, with its formica top, is ancient and not worth the cost to fix. So there goes a $1500 dollars to have it made. the tiles, $1400 (for materials. our contractor's price includes installation), could have been cheaper. But we were trying to remain true to the spirit of our craftsman-ish house, where all backsplashes were tiled, right up to the cupboards. And we got modern tiles that look like arts and crafts style, so a bit more expensive. I hope that for anyone reading this, they get a realistic picture of what it costs to get (to continue the car analogy) more like a top of the line Prius than a Cadillac or Rolls Royce....See Morerebunky
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