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buehl

New to Kitchens? Read Me First!

9 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

Welcome!

If you are new to the Kitchens Forum, you may find the following information and links helpful. This thread contains information and links to various topics on the Kitchens Forum. These topics will help you navigate the world of kitchen remodeling and, in the process, introduce you to ideas that you may not have thought of or seriously considered.

We will begin by helping you come up with a "Mission Statement" or "Goal" for your future kitchen and continue through the planning, implementation, and, finally, the unveiling of your final kitchen and the enjoyment of working in a kitchen that YOU helped come to pass!

For inspiration, the Finished Kitchens Blog (FKB) has pictures and information about many GardenWeb (GW) members' finished kitchens. You can search for a particular member's kitchen by name or search for kitchens by category (e.g., cabinets, countertops, kitchen basics, special features, etc.) using the "Find-A-Kitchen" link at the top of any FKB page.

Additionally, there is a link to "In-Progress Kitchens" for those members' kitchens that are not quite ready for the FKB. There is also a link to "Coming Soon Kitchens" for those kitchens that are ready for the FKB but have not yet been added. These links are also in the "Find-A-Kitchen" link.

The Appliances Forum is very useful when you have questions specific to appliances related to your Kitchen. (There's a separate "Laundry Room" forum for laundry appliance questions.)

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When asking questions (e.g., asking for layout help), please keep in mind that everyone here is trying to help, not criticize maliciously. Some of us can be blunt, but no one is out to deliberately insult or hurt anyone. When your kitchen is done, we want you to have a kitchen that functions wonderfully well and looks nice overall - but the process will take time and will entail comments that many times you probably won't want to hear (e.g., when a layout is dysfunctional.) We strongly recommend you "keep listening" to what others have to say but, in the end, you don't have to take any advice given here. It is your kitchen and you are the one who will make the final decisions!

Again, welcome and good luck! The journey is wild, sometimes bumpy, but fun and very rewarding in the end!

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  • 8 years ago

    Saw this on page 4 and thought I'd give it a bump, and a tremendous high-five to Buehl who has been doing this since I was working on my kitchen in 2007!! TKO to the max!!

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