Please help. Small budget, small family home kitchen partial remodel.
Amanda Breasbois-Schulz
4 years ago
Hi. I need help with layout for my kitchen. We have a tiny, tiny budget.
This is not my forever home.
This is not an Instagram/reality show kitchen.
I just need to make this kitchen functional.
I need more counter top space and storage space.
I have some awkward obstacles like a radiator and a doorway.
I had originally planned to rip out all the cabinets and start new. but I just dont think that's the. best idea.
I was going to go with open shelves to save money.
There is no IKEA near me.
I had originally planned to do all drawers for lowers but that's not the most cost effective if I'm just going with these stock cabinets.
I mean I had big plans
We were going to shift that door way to the left to create more wall space for a pantry, but that meant moving electrical and $$$$. This wall also contains a tiny base board radiator.
I'm just lost.
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Comments (15)I've been there too - in fact I'm still there LOL!! Our worst was when we got to the 2 story section of the house. We had some structural issues so the only way to deal with it was to cut the entire 22*16 foot two level structure at one time. We had our bed set up in the dining room that was open to the kitchen for the winter. The only good part is the bed was about 10' from the wood stove so it made it real easy to get up in the night to keep the fire going. We are finally to finishing the kitchen and like you, decided to run the kitchen floor into the dining area. Our kitchen was set up temporary all along (we moved the rooms) so it was real easy to move cabinets around. At one point I had two base cabinets in the entry way. One upper out on the deck, the small cabinet island in the hallway. The phone center cabinet was also in the hallway, the tall hutch is apart and in the library crammed next to the dining room table along with my tredel sewing machine. The chairs for the dinign room are upstairs in the family room - they have to be shifted around if we want to watch TV, but we rarely do that. The big hutch is in between the two desks in the den. The two tall pantry cabinets ended up in the other hallway to the dressing room. We have a small folding table and two chairs - that has worked out great to have some place to sit other than eating at our computer desks. I'm seriously wondering how it will be like to have regular rooms again. Cathy...See MoreBudgeting a small kitchen remodeling - help needed
Comments (9)Have you been over to the kitchens forum? I'd recommend spending a couple of weeks reading over there and just absorbing. Sure, there are a lot of drop-dead $100k kight-end kitchens, but there are also some 10k DIY ones... and lots in between. I think you can do this and get the kitchen you want without hiring it ALL out to a GC. Sort of your option B. The first thing you need to do is come up with the layout. That's where the kitchen forum can really help. If your current layout is great, that's one huge hurdle overcome. REmember that changing plumbing will add a lot to the cost. Second, get some cabinet quotes so you can see what you're working with, budget-wise. I'm currently helping a friend with a budget, semi-DIY kitchen remodel. She really wants Carrara marble counters like mine, but may need to trim her budget elsewhere to afford them. WE're looking at Ikea cabinets (some googling will show you some gorgeous otherwise high-end kitchens with Vikings and Liebers and marble that used Ikea cabinets, so don't discount them out-of-hand.) as well as mid-priced semi-custom ones. Her strategy is to do the design and sourcing herself, but hire out the electrical (maybe), cabinet installation (unless Ikea), and countertop fabrication/installation. If there was any plumbing involved, she'd probably hire that out too. She'll remove the old cabinetry, install the faucet, tile the backsplash, paint, do minor electrical, patch drywall. In this way she does not need to hire anyone terribly skilled = expensive. Countertops are what they are, cabinet install is usually done by some subs the cabinet-seller recommends, etc. If you are a good planner, organizer, and scheduler, this might work for you....See MoreLayout help needed for small kitchen remodel
Comments (16)lol. Ok, the island was a bad idea. I got carried away and forgot that I'm design-challenged. But if anyone has a counter height table to sell, I'll take 2. bmore, I get the message. I'll take a few pictures of the space and try to post them by the end of the weekend. To answer the questions: The little piece of wall only juts out about 2 1/2" so it's not to scale in my drawing. It's actually one wall that runs the entire length of the living room and the kitchen. It juts out that way to create a small alcove where the large window is. A picture would definitely help :o). The slider door opens from the left side, not the right. Yes, it would be possible to switch out the slider for a French door and window if we decide to include walls and windows in the remodel. No dining room, unfortunately. The fridge swings the way angie drew it in her layout, which I like for the reasons lavender mentioned. It follows the rules so DH will love it. Thanks for your layout, angie. lavender_lass - thanks for the advice. We've been slowly renovating over the last 10 years and last but not least is the kitchen. We're happy here but DH thinks we could use an extra bedroom, which is why we'd consider moving. DH and I will firm up the scale and budget for this remodel now instead in January. It'll be so much easier to choose the direction we want to go in with these layout options. I'll have an update real soon.......See MoreVery small house...Need help deciding where to put the remodel budget.
Comments (32)ok exact measurements. the house is not exactly a 20x30 square but its close enoguh. a few of the inner walls are thicker as they used to be exterior walls. the kitchen is 113inches by 141. It does fit a corner banquette with a round table and 3 chairs, and you can seat up to 2 on each leg of the banquette. Most comfortable with fewer than 6 people but up to 7 is possible. 8 if someone sits in the corner . Master is 130x116 (inches). Bedrooms are 80 inches wide and 136 and 116 inches long. Bathroom i was wrong on the measurements. It is 98x 57 (there is a cut out here so its not a perfect rectangle). The hall is 36 inches wide. The biggest benefit of using up that space to me is that people won't be as confined to a tiny hallway where it is awkward to pass anyone else. So I like the idea of taking part of the bathroom and part of the hallway to make another bathroom, and also to take down the walls int eh kitchen. So we would need to get some quotes for this but it seems relatively doable. We could wait on the closets for a while and it doesnt require moving any walls that we didnt already plan to move. Reality is it doesnt improve rental price THAT much to add a bathroom as far as I can tell, but there are only a few other rentals in the area to compare to. So addding the bath is partially for resale partially just because it irks me to have such a wasteful layout. Either way we do make back the cost of the bathroom quickly....See More
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoRebekah Gibbs
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoNot sure what your actual budget is (if new cabs/counters/moving appliances is within the budget) but this is what I came up with to improve counter space and storage. It would involve moving the range to the left, drywaling up the pass through and adding uppers and lowers there. Also adding a pantry cabinet next to the fridge. I think an even better layout would be to also get rid of the small window next to the exterior door and put the range there leaving just the sink on that longest wall with all upperson either side of the big window.
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4 years agoAmanda Breasbois-Schulz
4 years agoI cant move anything.
Im not touching anything structural.
Im trying to focus on this corner next to the stove. Should I L it with a blind cabinent or a lazy Susan? or just slap a base cabinent against the wall? and lose the 5ft of space to the base radiator on that 8ft wall? I have $1000 for cabinents and I have to get the Denver instore cabinents.
My appliances are brand new.
Everything above the stove will be ripped out.
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