Seeking advice for kitchen update
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Seeking adivice on updating kitchen for sale
Comments (12)A 25 year old kitchen will be the #1 target for any buyer to rip out and replace. Since a new kitchen costs an average 50K any buyer will take that off of their offer as a negotiating tactic, even if you took that into account when you priced the house. So you have a couple of approaches here. You can paint the cabinets, add new counters, new hardware, new floating vinyl or laminate floor, and lighting and wall paint. Or, you can pull out the old cabinets and put in inexpensive ones from Ikea or another stock cabinet line. And new counters and etc. A lot depends on what you have, and what it looks like, and what percentile your home is in for the market. And how much you are willing to DIY. Because the third alternative is to nothing but clean and declutter and price it right and take the financial hit. If you've been in the house long enough, you might come out not losing so much doing just that. Unless the rest of the house is also ''grandma''. Then you're going to take a much bigger hit than 50K and you need to develop a strategy to bring the whole house up to date. Cleaning, decluttering and paint goes along way though!...See MoreSeeking Help - Island Layout and kitchen update ideas?
Comments (2)What if you added a cabinet next to the DW and did a 36x66 penninsula with seating. That would keep your working kitchen compact and maximize the breakfast nook space. That way, you would have easy access to fridge from breakfast nook as well as kitchen. Good luck. Its a nice spacious area....See MoreSeeking Advice on 50s Exterior Update
Comments (18)K Laurence - I agree, landscaping will make a big difference. I guess right now I’m hoping to make it as good as possible without doing any kind of landscaping, so it looks even better when I do. Not sure if that makes sense, but at least it will be easy to paint without trampling any plants. Gargamel - I thought about removing the shutters, as I’m not a big fan of purely decorative shutters either, but it almost looks unfinished. Below is a pic so you can see what I mean. Pennydesign - I’m interested in stain, but I feel like it might be strange if I just replace the flat pieces of wood with new flat pieces of wood, not sure if it needs an interesting grain or if that is worse- maybe I’m not thinking of the right material. Powermuffin - Got it, if I go with a grey exterior, would you go darker grey or black with the shutters - or something that would coordinate with the front door depending on that color? Emmarene - Good call on needing contrast with the roof and nice photoshop work! The left side of the house is definitely odd. After I paint the next step is landscaping (i.e. a big shrub). I am toying with the idea of removing the gable as well, but that wouldn’t be for a while as I’d be waiting until I got a new roof. I thought about making the cedar shakes level all the way across (pic below), but that looks odd to me as well - what do you think?...See MoreSeeking Kitchen Remodel Advice!
Comments (12)Congratulations on your first home! What you've done so far is beautiful! Here's a thought (which you might hate, but what the heck, I'll say it anyway--maybe it will spark a new idea in you, if nothing else). Could you remove that bar entirely, and build cabinets along the red wall instead? Or, if (since, as it appears) there's nowhere else for your sink to go, perhaps you could take out half of the bar (or more, if you replace the double sink with a single one), and still use the red wall for more cabinets, maybe some shelves if you like those? You could do a tall pantry and a row of base cabinets; it would give the kitchen more square footage and lots more storage, and make it look and feel more convenient and less cramped. Put in drawer base cabs instead of cabs with shelves, and paint all the cabinets ivory/cream, or IMO a very pale sage green or gray-green would look fantastic with the wood and furniture you have so far. (You could also consider getting short wall cabinets [the height of your backsplash] and installing them on the countertop in the corners, so they basically extend the wall cabs to the countertop. More storage, but I don't know how much if any countertop you're willing to give up.) Oh, and I also dislike those countertops--they're not awful, just not my thing. I'd pick a lighter color there, as well, maybe just a shade darker than the cabinets, or some other color used throughout the space. I do think the glass panel thingy there is kind of awful, though. That's what I would do, anyway. I don't care for those kitchen-dividing bars in general, and I don't think that one is doing your lovely new home any favors; I think it makes it look really cramped and unnatural, if that makes any sense. Taking even half of it away would open that space up so much. IMO, of course. I hope that helps!...See Morebtydrvn
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