As you prepare for holiday meals this fall, you may have noticed that your kitchen is falling a bit short of your needs. There’s not enough counter space, tight corners and blind cabinets are hard to access, or there are other issues that need to be addressed to work efficiently and enjoyably in your kitchen. Why not start planning for a better kitchen next holiday season with a kitchen remodel?
Get More from Next Year’s Holiday Kitchen with a Remodel
To start with planning your kitchen remodel, get your family together and gather a list of everyone’s pain points. Your pastry-chef daughter is tired of the dough sticking to the old laminate countertops. The floors are a pain to clean because of failing grout or wide gaps in old hardwood. The sink is too small to effectively clean a turkey. The stove won’t hold a canner for this year’s produce canning. There isn’t enough storage, or the storage is difficult to access.
Next, work up your wish list, with items on different areas including need to have, should have, and would be nice sections so that you can adjust as necessary. Include substitutions where possible, such as wanting tile, but willing to work with laminate. Prioritize each part of the list in order of most to least important.
Consider your budget. By starting now, you can shop for lenders to get the best rates, doing work to improve your credit if necessary. You can also find areas where you can pull back on your current spending to pay cash or reduce costs for extra expenses such as small appliances for cooking while your kitchen is being worked on or eating out. After this, it’s time to talk to a kitchen remodeling contractor about your Rochester home to get estimates on the work that needs to be done.
A kitchen remodel can make an enormous difference in how much functionality and enjoyment you get out of your kitchen, and the pressure of the holiday season often brings shortcomings to a head. If you’re considering a kitchen remodel for your home, why not work with the experienced professionals at Maressa Remodeling in Rochester? As a kitchen remodeling contractor, we can help turn your kitchen from a pain into an enjoyable space. Contact us today to get started.
