What to Consider in a Kitchen Remodel

Renovating parts of your home can be a very rewarding experience, but often simple factors are overlooked which can detract from the overall quality of the home renovation.

The kitchen should reflect your lifestyle. It should accommodate your cooking needs, provide the type of space you need for dining and offer plenty of storage. Its decoration should complement your home’s architecture and set the tone for gatherings that happen there. A lot of factors play into kitchen design, but the first step before choosing appliances or visiting a cabinet showroom is to consider these factors:

1. Determine what is the main objective of your kitchen renovation:

Renovating a space is about more than just aesthetics. It could be about better utilization of the space you already have, catering to specific lifestyle needs, adding functionality or integrating the space with other areas of your home. Determining the goal of a renovation is often only glanced over, but it is important to set clear goals and communicate this with other people involved in the project.

2. Visualize all your design elements together:

Before you actually progress with the kitchen renovation, collect samples of the materials and colors you plan on using and create a mood board which allows you to see how the various design elements of the renovation come together. 

3. Study the timeless trends:

Magazines are still a great medium to collect ideas, track styles and see what new products are available. Web sites are also another great way to discover and save ideas.

4. Think that It's all in the details:

When renovating a kitchen, it's all too easy to overlook the small details or leave it up to the tradesmen to decide. Often the beauty of a new space is in the details, so make sure you consider styling elements such as splashback choice, under mount or top mount sinks, draining solutions, soft-close, hinges and edge detail selection to create a space which is truly your own. 

5. Design your space around your appliances:

It's important to research your choice of appliances such as oven and cooktop, fridge, dishwasher and microwave as their dimensions will play a vital role in the overall layout and finish of the kitchen. 

6. Be prepared for the long haul:

Even a best case scenario time frame for a complete kitchen renovation is around four to six weeks, in which case you still need to be prepared for significant downtime without a kitchen. 

7. Set a Budget: 

Decide where to save and where to splurge. Set a realistic budget, figuring between 6 and 10 percent of your home value for a complete kitchen remodel.

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The Connected Home trend

Have you ever wanted to unlock your door with a fingerprint? or Control the indoor and outdoor lights with your phone? You can do those things and more with a smart home. You can get a home with connected technology and remote-operated devices that are designed to improve and simplify your life. There are many options, including smart appliances, new apps, and smartphone and tablet innovation, that can make your life better. 

Tablets, smartphones, apps: 

They've combined to create the most connected world -- and home -- yet. Tech advances are one remodeling trend that's particularly hardworking, allowing homeowners to add flexibility, convenience, and even affordability (such as using your device to turn the lights off). There are a lot options, especially when it comes to wireless tech: fridges that send reminders to buy milk, lighting ambience controlled remotely, and smoke alarms that alert when batteries are low. 

Remember that SMART CHOICE CONSTRUCTION is a construction company you can trust!

For more Information contact us: (678) 628-9987

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