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Choices Help to Enjoy Remodeling
Whether remodeling an existing kitchen, or designing the kitchen for a new home, you will need to follow guidelines to help in achieving your vision.
Choices are the key to developing your kitchen into one that expresses your personality and meets your needs.
It is important to set a realistic budget for your project and to try to stick to it. It’s good to make a list of your needs and wants for the kitchen. If you need a range and want a 48-inch stainless-steel chef’s model, and the budget will not allow for the cost, compromise and look for a smaller size range model that is less costly—but functions just as well.
If you want a large counter depth refrigerator, once again, you may need to compromise for a standard model. However, somewhere in your want list, it is important to select one item you really want.
When it is time to choose a decorating scheme, look closely at the things you love. These items can help you in choosing the colors and style you feel the most comfortable with. You should consider the decorating style of the rest of the house in choosing the style for the kitchen—country, traditional or contemporary. The kitchen should fit well with the rest of the house.
Very often, clients will come into our showrooms with books and pictures clipped from magazines of kitchen styles they like. This is always helpful because a picture is an excellent tool for communication.
Some clients keep notebooks of the entire project of building or remodeling. This is not only helpful to them and those with whom they work, but it also becomes a wonderful history of their home.
When your project is completed, the time and effort you spent making choices will show in the results. You will have a kitchen that is functional and expresses your personality. TPW
Choices are the key to developing your kitchen into one that expresses your personality and meets your needs.
It is important to set a realistic budget for your project and to try to stick to it. It’s good to make a list of your needs and wants for the kitchen. If you need a range and want a 48-inch stainless-steel chef’s model, and the budget will not allow for the cost, compromise and look for a smaller size range model that is less costly—but functions just as well.
If you want a large counter depth refrigerator, once again, you may need to compromise for a standard model. However, somewhere in your want list, it is important to select one item you really want.
When it is time to choose a decorating scheme, look closely at the things you love. These items can help you in choosing the colors and style you feel the most comfortable with. You should consider the decorating style of the rest of the house in choosing the style for the kitchen—country, traditional or contemporary. The kitchen should fit well with the rest of the house.
Very often, clients will come into our showrooms with books and pictures clipped from magazines of kitchen styles they like. This is always helpful because a picture is an excellent tool for communication.
Some clients keep notebooks of the entire project of building or remodeling. This is not only helpful to them and those with whom they work, but it also becomes a wonderful history of their home.
When your project is completed, the time and effort you spent making choices will show in the results. You will have a kitchen that is functional and expresses your personality. TPW