3 Benefits of a Kitchen Remodeling Project

Kitchen remodeling gets discussed in terms of finishes, which is the least interesting part of it. The three benefits below are the ones people actually report a year later, and only one of them is about how the room looks.

Kitchen Remodeling: 1. The Room Starts Working With You

Most kitchens were laid out for a different way of cooking and a smaller set of appliances. The daily friction — no counter beside the oven, a dishwasher door that blocks the walkway, a corner nothing comes out of — is invisible until it is gone.

Remodeling is the only point at which those are fixable. Once cabinetry is in, the layout is fixed for a decade or more. This is why the planning stage deserves more attention than the finish selection that tends to dominate it.

2. Storage Stops Being the Constraint

A remodel is the opportunity to convert base cabinets to drawers, take wall units to the ceiling, and add pantry capacity the original plan omitted. Counters that are permanently occupied usually indicate undersized storage rather than untidiness, and that is a solvable problem.

• Drawers rather than doors at base level
• Wall cabinets to the ceiling instead of a soffit
• A corner solution that actually gives up its contents
• A tall pantry unit sized to how you shop

3. The Design Direction Gets Set

Cabinetry occupies more visual surface than anything else in a kitchen, so it sets the tone that countertops, hardware, backsplash and adjoining rooms then follow. Getting it right first makes every later decision easier, because each one has something to relate to.

This is also where houses go wrong. Choosing a countertop months after the cabinets, from a different showroom, under different light, is how you end up with two finishes that each looked right alone.

Where to Start

Start with how you use the room rather than with a finish you saw online. Bring measurements and a photograph in normal daylight to our Danbury or Waterbury showroom and the conversation becomes concrete quickly.