Envisioning your goals for your kitchen remodel is a priority before you even consider getting started. Make sure you formulate the overall aesthetic and goals that you want to achieve with the kitchen.
And if you have a life partner, ask about their kitchen ideas and communicate your vision. Getting on the same page for aesthetics and budget is essential for a successful remodeling project.
What You Need to Know: Top Kitchen Renovation Challenges
Keeping a kitchen well-functioning and pleasant is one of the best things you can do for a home. Here are some of the key kitchen renovation challenges.
Theresa is asking: Are we going back to black in our dream kitchens?
While there has been a surge back to black in European markets, the trend to black and other options has been slower elsewhere. But it is picking up as a trend. Black and darker colors have made their way back into the kitchen (just take a peek at Pinterest), and now there are really good alternatives to stainless steel in appliance finishes.
Keep cat food bowls neat and discreet with this DIY pet bowl organizer
Cat food bowls, in my house anyway, seem to be in constant motion. And then there’s what I’ll discreetly call the ‘halo effect’, as in:…
Simple kitchen decor ideas—and how not to screw them up
Simple kitchen decor ideas only look good, well, if they look good. Stuff that looks terrible isn’t really decor. At least in the traditional sense….
Should we drop the ‘drop zone’ in the kitchen? Let’s talk.
The drop zone is a dreaded area for most every mom and designer. How do we deal with it? Join us.
Interview: Norm Abram talks Saving Trim and Waterfall Countertops
Norm Abram talks with MyFixitUpLife’s Mark and Theresa about This Old House’s Cambridge project and the details of the waterfall countertop.
MyFixitUpLife talk show: I Hate My Kitchen
We’re all about kitchen on this episode of MyFixitUpLife, from aging-in-place to surviving a remodel to talking ‘I Hate My Kitchen’ with host James Young….
MyFixitUpLife talk show: Counter cultured 180FX
From counter to cabinet, right up the wall, we’re finding out that surface runs sensuously deep inside the world of Formica at the Kitchen & Bath Industry…
MyFixitUpLife talks Outdoor Kitchens w/ Air King
Mark & Theresa talk about making your outdoor kitchen better by thinking beyond just design with Air King. Combating the ‘camp fire syndrome,’ which is…
FixitUpFinds: Cooking solution for small kitchens
Featuring a single row of burners, the Binova Linear cooktop is perfect for a narrow countertop. It can be centered on an island (out of…
Kitchen: After renovation
Love the remodeled kitchen! It’s like walking around inside a magazine photo shoot. Our kitchen took about four months from demo to usable kitchen, and…
The Kitchen Project
We’re renovating our kitchen (stylish, maybe, from mid-20th century). If you’ve lived through a kitchen overhaul, you know what it’s like. And, I’ve fallen in…
How it was cooking in the kitchen
Our kitchen is a dust-storm of excitement and discovery. In the grown-up world, this means that we have to be extremely organized, careful, and patient….
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