Friday, September 17, 2010

Kitchen Renovations

  The kitchen the most used room and the most expensive renovation in your home.  It’s important to explore all the possibilities before choosing the final design, so a good kitchen planer is invaluable.  You may think that there are not many choices for how your new kitchen can be laid out.  For it’s best functional and style especially smaller kitchens.  However, using a professional will help you discover many ideas that you may never have thought of.
  When considering a kitchen design, be flexible and open minded to moving a sink or maybe an appliance. It may not cost as much as you think.  Your existing kitchen was usually designed by builders or kitchen cabinet sales people and not professional designers.
  Now that you’re re designing your kitchen, you may want to look at moving or removing walls in the kitchen, to open up to the rooms adjacent to it. Doors and windows may be moved to improve the space.  Some walls might be structural, but for an additional cost, can be moved by a licensed contractor and it could greatly improve the room.
  Kitchen renovations will improve the value of your home if done right and are an investment.  A good rule of thumb is to spend about 10% of the value of your home in order to get the same if not more money back in the home’s value.
And don’t forget to have fun!!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Kitchen Design Service On line



Are you remodelling your kitchen? It can be a bit confusing where to start. Choosing some of the colors and door styles is the easy part but what about the floor plan? Is there a better layout? Can I remove a wall and open up into a great room? What about moving my appliances around? These are all good questions.
Consider hiring an independent kitchen designer!
Not in your budget?  How about a kitchen design service on line. For a small fee at JRL Kitchen Design I can produce a professional computerized design. This service is conducted primarily by email and consultation by phone anywhere in Canada. With easy to follow step by step instructions including graph paper that can be printed, you send the measurements and fill out a questionnaire from the site, send it back to me and I send you a full set of drawings including the floor plan, all elevations, a top view and 2-3 dimensional drawings. Even hand drawn details. All printed on 11” x 14” paper and mailed right to your home.
You can then take it to your contractor or kitchen cabinet dealer and there is no intimidation or obligation. All this is done by your home computer and with 3 or 4 quotes you know you can compare apple to apples. This will save money and that's not a bad thing. 
Now you can get back to those colors and door styles!

Visit my website today! 

www.jrlkitchendesign.com