When feasting your eyes on the over the top kitchen photoshoots in the kitchen and bath design magazines have you ever thought ‘’we might be able to afford this if we do it ourselves?’’ I admit slashing the budget by doing the design and work yourself is tempting. But it’s not as easy to put one of those kitchens together as you might think. The kitchen is one of the most difficult and complicated rooms to design, the bathroom being the other. And designing a remodel is often by far more complicated than a kitchen in a new home. There are endless building codes and what might work in your space may not provide you with a functional kitchen. Above all a kitchen must be safe and easy to work in. And that’s what kitchen designers are for. We save you the time, expense and frustration of having to do parts of the kitchen over because it won’t pass inspection or it’s a nightmare to work in. A kitchen remodel, or even just a major facelift, is about more than just creating a beautiful space—it’s about creating a beautiful functional space. A good free kitchen design brings your ideas to life. The designer can also make your ideas work within the building codes and rules of design. When I re-design a kitchen that won’t pass inspection it’s almost always because the homeowner tried to squeeze too much into a space that just isn’t large enough. There are often too little space between the cabinets against the wall and the center island. Also, not enough cabinet space adjacent the refrigerator, sinks (for instance, 18 inches on one side and at least 24 inches on the other), cooktop or range (for example, at least 12 inches of countertop on one side and 15 inches on the other), or built-in coffee maker. There are often not enough electrical outlets for the amount of counter space or no outlet for the island. Or, very often, cabinets that will not fit in the space given. These are all things a kitchen designer can spare you, as well as, the extra expense of hiring a designer to re-design the kitchen and find a way to bring it up to code and then the cost of redoing much of the new kitchen. It’s heartbreaking for me and the homeowner alike. The two most awesome things to hit kitchen design today is the 3D design renderings that allow the homeowner to see what their new kitchen will look like before they buy the tile that ‘’looked good in the store but…,’’ or the countertops that you ‘’thought was a good idea but...’’ And the second thing to revolutionize kitchen design is the Internet. You can get professional kitchen design online! You can DIY but you don’t have to go it completely alone and risk costly problems.
Today professional designers, like those at Walcraft, can give you advice, answer questions, help you solve kitchen problems all from the comfort of your own home. They can turn the space you have into a whole new space that’s beautiful, easy to work in, has what you need where you need it and including, if not all, certainly most of your ideas. And in the long run, you’ll end up saving money.
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