| There are some things that some of us only do every 25 years. Attend your high school reunion, traverse an IKEA store without buying something, and renovate a kitchen. These are just facts. |
| As far as I’m concerned, there really are only two important decisions in a person’s life: choosing a mate and renovating a kitchen. If that seems like an overstatement, you just haven’t found the right mate. |
| So if you have a kitchen that is in dire need of a good cabinetmaker or a well-placed bolt of lightning, this blog is for you. |
| No home remodelling project comes with more benefits—and more headaches—than a major kitchen renovation. If you have the courage to tackle the work yourself (the secret, like any life skill, is obtuse resiliency), and knowing that you may have to live on take-out poutine for a good portion of that time, this blog may not be for you. |
| A remodelled, stunning, and better functioning kitchen is always worth the time, money, and effort and greatly increases your home equity like few other remodelling projects. |
| One way you may be able to save some money is to serve as your own contractor by choosing the materials, pick colours, haul samples home, accept deliveries, order appliances, apply for permits, interview, hire, coordinate and supervise the individual subcontractors to do the hands-on work, etc.Yup, might as well have told you to march outside hang a new garage door. Like THAT’S ever gonna happen. |
The habit of the mind is to note what’s not right in our lives and obsess about all that is missing. Like a dishwasher that cleans the dishes better than when you put them in. Some might call it the source of our suffering. It often begins harmlessly enough, but can quickly degenerate into a project that wouldn’t be out of place in sheer anarchy and mystery and lack of rules and not knowing what was going to happen next. |
| So by far, the easiest way to remodel a kitchen is to off-load the planning, design, and management of workers to a general contractor/designer. This could be the noblest kind of action. Why? Because professionals know where to buy the stuff and how to do this detailed and overwhelming project. It’s like a fridge with benefits. |
1. We have your best interests in mind.
We make sure the products you are getting are at the best for your kitchen given your present variety of disturbing materials and colours, the boisterous wallpaper, which had once, for a brief and unfortunate moment, been very much in vogue, or eliminating the ongoing need to use your stove top as an countertop extension.
We help you sort through your ideas to come up with a perfect plan and execution based on expert information and informed decisions so the entire process can be less stressful and worrisome.
| 2. We save you time. The murky arena of renovations is not a single day task – it takes weeks and weeks to complete. You need to gather and purchase all the materials, remove the old structure from the kitchen, and set up the new structure, Experienced professionals save a hierarchy of problems and time in the long run (and inevitable mistakes), as they work a lot faster and efficiently. 3. We save your money. Professionals know their vendors, which materials and colours have staying power, and the products that are the best for your budget. Typically, most people who don’t work in the industry will try and fail miserably on a complete DIY kitchen, eventually ending up hiring some professionals, but not before they have spent a lot of money, time, and energy along the way. |
What you might usefully extrapolate from all this, is that hiring competent professionals will give you the best bang for your buck, keep overall costs down, save you from eating poutine, and make your kitchen look like a million bucks. |
| Nod thoughtfully. |
| Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk about kitchen renovations. I realize this is more information than you probably asked for. |
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