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If your family is like most today, your kitchen is heavily used for all sorts of things that don’t always involve cooking. As kitchen styles change faster than you can keep the cookie jar filled, it doesn’t take long for one to look dated.
Maybe your cabinet finish is damaged from wet fingers, your appliances aren’t stylish anymore, and the chips and stains in your sink reflect the years of hard use. Your budget may not be able to handle a complete make-over, but there are a few inexpensive changes you can make that will perk-up your kitchen quickly.
Lighting: New halogen lights offer flexibility, and track lights are modern and stylish. Bring more color into your kitchen with metal and art glass mini-pendant lights that hang on long metal cords from the ceiling.
Paint: Nothing will refresh your kitchen quicker than fresh paint on the walls and ceiling. Kick this idea up a notch and paint your cabinets in a contrasting color. If you have natural wood cabinets, do a touch-up refinish on the worn spots then coat with a sealer.
Hardware: Now that your cabinets are refreshed, find some eye-catching hardware to really set them off. Think colored ceramics, rustic copper or shiny chrome. Even if your cabinets are the type without hardware, you can easily drill holes and add them for added style and the practicality of using a knob to open the doors. (No more finger marks.)
Flooring: Stores like Home Depot offer do-it-yourself classes on how to lay tiles or lay other types of flooring. Follow flooring product sales closely, great bargains can be found on luxury styles right now.
For more ideas on how to remodel your kitchen on a budget, check this site out.
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