Joe and I have decided to move forward on our kitchen remodel. We're hoping to have everything done by the time everyone starts arriving for Lindsey's wedding. Since we moved into our house, 3 1/2 years ago, we've been talking about remodeling the kitchen and have decided now is as good a time as any.
Since we've been talking about it for so long, we had a general idea about what we want to do. Our kitchen is very small and galley style so there isn't too much we can to do expand it so, really, we're just changing the cabinets, counter tops, and back splash. Sounds easy enough, right? Ha, that's what I thought.
We went over to the Home Depot Expo center in Orlando yesterday. It's a gorgeous facility that is filled with amazing ideas for what you can do in your home. Joe and I quickly discovered we were WAY out of our league. They were talking about putting down an $800 retainer to have a professional designer come out and layout our kitchen for us and to tell us what we needed, etc. Our heads were spinning. We left there frustrated and discouraged and second guessing our plans.
But, we decided this morning to give kitchen browsing another shot. This time we went to our new, local Home Depot and talked with a very nice and very helpful sales person in the kitchens department. He explained everything to us in an easy to understand way and told us all the things he thinks we would have no problem doing on our own. Hallelujah!! This time we left the store happy and ready to move forward. We've picked out the type of cabinets, the counter tops and the back splash that we want. We only have to pick out a new over-the-stove microwave and new sink and we'll be ready to go.
We're very lucky that my dad has experience in installing cabinets so he will be doing those for us. We're going to leave the counter tops to the experts at Home Depot and Joe will do the tile back splash. The whole thing is so exciting and I can't wait to get started. I do remember being this excited to have the new tile put down in my house and I also remember how much I hated the process. I hope it's not the same awful process as last time. I've heard that being without a kitchen really sucks but I'm hopeful that I can not be too much of a bitch this time. I guess we'll see...
Anyway, just wanted to share my exciting news with you all. Hopefully when you're all here in April I'll be able to show off my spankin' new kitchen!
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2 comments:
YAY!!! That is exciting! Congrats! I can't wait to see it!
Good luck to you on your project. We finished our kitchen last summer/fall. Only we just did the counter tops (high end laminate) new sink and over the stove microwave, plus painted. Total cost was only @1,300. Not too bad of an investment and it lookes soooo much better. New floors and maybe backsplashes in the future or a refacing of the cabinets, but just what little we did looks much better. Again, good luck.
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