The easiest way to designing the perfect kitchen remodel is to know and avoid the most common mistakes made by amateurs. Today, we’re going to share our four most common remodeling mistakes that will hopefully prevent your dream kitchen from turning into a remodeling nightmare!
By avoiding these common errors in planning, you can better approach a contractor with exactly what will best fit your needs.
Mistake #1 – Not Seeing the Big Picture
Whether it’s modern appliances or more attractive cabinets and countertops that you desire, you can’t overlook the big picture when it comes to designing your kitchen remodel. That “big picture” must include an accurate assessment of your family’s lifestyle objectives. Those objectives will determine the exact types of materials, appliances, and layouts that you want include in your kitchen design.
Mistake #2 – Picking Form Over Function
Although design elements are important in any remodel, you must also realize that the kitchen’s primary use is to prepare food. Sacrificing functionality for form (or fad) is a great way for your “dream kitchen” to become a nightmare to cook in very quickly. Take into account the workflow that would work best for you – we wrote a great blog about that just a few weeks ago – and you must also consider that what is trendy or popular today, may not work for the next owners of your home or even your own family as it grows.
Mistake #3 – Not Hiring the Right Professionals
A kitchen remodel is not something you want to tackle on your own, but it’s also something that may require more than one professional depending upon the complexity of the remodel. A kitchen designer is not an architect, an architect is not an interior designer, and a contractor is not a kitchen designer. Hiring skilled and licensed contractors who not only understand proper lead times for your selections but can also test-drive your budget to make sure it’s sustainable is the first step. In addition to hiring reputable contractors, savvy design professionals can help you to make informed, cost-saving aesthetic decisions as well.
Mistake #4 – Not Making Your Own Decisions
Although you should be hiring experienced professionals, it is not a god idea to delegate all of the decision-making responsibility to them. You are the only one who can know what’s best for your family and your kitchen remodel. Assess exactly what you do – and don’t – need and be sure to convey those needs to your contractor with confidence.
Although this is not an exhaustive list of kitchen remodel mistakes, these are the most common one we see from job-to-job. It’s best to make sure that you do your due diligence in researching what you want before diving in to a project such as this.
We can help you avoid this common kitchen remodeling mistakes and many more! Contact us to schedule your free estimate and learn why working with MDV Remodeling is like working with no other contractor.