Small Kitchen Remodeling Tricks

Small kitchen and small budget? Don’t worry, these aren’t big problems. With a little maneuvering and design tricks you can easily transform your small kitchen space into a seemingly larger work area on a tight budget. Here’s how to get started:

 

Create Optical Illusions

Creating the illusion of space is your most usefully design hack when remodeling a small kitchen. Utilizing paint colors strategically and adding natural light with the addition of windows, skylights and doors will instantly make your small space feel larger.

 

Another suggestion is to repaint kitchen cabinets and cupboards a bright and light paint color that will make your kitchen feel larger. Another tip: replace the solid doors with glass panes to make your cabinets look even bigger.

 

Bigger changes including structural changes like opening up the walls, separating your kitchen from the outside of your house, installing large windows, glass doors and doors with glass panels will allow natural light into your kitchen, making it feel airy and spacious.

 

Maximize Storage Space

Even with less available space you can still store your kitchen necessities with a little creativity. Cabinets can be replaced with open space to incorporate unique storage solutions including shelving, magnets or hooks for cooking utensils, cutlery, pots and pans. Another small kitchen hack; hang your pots and pans on hooks above a kitchen island if you don’t have a lot of cabinet space.

 

No matter which features you will be incorporating into your kitchen remodel, if storage is your focus, remember that there are ways to install features that could do double-duty to provide more storage space for you.

 

At Nailman Construction our design and remodeling experts can work with your small kitchen and small budget to deliver big results. Call us or click here for a quote.