Kitchen Design Help from Performance Kitchens
Create Better Workflow with Smart Kitchen Design
Performance Kitchens & Home invites you to utilize our kitchen design staff's expertise to improve the workflow of your kitchen. Reconfiguring the layout of the kitchen can improve the workflow, be better for entertaining, and make cooking and cleaning easier. The location of sinks, fridges, stoves, and dishwashers does have a science to it that a kitchen design expert can share with you to improve the kitchen's function and flow.
Upgrade & Update with Modern a Kitchen Design
When selecting new appliances, counters, cabinets, and fixtures, be sure to look for high efficiency appliances to reduce utilities costs. When you are doing a kitchen design, it doesn't just have to look better but work better than before. A proper kitchen design will incorporate the latest technologies to keep energy, water, and waste costs down.
Using recycled or reclaimed materials is another option for some to incorporate into their kitchen design to save on cost. When it comes to cabinets, a quickly renewable wood is a better choice for the environment and you will probably save on cost since it's readily available. So update your kitchen design with better looking products but upgrade your kitchen design with better performing appliances save money in the long run.
Budgeting for an Updated Kitchen Design
When planning an updated kitchen project, there are some things to consider, cost being among them. Every kitchen will cost something different but the costs involved are all around the same where ever you are.
Once you get a quote for a kitchen design, always add 5% to 10% over that for unexpected costs, changes and upgrades. You will never be 100% sure of what you will need until you dismantle the old and see what you are working with on your new kitchen design. You may also want to splurge during the kitchen design build to update something you weren't expecting to.
Usually the biggest costs come from structural changes and expansions. Plumbing or electrical relocation is a close second to structure but only because it's just as important. In a kitchen design, you have some opposing elements that don't like each other, like electricity and water, in close proximity. So taking the proper steps or having professionals do these hazardous or dangerous jobs is money well spent in any kitchen design or remodeling project.
Get started on your kitchen design project with our six-step kitchen design process.