How To Remodel Your Kitchen Yourself

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How to remodel your kitchen yourself.

6 decide about walls floors and ceilings. You can design your kitchen to fit with your existing floor covering ceiling finish and wall colors or you can change them. Before you are ready to create a beautiful new space it is important to demolish and get rid of what s outdated or worn out. The first step of any kitchen remodel is tear out and demolition.

A major kitchen remodel can take six to 10 weeks depending on how extensive the project is. If you choose to hire a team of professionals at any point in time the cost will increase. To remodel a kitchen start by ordering new cabinets appliances and light fixtures since they can take weeks to arrive. How much does it cost to remodel a kitchen yourself.

Use these pointers to figure out where you can trim the fat in your kitchen remodel budget. Depending on the depth of your project you can easily rack up 25 50k in renovation costs. A good rule of thumb is to spend 5 15 of your homes total value on your kitchen renovation. Then refinish the walls and install new doors and windows if you ll be adding any.

For example if your house is valued at 200 000 a decent kitchen renovation budget would be 10 of that value so about 20 000. During this stage haul your refrigerator microwave and toaster oven to another room near the laundry or the garage for example so you ve got the means to cook meals. After all you re potentially looking at new cabinets countertops paint appliances lighting and more. On average it can cost roughly 5 000 to 12 000 to remodel a kitchen completely on your own.

Use natural light task lights and overhead lights to create the look and feel you want for your kitchen. This video is part of a series of videos in which i show you how to remodel your kitchen on a budget. In the meantime have your kitchen inspected to make sure you won t be violating any codes. Keep in mind that this is also only a rough estimate.