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looking for ideas for inexpensive kitchen reno

last year

I would like to add a 6 burner stove, a vent, and a larger island. Thoughts? Suggestions?

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  • last year

    You’ve come to the right place for ideas. First, please post a drawing of your kitchen as it is with measurements. For more details on what we need, check out the New to Kitchens thread.

  • last year

    Will a new stove fit in that current space or will you need to remove some cabinets?

    You will also need new countertops.

  • PRO
    last year

    I will need to remove the cabinets and replace the countertops.

  • last year

    All new cabinets and all new flooring too? Do you want an island with seating?

  • PRO
    last year

    Yes

  • last year

    You also need a refrigerator in that space on the right, and maybe you would consider a gut redo to make things make more sense?

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    There are few 6-burner gas ranges on the market. Here are two:


    You could remove the microwave oven and replace it with the Zephyr AK7500CS Tempest II 30 in. 650 CFM Convertible Wall Mount Range Hood ($1400)


    Measure the widths of the corridors around the island. If they're 48" or less, don't enlarge the island.

  • last year

    I'd look at cook tops separate from an oven. That allows you to put a stove top almost anywhere. Is your island going to be used for eating often? Where you're going to vent the hood is an important consideration.


    I'd also replace all the white electric outlet faceplates with something that's a closer match to your tile. Should be an easy, cheap DIY fix.

  • PRO
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    Inexpensive is to accept what you have, not be planning an almost 100K redo for virtually zero functional change. You cannot even fit in a bigger island without losing cabinets totally on one wall. The aisles are much too small already.

    Leave it be until you are ready to do the actually expensive remodel that you are fantasizing about, and that a 36” range is appropriate to. Because everything you have said is WAYYY more $$$$$ than a 3K painting of the of the walls level of ”inexpensive”. Plan a remodel for the actual level of the home that exists, in the level of the neighborhood that exists. You throw money away needlessly otherwise.


    https://www.remodeling.hw.net/cost-vs-value/major-kitchen-remodel?y=2024


    https://www.remodeling.hw.net/cost-vs-value/major-kitchen-remodel-upscale?y=2024

  • PRO
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    In what is “ a 6 burner stove, a vent, and a larger island.” and “remove the cabinets and replace the countertops” INEXPENSIVE?

    That’s patchworking a halfway solution to something that needs a whole solution. If you have the budget to consider that ”inexpensive”, then you need to just bite the bullet and spend the rest to get a kitchen where those changes do not just look patchwork and ridiculous because of what you didn’t do.

  • last year

    @Brightgro, especially if you are replacing cabinets, consider posting your current layout here with measurements. We can’t be of much help without them. A lot of folks think that the least expensive option means keeping everything where it currently is, but honestly, the kitchen you are showing us is poorly laid out. You can be frugal and end up with a much better kitchen if you avail yourself of good advice. You are spending the money anyway, don’t be shy about getting the most from us that you can.


  • PRO
    last year

    Thank you all!