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please help upgrade ideas?

11 months ago

I’m looking for ideas to renovate my home. Please help! Thank you

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  • PRO
    10 months ago

    Way too little information. Renovate what? The kitchen ? The bath? The laundry? You just bought it? You're selling it?

    Remodel is layouts. It is floor plans, feet and inches and more.It is a look you want, and how much budget you have. The first thing you want is unified flooring to one as much as possible. Meaning you do not want wall to wall carpet.

    Nobody can help, until you narrow the scope. Show each room fully all angles. What is most important , first. What's your style, do you want to rip the kitchen , update the kitchen and how much money do you have?

    You have nothing but a mystery meat as of now.

  • 10 months ago

    I would recommend you live in the space for awhile and see how it functions then work on one room at a time. At a glance I will make the following comments. I think the kitchen is great. Maybe some new handles and a new faucet you love but otherwise workable as is. The green painted room needs paint and flooring unless you like the carpet. Otherwise great room. The bathroom with the green tile. I would replace all the tile with a proper countertop and replace the green tile which I assume is around the bathtub with new to update it. The laundry room looks great. Replace the sink if you hate the red one.

  • 10 months ago

    Thank you all! I appreciate your comments. We do plan to take out the carpet and replace with hardwoods throughout. We will also paint all the rooms a neutral color. The kitchen is not bad as is, I’d like to stain the cabinets a darker walnut color and get a white marble or granite countertop and hang pendant lights, upgrade the hardware and faucet. In the laundry room we want to lay brick on the floor and replace the sink. The bathroom I’m thinking we will replace the countertops, and if there’s a way to salvage the green tile (maybe reglazing?) to save money, and replace the one large mirror with two separate mirrors, upgrade the light fixture, and lay black and white floor tile. So everything is a cosmetic upgrade nothing structural. Thank you all so much for your comments!

  • 10 months ago

    I think the kitchen cabinets are fine the way they are. The countertop is really the wrong color and makes them look bad. So if you replace the counter and backsplash you might like the cabinets a lot more.


    The bathroom might need more help than you're thinking. How tall is that vanity? Older ones were made shorter than 36". Unless the users are short this is something to think about changing. It has fairly useless small drawers too. It looks like it's 72" wide. You can have something more functional with that width.


    The laundry room has a lot of cabinets. If you don't end up needing all of them, remove the uppers, at least on the far wall.

  • 10 months ago
    last modified: 10 months ago

    As the saying goes, don’t put the cart before the horse. These are major decisions both budget and commitment wise.

    1. Highly suggest listing all the updates you won’t be doing on your own, start researching and comparing costs + labour (get quotes) ie: hardwood is the biggest one, plus the other flooring you referenced, kitchen cabinetry stripping and staining (work with/complement the counters), etc

    2. List the remaining items + take into consideration the time/effort/costs, so you can prioritize short and long term, ie: don’t suggest reglazing the tile (if even possible?) Do it right since you are removing the counter and put other things on hold if needed (faucet, light, mirror/other non permanrnt choices in other rooms).

    3. What you choose style wise should be based on your style, color preferences, furniture, budget, etc No one can help at this point. Suggest starting with the big picture and drill down.

    4. Look on line (Houzz, Pinterest, Instagram) for inspiration and be specific in the search, ie: ”Laundry room with brick floor” will help with color and accessorizing.


    “Bathroom with black and white floor tile” and you may end up painting or restaining the vanity/changing hardware or changing your mind on the tile design.




    If you come back to this site (suggest posting one room at a time) providing your choices and as much detail as possible, you’ll get more helpful/relevant advice. Hope I’ve helped a bit.

  • 10 months ago

    You have multiple posts going here. A separate one or two? just for the bathroom! Perhaps due to problems posting photos? I just entered a comment on the bathroom only post.

  • 10 months ago

    Thank you all for your comments! These are very helpful. I’m new to this site and could not figure out how to edit/delete my posts.

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