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D.I.Y. Kitchen Remodel Tips to Save You Time and Money
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FIND YOUR INSPIRATION Take your time with this and don’t rush. Search Pinterest, Instagram, Google, magazines or wherever you get inspiration. Save pictures of everything you like and make a list of your must have items or features. For example, our stove was functional, but we wanted a larger stove to be able to host large family gatherings. While browsing online, we fell in love with a 48” stove by Ilve. We started with that and literally planned everything around it.
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DO YOUR RESEARCH If you are getting new appliances, a new sink or faucet, lighting, really anything, read as many reviews as you can, watch YouTube videos etc. We did not know it when we ordered the stove, but because we were getting a larger one, we also had to have a larger propane line. Had we known, we could have saved time and money planning for it.
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SET YOUR BUDGET! (SPLURGE & SAVE) Focus on one statement piece and then look for ways to save on everything else but don’t sacrifice function. Shop around!
DON’T TAKE ON MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW Know when to hire a professional. Let’s face it, you can pretty much find a tutorial on anything on YouTube but don’t do more than your skills can handle. It will cost you money in the long run because you may end up having to have a professional fix it which can cost more money and time.
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