Kitchen renovations tend to be expensive. Depending on the size and complexity of your upgrade, you can expect to spend tens of thousands of dollars. So how can you pay for it? Most people don’t usually have that kind of extra cash lying around. You can always apply for a bank loan. You may eve...

Most homeowners rarely buy kitchen cabinets. They typically come with the house and unless you are renovating your kitchen, you probably have never given yours a second thought. But when you are updating your kitchen, your cabinets are usually one of the first things to go – especially if they ...

Every kitchen renovation is unique but they all have one thing in common: They cost money. Often a lot of money. Depending on the size and scope of your kitchen upgrade, the final bill can total in the thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. Most people don't have that kind of cash just l...

Some kitchen remodeling contractors seem to specialize in saying "no": "No, you can't use that design because of this reason." Or "No, you can't change out your flooring or cabinets because of blah blah blah." Many of these contractors will pressure homeowners to choose a certain type of renovati...

Family dining habits have changed a lot in just the past few years -- and not necessarily in a good way. Most families today are lucky if they can all sit down together and enjoy a distraction-free meal once per week, let alone every night. What's more likely is meals being eaten separately or toget...

Do you know what your home is worth? Not what you paid for it, but how much you could get for it if you sold it on the open market right now? If you haven't done much to improve it over the years, that figure may be lower than you think. Right now, it's a buyer's market in most places. That means...

If you are planning a kitchen renovation, you have the opportunity to include new elements that make your kitchen more convenient, more comfortable, and even more valuable. Most homeowners don't upgrade their kitchens very often. It's kind of a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing. So you may as well...

Oftentimes when doing kitchen renovations, homeowners discover that there are parts of their old kitchen that are worth saving. Especially if it's an older home, there may be some features that are of high quality, valuable antiques, or simply a reminder of earlier times your family enjoyed together...

The unsung hero of any kitchen renovation is the flooring. So if you want to know where to begin to plan your new kitchen remodeling project, look down. New flooring makes every kitchen renovation look better. If you replace everything else in your kitchen but leave your old flooring, it's not go...

If your home was built more than 10 years ago, it probably doesn't have enough outlets in the kitchen. That's because older homes were designed to accommodate so many labor-saving electrical devices that today's home cooks take for granted. So if you are planning a kitchen renovation, it's the pe...