Premium Counter Top & Backsplash Budget: $10,000īlowing out your kitchen space and creating a whole new configuration will always increase your budget. Scope: Gut renovation with reconfiguration of entire space. We will always advocate for better quality. When you add up the IKEA cabinets, the labor to assemble them, and the customization pieces needed to create the space, as well as the ordering time (8 hours), and the “going back” time for all the things that IKEA forgot to add in, we figure our client could have less hourly fees and higher quality furnishings from other sources. We can do IKEA kitchens, but in the end we find for a few dollars more our client can often upgrade to better cabinets. Premium Counter Top & Backsplash Budget: $4500 Scope: Renovation without reconfiguration of major appliances and plumbing, update electric to meet code. Let’s get real about how much it REALLY costs! Condo Upgrade So this week my Designer Diary is all about kitchen remodeling budgets. Design fees also come into play with these renovations as the contractors will need the proper documentation to not only build the job, but to bid on it as well. Yes, you can add up all the big expenditures (cabinets, flooring, fixtures), but one must also consider the labor as well as the “other” unseen materials (drywall, wires, pipes). The only people I know who have time to DIY their kitchen remodels seems to be bloggers and reality TV renovators who make it sound like a walk in the park. I prove otherwise below, and many other blogs and articles will also bring you back to reality on this notion. ![]() Maybe if you go to IKEA and plan a whole DIY kitchen, you might be able to pull it off. I’m going to get honest here, kitchens don’t cost $20,000 anymore. The top pet peeve of every designer, contractor, kitchen cabinet supplier, and all other professional service providers in my industry: People NOT being realistic about their budget!
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