Try Kitchen Renovation to Make Your Small Halifax Kitchen Feel Bigger

You want to start a kitchen home improvement project on your Halifax home, but you can’t add many square feet to the kitchen’s size. Don’t despair. There are many of ways to optimize, and ways to make the cooking area look and feel larger than it is.

Renovating a cramped kitchen does require careful planning . Mistakes are more noticeable than in a big kitchen, so layout elements need to work together. You also need to be realistic about how your kitchen will be used. Reserve it for cooking and eating – the kids will have to do their homework elsewhere, and you’ll have to find another location to sort through the mail.

Storage Space – In a small kitchen you need to begin by planning about how to store everything you need.

Remove walls – Opening up the space shared with a dining room or living room will make the kitchen feel larger . You can separate the spaces by installing a breakfast bar with stools. If you can’t remove the wall altogether, you can create a pass-through window between the rooms.

Light colors – White walls and cabinets or floors and cabinets in a light wood help make the room feel bigger.

Double-duty Table—Instead of an official table, install an island that can double as a table, or add a fold-down table to the end of the counter. It can lie

Glass – Glass cabinet doors can make the space feel more open. The kitchen’s doors can also be clear , or you can create a breakfast nook by cantilevering out a big bay window. Mirrors and glass-surface counters or table tops can also help make the space feel more bigger .

Kitchen Cabinets – Don’t have the cabinets go all the way to the ceiling; it can make the room feel cramped . Instead you can use the tops of cabinets for storage of things you don’t use every day or add windows to let in more light.

Case Remodeling of Halifax can help your small kitchen feel bigger, upgrade your kitchen cabinets, or actually make it bigger with a kitchen remodel .


Maurice Meagher
Case Handyman and Remodeling Phone: (902) 454-CASE (2273)
Fax: (902) 832-3286
Email: mmeagher@CaseRemodeling.com
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Halifax Kitchens That Work!

Kitchens that Work: Elements that make a Kitchen Space Functional


Do you live in Halifax and have a kitchen that could use some help? Does your Halifax kitchen need a cosmetic makeover? Do you need storage? Can the layout be more efficient? Need more light?

The most efficient and attractive kitchens offer a perfect blend of great use of space and complementary accessories in an attempt to maximize functionality and keep organization in check. Here are five design elements that make a kitchen work.

•Appliance “garages” built between the counter top and cabinets to conceal coffee makers, can openers and frequently used small appliances

•Tilt-out sink front bins take advantage of otherwise unusable space and create convenient storage for sponges and scrubbers – again, keeping clutter off the counter top

•Message centers - organize notes, mail, magazines, keys and everything else for multiple family members – and keep clutter off tables and counters

•Roll-out shelves make otherwise inaccessible space useful for the storage of pots, pans, or seldom-used appliances

•Tray dividers – typically located in the cabinets near the oven – create vertical partitions to separate cookie sheets, muffin tins, and other awkwardly-sized bake ware

Questions? Call our Halifax office. Case Handyman and Remodeling (902) 454-2273, or online at http://halifax.caseremodeling.com/