Kitchen Remodel Ideas YOU DIDN'T THINK OF YOURSELF!

here's a list of five intelligent yet uncommon kitchen remodel ideas to build a beautiful and functional kitchen for zero additional cost if you're installing new kitchen cabinets you definitely don't want to miss idea number three and make sure you stay till the end of the video because i'm gonna leave you with one final kitchen remodel idea to help you save over 100 on your renovation with no sacrifice and beauty or quality first on my list of kitchen remodel ideas for you is if you're installing brand new kitchen cabinets consider the depth of the cabinet above the refrigerator oftentimes the default depth of the kitchen cabinet above the refrigerator is like 12 inches which positions it so far back most people can't even reach it without a ladder it's easy to overlook this detail when you have so many other design considerations on your mind for a major home renovation but this makes the kitchen cabinet over the fridge almost unusable for most people to make matters worse since it's hard to reach you'll probably end up setting stuff on top the fridge which not only makes the kitchen look cluttered but it also blocks the cabinet doors from opening in the case you actually do climb up there to get something out relative to the cost of buying brand new kitchen cabinets you won't even notice the minuscule difference in price but you will be much more easily able to use this kitchen cabinet and it'll help keep your kitchen looking tidy since you can hide that clutter that would otherwise be sitting on top the fridge behind the doors of this kitchen cabinet and while you're at it you should probably also consider doing a refrigerator panel on the side of the fridge so this way it really just closes in the refrigerator nicely and you can use this panel to hang coffee mugs let's take a step back here and look at a simple kitchen remodel idea for you to consider add a pull out trash can drawer of course you don't really need this but if you want an ultra tidy kitchen you can completely hide the trash and recycling bin neatly into a drawer of your kitchen and speaking of building things into your kitchen cabinets you might want to reserve a spot for a beverage fridge have you ever found yourself short on fridge space instead of installing kitchen cabinets in every single slot you can reserve an empty space for a dedicated beverage fridge these beverage fridges or wine coolers come in different sizes so you should consider going with a standard size cutout that'll accommodate the mini fridge you want perhaps the best part about installing a mini fridge in your new kitchen remodel is it really only actually costs a little bit extra since you avoid the cost of buying a kitchen cabinet for this spot and you replace it with the price of a mini fridge in our kitchen renovation a cabinet of this size would have been about 250 dollars and we got this beverage fridge for 400. so it effectively costs about 150 extra installing the beverage fridge really added a nice touch to the appearance of our kitchen and contributed to the wow factor of our home renovation and it also gave us a lot of extra refrigerator space in addition to allowing us to better organize our home so next on my list of kitchen remodel ideas for you to consider doing you've probably actually already considered but that is open shelving so yeah you've probably already seen open shopping in kitchens and if you like it i'm gonna go ahead and elaborate a little bit more on our experience doing open shelving we did floating open shelving in our kitchen and it turned out really good in my opinion but the installation process was a little bit tedious probably not as tedious as installing upper kitchen cabinets open shelving in the kitchen has become very popular and it's a desirable trend in kitchen renovations when it's done properly it can really enhance the aesthetic of your kitchen and make it feel much more open and airy and it can also save you a ton of money in your remodel upper kitchen cabinets aren't cheap but a few 12-inch pine boards and steel brackets from amazon.com are upper kitchen cabinets are also a lot more difficult to install than the base level kitchen cabinets because you can't just set them on the ground and allow gravity to do all the work for you while you're adjusting your shims and getting them perfectly level so if you're considering installing kitchen cabinets on your own you can really dodge a bullet here by avoiding installing upper cabinets all together i've personally never installed upper kitchen cabinets but i could definitely see why they would be much more difficult to do than the base cabinets in our case we didn't exactly save big money by installing open shelving in the kitchen because we decided to do a giant backsplash that spanned from the countertop all the way to the top of the nine-foot ceiling but this huge backsplash did add a nice wow factor to our kitchen renovation you don't need to go all out on your backsplash if you're doing open shelving in the kitchen and you're on a tight budget you could save a lot of money by stopping the backsplash at the bottom of the shelving just remember when you're out shopping for backsplash tiles the cost of the tile is only a small fraction of the total cost you have to take into consideration the cost of labor to get the backsplash installed as well so we did avoid the cost of buying the upper cabinets and also dealing with the hassle of installing the upper cabinets but installing floating open shelving didn't come without its challenges we wanted to have floating shelves with no exposed brackets that would get in the way of dishes or create more of a cluttered appearance in order to accomplish this we needed strong steel brackets that securely mounted to the 2x4 studs behind the wall to support the weight of heavy dishes of course this meant we needed to drill holes into the beautiful tile backsplash that we just paid a ton of money to have installed this definitely called for a measure twice cut once procedure because we definitely didn't want to ruin our beautiful backsplash with exposed holes or cracked tiles a diamond tip drill bit was needed to accurately drill through the backsplash tiles without causing them to crack and shatter we also used a stud finder to double check the measurements i made prior to the backsplash being installed if you're considering doing floating shelving in the kitchen you may want to clearly mark the stud locations prior to installing a backsplash and also get a good stud finder to double check where the studs are later next on my list of kitchen remodel ideas for you is to consider the overhang of the kitchen island are you gonna have chairs at your kitchen island have you ever been sitting at a kitchen island or a bar top where your knees are just like constantly banging up against the wall below the kitchen countertop to me this just like really ruins a nicely done kitchen i mean even if it looks nice if your knees are like banging up against the wall below the overhang of the kitchen cabinet this just really screams poorly designed kitchen and you know if you're gonna remodel your kitchen in my opinion you might as well do it right and just make the proper overhang length for your knees to actually fit under there without banging up against the wall so if it fits your budget consider creating a kitchen island with the appropriate legroom for you and your guests to actually be able to sit and enjoy the beautiful new kitchen makeover you're working on the knee space required to sit at a kitchen countertop is dependent on the height of the countertop for a standard 36 inch tall countertop it's recommended to have 15 inches of knee clearance if you're installing a taller 42 inch bar height countertop the taller bar stools you'll be using typically have a design that allows your knees to bend at less of an angle which requires only 12 inches of overhang in order to not hit your knees on the wall below the countertop depending on the kitchen countertop material you choose and the thickness of that material there's a particular specified amount of maximum overhang you can have on your kitchen island without having the need for additional support brackets a thick countertop can have more of an overhang without support brackets because it's stronger than a thin countertop for example in our kitchen renovation we chose quartz countertops with a thickness of 3 centimeters and the resulting maximum overhang without the need for additional support brackets is 12 inches even though 15 inches was recommended we thought 12 inches for our table height chairs was enough leg clearance so we can sit in a chair at the kitchen countertop and eat without banging our knees on the wall we didn't feel like it was worth the extra cost and hassle to install support brackets just to extend the countertop three more inches also since there are no support brackets under the countertop you don't need to worry about hitting your knees on the support brackets either in our kitchen remodel since we decided to go with the maximum possible overhang without doing additional brackets it'd probably be really wise to be careful about not like hopping up on the edge of that countertop and sitting on it because it could easily snap off and break the course slab and that would be a very costly mistake and while we're speaking of clearances be sure to give each chair at your new kitchen countertop 24 inches of room so you don't need to be packed in like sardines another kitchen remodel idea for you is to install some outlets with standard plugs as well as usb outlets under the kitchen island so you and your guests can charge a cell phone with a usb cable next on my list of kitchen remodel ideas i want to take a step back and rewind back to kitchen countertop overhang previously i talked about using the appropriate amount of space for leg clearance for sitting at your kitchen countertops but now i want to talk about the actual standard overhang distance for a kitchen counter top the standard kitchen countertop overhang is an inch and a half a current trend in kitchen remodels is to have the kitchen cabinet drawer flush with the face of the countertop initially we considered going with the current trend of flush countertop overhang but we ended up deciding to go with the standard overhang for two major reasons the functional purpose of having a countertop overhang is so when you spill stuff on the countertop it'll fall onto the floor and not get all over the kitchen cabinet drawers if the countertop is flush with the face of the cabinets and a gallon of orange juice gets knocked over you're looking at a potential nightmare of a cleanup not only is the orange juice surely going to get all over the face of the cabinets and the hardware it's also much more likely to get into the actual kitchen cabinets and the creases and seams of the actual drawers so if you or anyone else in your home is accident prone in the kitchen i'd definitely take this into consideration before doing a flush mount countertop the spill factor alone was reason enough for me to go at the standard overhang distance but in addition if you're going to go with a flush countertop alignment and you don't get every part of the kitchen cabinet installation process done precisely correct with all the kitchen cabinet faces lining up perfectly then it might not look as good as in the pictures you're seeing online just a little bit of countertop overhang will help to hide any imperfection of drawer alignment and camouflage the dishwasher or the oven range that sticks out just a little bit further than the rest of the kitchen cabinets okay so i don't want to keep you here all day so i'm going to leave you with one last idea for your kitchen remodel and this will be especially helpful if you're on a budget or you're really just trying to save costs in your kitchen remodel but you don't really want to skip on the appearance and stuff too and then i'll put my next batch of kitchen remodel ideas into another video coming out soon so if you want to see more ideas for your kitchen renovation you can subscribe to my channel and watch that later okay so here's my final tip for you you can save a ton of money by purchasing your kitchen hardware on amazon instead of buying it all at the local hardware store i put a link in the description box below this video to the black modern kitchen hardware we use in our kitchen renovation after you're done watching this video you can click on that link and go over to amazon and shop around and see what kind of kitchen hardware they have there and you might be surprised to find that you'll pay just a fraction of the price of what they charge in the local big box hardware stores and at the end of the day it's really just about all the same thing anyway thanks for watching my kitchen remodel ideas video if this video has been 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Published: Tue Aug 11 2020