EXTREME KITCHEN RENOVATION EP 1 | Inspiration, Plans & 3D Design Renders
Summary
TLDRThe script details a family's extensive kitchen renovation project in their new home, driven by the desire to update before the arrival of their baby. They plan to tackle the outdated kitchen and dining area on a tight budget and timeline, with a focus on maximizing space, functionality, and natural light. The renovation includes removing a non-loadbearing wall to open up the space, relocating appliances, and adding storage and counter space. The design aims to blend modern updates with original elements, such as repurposing vintage hardware and maintaining the brick flooring for continuity with the rest of the house.
Takeaways
- 🏠 The family is planning a kitchen renovation to update their living space before the arrival of their baby.
- 🎨 They have lived in the house for over a year and identified the kitchen as a key area for improvement.
- 🛠️ The renovation is planned on a tight budget and an even tighter timeline, with the baby due in just over 3 months.
- 🚪 The current kitchen layout has a dividing wall that makes the space feel narrow and constrained.
- 🧱 The dividing wall between the kitchen and dining room is not loadbearing, allowing for a potential open-plan design.
- 🍳 Problem areas in the kitchen include insufficient counter space, poor storage, and lack of natural daylight.
- 💡 The renovation plans include removing the dividing wall, relocating the refrigerator, and adding skylights for more natural light.
- 🖼️ Inspiration for the new kitchen design comes from various sources, including Pinterest and a DIY kitchen they admire.
- 🌟 The desired outcome is a bright, functional kitchen with an eat-in area, optimized storage, and improved counter space.
- 🛋️ The dining room area, currently unused, will be transformed into an integrated part of the kitchen space.
- 🔄 The family plans to repurpose and salvage as many existing elements as possible in the renovation process.
Q & A
What prompted the decision to renovate the kitchen?
-The decision to renovate the kitchen was prompted by the desire to update the space, which was not a selling point of the house and had not been updated. Additionally, with a baby on the way, the family wanted to complete the renovation before the arrival.
What were some of the initial issues with the kitchen?
-The kitchen had several issues including outdated original cabinets, appliances that were not new, problem areas in the kitchen and dining room, and a lack of counter and storage space.
How did the existing dining room area contribute to the renovation plans?
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Outlines
🏠 Kitchen Renovation Plans
The script begins with the narrator discussing their desire to renovate their kitchen after living in their home for over a year. They mention the arrival of a baby in less than four months, which adds urgency to the project. The kitchen, which has not been updated since the house was built, is a primary focus of the renovation. The narrator has already made some minor updates, such as painting the cabinets and installing a new sink, but the dining room area remains unused due to its narrow and constrained layout. The goal is to transform the kitchen and dining area into a more functional and open space before the baby arrives.
🛠️ Identifying Problem Areas and Solutions
The narrator identifies several problem areas in the current kitchen layout, including the dividing wall that creates narrow spaces in the kitchen and dining room, the placement of the refrigerator which obstructs the door, insufficient counter space, lack of storage, and dead space near the patio door. They discuss the need for natural daylight and plan to open up the wall to let in more sunlight. The narrator also mentions the desire to make the ceilings feel taller and is considering a cathedral ceiling design. They discuss the need to consult with a structural engineer regarding the non-loadbearing wall and the relocation of the electrical panel.
🎨 Design Inspiration and Goals
The narrator shares their design inspiration and goals for the kitchen renovation. They have created a board with ideas and sketches for the floor plan, focusing on optimizing storage and counter space. They are inspired by a specific kitchen design with darker cabinets, a lighter countertop, and a custom hood. The narrator plans to keep the wall color neutral and lighter to maintain brightness in the space. They also discuss the idea of an eat-in kitchen and the possibility of adding skylights for all-day sunlight. The goal is to create a cohesive design that matches the rest of the house, with a focus on repurposing and salvaging existing elements like the brick floor and original windows.
📐 Detailed Renovation Strategy
The narrator delves into the detailed strategy for the kitchen renovation, discussing the placement of appliances, the creation of a storage wall, and the design of French doors leading to the patio. They plan to optimize the storage by utilizing the space over the door and along the back wall. The narrator also talks about working with an architect to render 3D visuals of the sketches, although they feel the renders lack character. They emphasize the importance of considering existing plumbing and gas lines to minimize costs. The plan includes keeping the original windows and lights, repurposing hardware, and keeping the brick floors to maintain continuity with the rest of the house.
🚪 Window to Door Transformation and Repurposing
The narrator discusses the transformation of two windows into French doors to enhance the indoor-outdoor connection and improve access to the pool area. They express a desire to keep the original windows for potential future use and plan to repurpose the existing refrigerator as a secondary one in the garage. The narrator also talks about plans to repurpose the existing dishwasher, change its color from stainless steel, and patch the brick floors as needed. They mention keeping faux beams for potential design use and the intention to salvage and reuse as many elements as possible from the renovation.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Kitchen Renovation
💡Budget and Timeline
💡Contractors and Tradesmen
💡Cabinetry
💡Counter Space
💡Storage Solutions
💡Lighting and Natural Daylight
💡Design Elements
💡Structural Engineer
💡Repurposing and Salvaging
Highlights
After a year of living in their new home, the homeowners are planning a complete kitchen renovation.
The kitchen renovation is being tackled on a tight budget and an even tighter timeline, with the baby arriving in less than 4 months.
The kitchen was not a selling point of the house, with outdated cabinets and appliances.
The homeowners have already made some updates, such as painting the cabinets and installing a new sink and faucet.
The dining room area has been unused due to its narrow and constrained space, separated by a non-loadbearing wall.
The homeowners are planning to open up the wall between the kitchen and dining room to create a more functional eat-in kitchen.
The kitchen renovation aims to address problem areas such as the lack of counter space, storage, and natural daylight.
The homeowners are considering adding skylights to the kitchen to improve natural lighting throughout the day.
The design plan includes moving the refrigerator and oven to optimize storage and counter space.
The homeowners are working with contractors and a structural engineer to ensure the renovation is feasible and safe.
The kitchen will feature darker cabinets, a lighter countertop, and black appliances for a modern yet timeless look.
The homeowners are inspired by various design elements, such as a custom hood and a pot filler over the stove.
A significant design goal is to make the ceilings feel taller, possibly by vaulting the ceiling or adding beams.
The homeowners plan to repurpose and salvage items from the current kitchen, such as the original windows and hardware.
The kitchen renovation will include new French doors leading to the patio, creating a better indoor-outdoor flow.
The homeowners are using online tools like Milanote and Pinterest to compile ideas and create a cohesive design plan.
The homeowners are considering a statement storage wall to optimize storage while adding design interest to the kitchen.
The kitchen renovation is planned to be completed before the arrival of the baby, making it a high-priority project.
Transcripts
after a year of living in our new home
and a baby arriving in less than 4
months we've been thinking about updates
we can make to our home while life is
still calm our kitchen has been
something we've wanted to redesign since
moving in so with the help of
contractors and Tradesmen we are
tackling a complete kitchen renovation
on a tight budget and an even tighter
timeline
needed cling black as night hello guys
welcome back to my channel and welcome
back to our kitchen we have lived here
for over a year and one of the first
things that I knew we wanted to do
eventually was renovate our kitchen it
was not a selling point of this house it
was not updated it still had the
original cabinets from I don't know when
I don't think that they're from the 30s
but they definitely are quite old the
appliances Wen w't super old but they
weren't super new either and there were
just a lot of problem areas in the
kitchen and the dining room area so what
you're seeing right now is not what it
looked like when we moved into the house
the Cabinetry was all painted a beigy
yellow there was a pretty awful
stainless steel sink that I knew I
wanted to change out right away that was
one of the first things that we changed
like within the first couple of weeks we
did this composite quartz sink drop in
sink
um and updated it with a faucet that we
had at our apartment and painted the
walls from Pure White to this like more
softer sculpter clay color which we've
done in a different part of the house as
well in a makeover so we have done a few
updates to the kitchen side of this part
of the house but if you go right on the
other side of this
wall you come to the dining room portion
of this section now what I loved about
this little section of the house is it's
it's own I say Wing but it's not we
don't have wings in our house but it's
it's just its own little section there's
just this Center divider wall between
the kitchen and the dining room which
makes each space feel very narrow very
constrainted and limits a lot of things
in the kitchen and a lot of things in
the dining room so we have never used
this space in the over the year that
we've lived here we have never sat in
here and I've never invested in any
furniture to go in here because it's
very narrow and I did over the year kind
of try and brainstorm some ideas of what
we could do for this SP maybe put a
longer rectangular table and have more
of a banket seating so it you know kind
of took up some space but once I found
out that this Center wall dividing the
two spaces wasn't loadbearing and
structural for this area I abandoned all
thought of making these two spaces work
I knew we were going to make this entire
portion of the house a eatin kitchen we
are 25 weeks pregnant and expecting our
baby in just over 3 months so if we're
going to do this kitchen and have it
done before the baby comes we have to
start right right now so I've been
having lots of conversations with
contractors putting everything in motion
and it's finally time to get started so
now I can start to share my design plans
with you share what we're changing what
we're keeping and salvaging and
upgrading into the space and how we're
making it bigger brighter and more
functional so let's talk about the
problem areas in the kitchen that it is
today so I've already told you about the
dividing wall that really creates two
individual spaces that are very
restrictive and very narrow and it's
created Dead Space for us we just don't
use the dining room at all the second
problem area is the placement of our
refrigerator so when you open it
it hits the wall you can't actually open
the right door to get into the
refrigerator now luckily this is you
know you have French draw so you can
open both sides which we do have to do
every time so this is not ideal you need
space next to your refrigerator for the
door to actually open all the way the
future fridge cannot be in this position
it has to be relocated in order to
function properly the next problem is
area is overall counter space we have
struggled so much over the last year
with counter space we don't have enough
for some of the appliances that we use
all the time and also room to prep food
to bring in our groceries they all have
to go onto the floor we have no Island
we have no other surface in this area in
order to utilize so everything is just
always in the way we've just always
struggled with with it at Christmas time
we did add this vintage kind of coffee
cart it's a bar cart that I found at the
thrift store so that we could put our
coffee on it so we can get it off the
counter and we can have more counter
space and that did help a ton because we
obviously have the espresso machine and
the Nespresso and coffee mugs and stuff
so we were able to get that not only off
the counters but also out of the
Cabinetry so we were able to open it up
a little bit just the addition of that
one cabinet had significant Improvement
problem number four is really a huge
lack of storage we have Cabinetry that's
very narrow and not very deep and we
have no Pantry so it forces us to use a
lot of the Cabinetry for dry goods and
snacks and you know Pantry type items we
just we have no place so storage is
definitely a big one that's lacking in
the space I don't know if this is
particularly an issue but it's just a
again just creating Dead Space here is
this little corner we have a door our
patio door that goes out to the front so
you can't put anything here at all you
can't put like a little breakfast nook
or a little breakfast table or even
additional tabletop counter storage you
know I was I was thinking I could put
like a hutch in here or something for
more storage can't do that because you
need access to go outside and then you
also need access for this doorway to go
into the dining room so it just left
this dead area so I don't think that
that's planned really well and although
it is the perfect time for me to be
filming right now because it's the
perfect time of day where we have the
most sunlight another struggle that we
have throughout the entire house really
is a lack of natural daylight and at
certain times of day rooms can go really
really dark so we get great morning sun
in the front of the house and then when
it passes the trees in the back of the
house it gets pretty dark in the whole
house by opening up this one wall this
whole section of the house will now get
morning sunlight and afternoon sunlight
and in addition I would love to bring
some skylights into this space as well
so that we get just all day sunlight
taking the opportunity while we're doing
renovations to add that in because we do
have skylights in the rest of the house
to help with that too so it'll match the
flow and the style of the house a few
things that we have to talk to people
about like the contractor in the end
specifically a structural engineer is
this wall because we need to confirm
that it isn't structural that it isn't
loadbearing and it doesn't need extra
support elsewhere also we have to
relocate the electrical
panel which I feel like is one of the
hiccups it just makes it that much
harder is it doable
100% th% but you know it's still still
something it's just not a blank wall
that you can just rip down so it's
definitely something we have to take
into consideration and also a huge
design element that I really want in
this space is to make the ceilings feel
taller this is the shortest section of
the house we have 8T ceilings in here
and because of all of the additions all
of the ceilings are a little bit
different and a little bit sloped differ
it's very strange because we're removing
this and we already are getting a
structural engineer to take take a look
at it I want them to take a look at the
idea of actually doing a covered
cathedral ceiling in here which would
look the same as it does in our main
living room which adds so much height in
the center of the room making the
overall room feel so much larger the
only inspiration photos that I could
actually find for cathedral ceilings
have beams that follow the shape of the
ceiling from side to side and I don't
actually want to do that I want to have
the same look as our living room two
beams that go at the break point of the
slope of the ceiling whether these beams
are structural or faux just for looks
the engineer will determine when he gets
here in the cottage I was actually
considering vaulting the ceiling in the
living room and I opted not to do it
because we already had 12T ceilings it
already felt tall we didn't need it and
it was going to be extra cost but when
we have 8ft ceilings I told myself I was
like I'm not going to abandon the idea
of vaulting the ceiling I really wanted
I think it's going to make a big impact
so structural engineer would take a look
at all of that and make sure that we
just put everything in place to where
it's perfectly structured and we're all
good to go so let's talk about the
inspiration and overall design I'd like
to accomplish in the kitchen so I've
been working a lot on sketching the
floor plan on where everything is going
to go where we're going to move the
refrigerator and the oven to once we
remove that Center wall how we're going
to optimize the storage and increase the
counter space and really get all of our
mus haves in this kitchen renovation and
that really started by finding
inspiration that I really liked and
thinking through all of the problem
areas in the kitchen and my biggest
piece of advice when you're doing a
renovation or you're going to be doing a
new build is to really figure out what
you actually want do all of your
research find your inspiration pictures
even if you just sketch out what you
want because you're going to have to
tell so so many people what you want
that you want to be really clear about
it because they're not going to be
inside your head they're not going to
understand what you really want to
accomplish so the more you can show them
the better so that's really what I did
going into this process I started with
inspiration and I created a board on I
love to use milanote and Pinterest
together to really compile all of my
ideas and save inspiration photos I love
this kitchen kudos to this DIY I love
her kitchen so much I love the color
palette with the darker cabinets and the
darker oven in range and the fluted
glass and all of these elements are so
beautiful to me so that was a big
jumping off point and I'll put her name
on the screen because she's this kitchen
I absolutely love but of course we'll do
it in our own way because we're going
darker on the Cabinetry and the
appliances I do want to keep the wall
color more neutral and lighter so that
it still feels bright in the space and I
would love to go with the same sculptor
clay color that we did in the living
room I think that would be beautiful
we're also keeping the brick floor so I
put that inspiration so I had all my
elements in one space I'd love to go
with a lighter countertop and this
custom hood I'll put the designer on the
screen I love I want to take this as
inspiration and make it my own make it
my own shape but I love how it has the
molding I love how it has lots of
character I love how there's little
niches inside for like SP spices and
things up top I love the shape overall I
definitely want to do black appliances
cuz I did the opposite at the cottage
which was lighter with a darker
countertop so I'm kind of flipping the
color palette a little bit to give me
something different I definitely want a
panel refrigerator I love the one that
we did in the cottage the MAA
refrigerator the French door I AB we
absolutely love that fridge and then
paneling it so it looks like Cabinetry
so there's not this this big large you
know stainless steel object in the
kitchen I don't really like appliances
as statement features except for the
oven since we're opening up the center
wall we could do two things we could
either have a island that we put in the
center with bar stools when a big pretty
countertop or we could do a dining room
table and have an Eden kitchen for me I
love the idea of doing an edting kitchen
because it looks and feels more
reminiscent to the time like they didn't
have islands in the 30s it's more of a
modern thing that we're doing and since
we're optimizing all of the countertop
space along the perimeter of the room I
think we can really do this eat in
allinone all-encompassing room where we
have our dining room table that'll seat
eight cuz there's plenty of space inside
the kitchen and I love that look and we
can always come back and add an island
later if we decide in the future to make
the front formal living room into a
dining room or something like that like
we could always change it up but I think
starting here is such a great way for us
to get both spaces in one and even if we
were going to do an island I actually
wouldn't put anything in the island like
the sink or the oven or anything it
would just be a flat taller surface
because we want to optimize the sunlight
I really want to do skylights in the
space so I'm going to talk to the
contractor and see what's possible how
big we can make the skylights whether we
do two or four and I'm thinking just two
over by the oven area not not only are
we going to break down the wall that's
going to give us morning and afternoon
light but also all day sunlight from
these skylights in the ceiling which is
in the rest of the house as well love to
have a farmhouse sink 36 in big one
Basin farmhouse sink cuz Romeo doesn't
like the divider in the center and he's
the one that's majority doing the dishes
so we're going to give Romeo what he
wants bring in some brass hardware by
reusing what we already have um but
bringing in some new faucets and things
I also do want to do a pot filler over
the stove because I feel like in this
new layout we are kind of spreading
things apart a little bit there's more
distance between the sink and the oven
and the refrigerator and this is just
how it works best I work through tons of
different layouts and this is how it it
really really works for us um so because
we're separating those things a little
further I think a pot filler over the
oven to fill pots when we're cooking is
definitely going to be really good this
Pantry storage wall actually inspired
one of the designs that I'm going to
show you in a minute in into the kitchen
um because I do want to optimize the
storage but also pretty storage cuz I
have beautiful China and I have things
that I use at certain times of year that
I need places for and so this is
definitely an inspiration I love it that
it goes over the door too so I'll show
you in a minute how I'm going to kind of
incorporate that same idea into our
kitchen and we are going to be doing
some new French doors going out to the
patio so this was a cutout from a
magazine that I saw that I loved I loved
how tall and skinny the doors were doing
them a little bit uh different on the
bottom so that they match the rest of
the doors in the house so that
everything looks really cohesive so I've
actually been working with an architect
on Fiverr to render my sketches into 3D
visuals so I can really see what's going
on I can see the balance of things I can
see the Cabinetry now I'm hesitant to
show these because I feel like they look
too mid Century into to Modern these
renders are lacking all of the character
that I'm going to bring into the space
from the decorative toe kicks to crown
molding to the pretty Hardware it feels
very flat and modern to me but these are
just to give you an idea of placement so
don't look at them too literally and