Small Kitchen Remodels: DIY-Friendly and Lower Cost

Small Kitchen Remodels: DIY-Friendly and Lower Cost

Small kitchen remodeling is a game all by itself. With large kitchen spaces you enjoy certain freedoms that you do not have with smaller spaces–room for more countertop area, appliances, and a kitchen island.

Except for anomalies like a home theater, the kitchen is the most expensive room in the house to remodel, on a square foot by square foot basis.  It follows that the less square feet you remodel, the less your overall remodel cost will be.

Also, smaller kitchen spaces are more ergonomically efficient.  With a tighter kitchen triangle–your movement area between stove, sink, and refrigerator–you have less wasted movements.

Find out the best designs and layouts for remodeling your small kitchen and how to make this a space you will love to spend plenty of time in.

Are You Sure You Have a Small Kitchen?

Everyone thinks their kitchen is too small.  Generally, the classic 10′ x 10′ kitchen(100 square feet or less) is considered the benchmark of average kitchen sizing.

Definitions vary according to the homeowner taste, house, and region, but the National Kitchen and Bathroom Association (NKBA) defines a small kitchen as being smaller than 70 square feet.