HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-05-11, Page 30"MAKING AN ACCURATE FLOOR PLAN is probably the
least ex citing, — but most necessary — part of successful
kitchen remodeling," advises Whirlpool's kitchen design
consultant, Jan Brown.
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Turn -kitchen of your dreams into a working reality
Poorly designed kitch-
ens are sources of con-
stant irritation to the
people who must work in
them.
The annoyances may be
apparent at first, but after •
a while , the extra work
required for simple tasks
becomes routine and is sel-
dom noticed consciously.
However, accumulated
annoyances, says one who'
knows kitchens and wom-
en well, can take their toll
in impatience or suppress-
ed anger at seemingly un-
related situations.
"What most people don't
know is that it's not that
hard to make the kitchen
a. more pleasant place in
which to work and live.
They must first recognize
their kitchens' faults and
face the fact they are
unhappy there," says Jan
BroWn, kitchen design
consultant to Whirlpool
Corporation. "It's worth
the effort involved in
achieving a no-fault
kitchen to make life more
enjoyable.
"A good way to, decide
whether or not your kitch-
en bothers you is to make
a, fault-finding list of all
te things you dislike
about it," she professes.
OnCe you have noted all
Your kitchen's faults, you
may decide that it really
could use an overhaul.
(And that your impatience
with it can be attributed
to your kitchen's faults —
not your own faults.)
If so, she suggests you
first conceiv'e' of as many
solutions as possible rath-
er than restrict yourself
to what you think you can
afford.
Jan advises that "the
best remodeling plan be-
gins with a dream and
ends with a scheme."
She says, "The amount
of money spent on re-
vamping the kitchen ,is
certainly the final 'deter-
minant of what can be
done, but if you begin with
money foremost in your
mind, you close your imag-
ination to' many .delight-
ful,,practical and econom-
ical alternatives."
Start first by deciding
where you would like to
position appliances, cabi-
nets, sinks, counters —
then go window shopping.
Browse through apPliance
stores and kitchen cabinet
outlets.
Study newspaper's, mag-
azines and catalogs to
learn what is available
and what prices you
should realistically expect
to pay. If your idea of a:
no-fault kitchen calls: for
extensive changes in
yours, get cost estimates
from several remodelers
who specialize in kitchenS,
she advises.
"When you have collect-
ed all your information,
translate your dreams into
dollars and decide which
improvenfents you can af-
• ford and how you can
afford them — all at once,
or in a two or three-stage
project.
"The result will prob-
ably be a compromise with
perfection, but youll have
the satisfaction of know-
ing it's as close to no- ,
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fault as you can get."
Measure exactly
With that final scheme
in mind, make a detailed floor plan of your kitchen
with exact measurements
of every inch of space.
"Making an accurate
floor plan is probably the least exciting but very necessary — part of sue. •cessful kitchen remodel.
ing," the Whirlpool eon.
sultant admits, "just as
reality frequently is not as exciting as dreams,"
The lack of accurate
measurements, or even
worse, attempting to work
with •inaccurate measure.
ments, accounts for a
great many expensive re. modeling
yomuristadkreeasm, has
become a. scheme, prepare
a. shopping list and start
looking for the best values
for your budget and con•
venience, and get to work,
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