Budgeting for a Kitchen Remodel

This spring we’re embarking on a “fun” project, a kitchen remodel. As I mentioned last month, this is something we’ve been wanting to do for several years. Since it’s been on our radar, we’ve been saving up. As with anything, there are varying cost levels when remodeling a kitchen. You can have a budget of $5,000, $50,000, $150,000 or anywhere in between. Several sources cited that kitchen remodels shouldn’t be more than 15% of the

Welcoming 2010

Don’t worry, we still exist! 🙂 December was a refresh and recharge (and work) month for us, so we decided to leave the blog alone for a bit, as we figured most of you had other things to be doing too. We were doing real estate during the month though, of varying degrees of importance. I received several calls from people that are thinking about selling their homes this spring, so I’ve started meeting with

Remodeling Our Kitchen

Late this summer Kyle and I started thinking about the possibility of remodeling our kitchen in 2010. It’s been on our list of “eventual to-dos” since we moved into our house about 6 years ago. That’s me to the left in 2004 when we were evaluating the house and figuring out if we wanted to buy it. Notice the skeptical look on my face regarding the kitchen… We knew a kitchen remodel would be a