What kind of kitchen does a real buyer want?

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Anonymous wrote:My kitchen does not have the island in the middle, and we do not have a 6-burner stove like this one. Can this be done with $30k budget?

I know the cost of that pictured kitchen and it's funny how much overhead the contractors are making on everyone. The 6 burner oven/ stove is not the real cost.

As the prior poster said at 30k it can be done, you just need to find a contractor who isn't going to rip you off and charge 60k+

The appliance package alone for this kitchen is probably close to $20k. That looks like a subzero built in fridge and a professional grade cooktop.

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I live in my kitchen. I grew up in the kitchen. I am Irish/Italian and it is the HEART of the house.

I baked with my mom. My dad is a fantastic cook.

I am not a great cook, but I try snd I live having friends over. I also love baking with my boys, doing Zholiday things.

Everyone ends up hanging out in the kitchen. In my parents, mine and my sisters the kitchen opens into dining/family area . I have a bar area/counter separating dining area.

In the house we recently bought with a toddler and 4-year old the kitchen was THE most important factor to me . The one we got us 2/3 of the first floor. It is an open floor plan on a Center Hall colonial. Kitchen is one side snd whole back walk with all windows across the back.

I love it. It maybe isn't the countertops or flooring I would have chosen, but the scale and the island and the cabinets are perfect . Love it!

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Anonymous wrote:I also love this one:

I abhor white kitchens. I really hate white cabinets. Country kitchens--not a fan.

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Anonymous wrote:I like my kitchens light and airy:


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That is what I meant by some people do not love those cheap white country kitchens.

Lol. What in the world makes you think white kitchens are inherently cheaper than dark? Not my post or my pic but I can guarantee those white inset cabinets were not inexpensive.

Not inexpensive, but still cheap. Flat boards painted white, 36" not 42, filled in with crown molding.

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The dark kitchen has the expensive appliances and the light kitchen has the fake-wood floor.

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So lets talk about a kitchen that is classic but not trendy. When I finally get around to redoing my kitchen I can tell you that I will never want to do it again. I need cabinets, tiles and colors that are timeless. Please post pictures of your idea of timeless. Sorry if I'm hijacking.

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Anonymous wrote:So lets talk about a kitchen that is classic but not trendy. When I finally get around to redoing my kitchen I can tell you that I will never want to do it again. I need cabinets, tiles and colors that are timeless. Please post pictures of your idea of timeless. Sorry if I'm hijacking.

I hate to say it but I really think there's no such thing.

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not timeless but what i think looks passable for white cabinet kitchens

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Cook top on island is so dated. And to the person calling subway tiles so 2010 - really?! THAT is funny.

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Anonymous wrote:So lets talk about a kitchen that is classic but not trendy. When I finally get around to redoing my kitchen I can tell you that I will never want to do it again. I need cabinets, tiles and colors that are timeless. Please post pictures of your idea of timeless. Sorry if I'm hijacking.

Timeless, IMO, means that it fits in with the general period and layout of the house.

I prefer light kitchens (wood or painted white, I don't care, but lots of sunlight gets my vote), eat-in, well-thought out by a real cook (I hate huge kitchens where you have to walk a mile to get from the fridge to the sink, or from the sink to the range), non-tile floors (because as someone who actually spends several hours/week cooking, tile is really hard on your lower back), and reasonably updated appliances (practice and a sensitive palate are 100x more important to making a good meal than a Viking and SubZero).

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If the kitchen is used by many people who are novice cooks then I recommend induction rather than gas.

I don't like the gas cooktop in the island ...people sit at our stools with the newspaper/books/kids with some toys.

That is a fire hazard. Pooh Bear slides onto the gas burner!

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Anonymous wrote:So lets talk about a kitchen that is classic but not trendy. When I finally get around to redoing my kitchen I can tell you that I will never want to do it again. I need cabinets, tiles and colors that are timeless. Please post pictures of your idea of timeless. Sorry if I'm hijacking.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like my kitchens light and airy:


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That is what I meant by some people do not love those cheap white country kitchens.

Lol. What in the world makes you think white kitchens are inherently cheaper than dark? Not my post or my pic but I can guarantee those white inset cabinets were not inexpensive.

Not inexpensive, but still cheap. Flat boards painted white, 36" not 42, filled in with crown molding.

I've got white cabinets and they were definitely not cheap. Maybe it's just a matter of taste. This is my second white kitchen and I am about to put one in my summer house too. We also got 36 rather than 42 on the advice of our designer. We wanted 42 but she advised that 36 with substantial molding would look much better than 42 with skimpy molding. She was right.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, as a former buyer, I can tell you I don't want the seller slapping granite on top of their old, builder spec cabinets and telling me it is now a gourmet kitchen. If anything, that turns me off. I hate the thought of knowing the kitchen needs work, but they just put all of this money into granite counter tops thinking it was going to solve the problem.

Totally agree. We recently purchased and the fact that the kitchen had not been recently re modeled since 1960 was a plus for us. This is because owners may have done a renovation much like the one here with the dark country cabinets and beige tile, which would have made them feel they had added value to the house, they would want some of their money back, meanwhile we would have been wondering if we could afford the hassle and cash to pull it out and do something we could live with.

If you are really thinking about resale value and appealing to a particular buyer this is very hard to predict, but you can research current trends in contemporary kitchen design to get you some of the way there.