What Type of Materials has the Best Return on Investment for Your Kitchen?

On average about 84% of homeowner’s budget are spent on remodeling of their kitchen. These includes awesome materials; beautiful, practical, durable, and environmentally responsible.

These main kitchen remodeling materials includes:

ü  Kitchen Countertops - is considered another big-ticket item. But there are numerous types of kitchen countertops from which you can choose. The primary options include laminate, ceramic tile, wood, marble, and granite. The trick is to figure out which kind of countertop works best with your particular kitchen.

ü  Kitchen Lighting - A common mistake by most people who are remodeling their kitchen is not considering their kitchen lighting.  You should. Visibility is essentially significant in an area where you're working with potentially dangerous cooking tools. Proper lighting gives your kitchen a warm and homey feeling.

ü  Kitchen Wall Treatments - In choosing wall treatments, the rule is to coordinate them with your cabinets. Paint is a popular wall treatment because it's relatively inexpensive and easy to clean. If you want something unique, you can go with wallpaper or paneling.

ü  Kitchen Windows - The right kitchen window will let the sunshine in; providing a bright and cheery place for you to do your cooking. For your window, you may choose between double-hung to sliders. Your windows treatments pick are equally important; they add character to your windows, and to your kitchen as a whole. Cafe curtains are a popular choice, while matchstick or bamboo shades add a more novel element to your kitchen décor.

ü  Kitchen Doors and Hardware - A door in your kitchen isn't just a door. It not only provides access to your kitchen, but it also offers a decorative touch. You may opt to any of the following:  glazed doors, swinging doors, and sliding doors. Whereas kitchen hardware such as cabinet knobs and window cranks spice up your kitchen. The right hardware can tie together all of the materials in your kitchen.

ü  Kitchen Cabinets – 52% are spent on cabinetry, so it pays to do it right. The main elements in any kitchen are cabinets ant it can be as utilitarian-looking as the appliances around them or as warm and stylish as the rest of the home. For sleek kitchen cabinet exteriors, contemporary look, you might explore European frame less cabinets, cabinets with brushed metal inserts, or cool, laminate cabinets in solid colors or faux stone patterns. You may also want to modify your contemporary or traditional look with formal or casual finishes. For a formal look you may want to have dark mahogany or cherry finishes. On the contrary a naturally finished oak's prominent grain makes it definitely casual.

ü  Magnify your storage space of kitchen cabinet interiors with savvy interior fittings. One of the best is a corner cabinet fitted to provide 360-degree access to supplies. For big pan lids, cookie sheets, and other unwieldy items; a deep, narrow spaces, fitted as slide-out cabinets, are perfect.

ü  Other Kitchen Storage - a pantry wall - this storage system offers floor-to-ceiling storage for packaged and canned goods on shelves behind double doors or in a series of cupboards. Many pantry-style cupboards have plastic-covered vinyl racking installed in the doors for extra storage.

ü  Kitchen Floors - Kitchen flooring will cost an average of four percent of your kitchen remodeling budget. In general, lighter-colored flooring of any kind makes a room seem larger, as does laying tiles on the diagonal rather than parallel to the walls. Larger tiles, 12X12 inches and up, are at home in contemporary-style kitchens and have the advantage of minimizing grout lines. Some traditional looks work best with smaller tiles; small tiles are also what you'll need if you want to design patterned floors or borders.