I need some kitchen remodel ideas... can you guys give any suggestions?

get rid of that kitchen light and clean the grout.

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Lose the furr down and get cabinets that extend all the way from the ceiling.

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We did this in our remodel and it was the one of the best decisions we made in our kitchen. Then extend cabinets all the way to the window.

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replace the range hood with an above stove microwave (this will require a shallower cabinet)

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This leads to the other really good decision we made. I’d reconsider this if at all possible if you even think you’ll cook a lot, and get a nice Zephyr hood or the like that moves lots of air. We have our microwave in a deeper upper cabinet section that is set between two standard 12” deep cabinets. It may be 18” deep.

These aren’t mine but you get the idea. Our microwave cabinet is the same height as the two surrounding 12” deep cabinets (doesn’t hang lower as shown below, they’re flush at the bottom) , and on the bottom of the center section there’s an opening for the microwave like the picture. We had a plug wired into the back of the opening so wires wouldn’t show.



Remove the tall skinny cabinet section by the pantry and extend the regular cabinets/countertops, this could allow for you to have enough room to do as described above for the microwave.

Replace the skinny upper cabinet to the left of the hood with an end shelf as shown below for cookbooks, and either leave the lower skinny section for baking sheets or replace it with a pull-out spice rack.

Move the sink out of the corner. It really kills party of the functionality of the peninsula. Put it closer to the dishwasher so you aren't carrying wet dishes over a few steps every time you load it up. Replace the shallow 2-basin sink with a deeper single basin.

Id get rid of this, put the sink and countertops along the rest of the wall towards your backyard(Im assuming)

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Then add an island in the middle with seating here

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Then either get a countertop depth fridge where it is or move it to the left or right of sinks current location. If you can move it, Id open up that wall to your living room

Go full HGTV. open that wall up to the living room. I'm not a fan of the peninsula, so I'd scrap that. Like previous post said, counter depth fridge to get some more room.

Looks like oak cabinets.


And if so... being opened pored they won't paint well.

Eta: First thing I'd take the texture off ceilings, get rid of big florescent light, and put in several flush mount (thin) LED lights.

Concrete saw, cut a small channel in your slab. Doesn't have to be very deep. Lay conduit in the channel and pull the Romex through that. Cover the conduit/fill the trench with a concrete patch. I did this when I added an island in my kitchen. You can rent the concrete saw from Home Depot.

Make sure you have the kitchen tarped/sealed off. Cutting into the slab will produce copious amounts of concrete dust!

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Concrete saw, cut a small channel in your slab. Doesn't have to be very deep. Lay conduit in the channel and pull the Romex through that. Cover the conduit/fill the trench with a concrete patch. I did this when I added an island in my kitchen. You can rent the concrete saw from Home Depot.

Make sure you have the kitchen tarped/sealed off. Cutting into the slab will produce copious amounts of concrete dust!

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What he said.

In our remodel we added a bathroom to our room where there was none before. Plumber just cut a channel in our concrete for plumbing. Not acting like this is easy or anything but you could run power and water there if you wanted to.