The Rooms You Should & Should Not Renovate First In A Home Remodel

The first room you should renovate in a home renovation

Not every home is the same, so not every home has the same needs. Which room you should renovate first is entirely up to you. But there is a way for you to figure out which room to go to first and it starts with doing nothing.

Stay in your house for a while before you grab the hammer. Design flaws and irritations expose themselves when you live among them. The lack of natural light in your living room may not be apparent until you experience it day after day. The layout of your bathroom may prove troublesome as you find your children climbing over each other to get ready for school. That level of clarity only comes after you’ve lived in your home for a while and familiarized yourself with it.

If there isn’t a specific room that needs your attention first, I recommend starting with a relatively quick project. Start with a powder room makeover or bedroom refresh to feel a sense of accomplishment right from the start! The thing about long, difficult bowel movements is that if you’re not mentally prepared for them, you’ll find yourself exhausted before you even start and your motivation to continue with the rest of the house may disappear. Is.

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the room you want No Upgrade first…and why

an area of ​​the house where i goNoThe suggestion is to start with the kitchen – especially if this is your first home renovation. And there are some reasons for that…

Experience

The kitchen is probably the most complex, detail-oriented, most easily screw-able design challenge you can take on. There are a lot of small details that are often forgotten during the planning stage and if you are working on a project of this magnitude for the first time, I strongly recommend starting with another room in the house. Turn your attention to renovations elsewhere and get comfortable with the planning process. Treat smaller rooms in your home as practice for larger projects. Tackling the less demanding projects first will (hopefully) give you the experience, confidence, and clarity you need in the kitchen.

Style and Requirements

The thing about kitchens is that the design choices you make are primarily permanent. Sure, you can always repaint down the road, but the kitchen layout, style of cabinets, tile backsplash, plumbing fixtures and lighting are all relatively permanent… or at least very expensive to change. It’s risky to leave your kitchen to the test when such important and expensive decisions are involved. Your experience, needs and style preferences can change drastically after the first year in your home and that’s why you need to be very comfortable and confident in your design style and your kitchen needs at first.

in our nebraska kitchen remodelWe lived in our house for a year before we remodeled our kitchen, and during that year we realized what was missing from our kitchen. The kitchen layout was not working for us and there was a lack of storage. We put a lot of thought and time into solving that problem.

However, what I didn’t do was give myself the proper time to discover the architectural style of my home and how my personal style would fit into it. Despite waiting a year before remodeling our kitchen, it was still the first project we embarked on and my style definitely evolved as we continued the renovation room by room. You can clearly see the evolution of my style as you walk around the house and I wish I had given it more thought.

Before starting a kitchen renovation, learn about the ins and outs of your current kitchen. Analyze what’s working and what’s not so you can create a list of needs. Once you know this, give yourself the appropriate amount of time to become confident in your style in regards to the architecture of your home and feel comfortable making decisions that you know you will love for years to come.

Budget

It’s one thing to know your style, it’s another to have the budget to finance it. There’s always a time and place for compromise, but if you don’t have enough budget to execute your vision, you’ll find yourself making “good enough” purchases that you won’t love for another year. Wait until you have enough budget so that you can buy the things you want for the long term, not just for the short term.

Things to note: Although these are my recommendations, they are not factual. If you feel confident in your style and comfortable making design decisions, then by all means consider a kitchen remodel early in your renovation journey!