Ways to Make Your Home Feel Bigger

CNNMoney wrote an article about "9 Remodeling Tips to Make Your Home Feet Bigger" but I disagree partially with the article and here is why:

I agree that if someone needs to put a hold on selling their home that they should rethink and recreate the existing home to ease the frustration of why the owner wants to move/sell and/or remove the subconscious mindset of "this home is driving me crazy".

This kitchen is a perfect example for the homeowner who needs more space but may feel confined.

I love counterspace. Free of clutter. Free of everything except the countertop.

If you look to the right above the stainless steel stove, you see a fan hood with a double cabinet above it.

Next to the Stainless steel refrigerator is a microwave sitting on the countertop.

Then there is that cabinet space area above the kitchen sink.

Here's some ideas to increase and recreate space for this kitchen:

A. Remove the exhaust fan/hood above the stove and the cabinetry above the fan/hood, install a block - roughly 3" from the top and then install the microwave so that it is in proportion to the amount of space needed for cooking.

B. Remove the cabinets above the kitchen sink (if you do not prefer to have the microwave above the range/stove) and install the microwave above the sink. (not totally idea but another option which isn't ideal but it does confirm to the triangle and messes would be caught because you would be above the kitchen sink. : )

C. Change the cabinet doors. Have the outside framework of the cabinets changed to whatever color, grain you prefer but this is what would open that kitchen and create more space. The three doors on the upper cabinets adjacent to the fridge and left of the kitchen sink, have the doors opened up with like a raindrop type of glass inset so you can see into the cabinets but not fully. Or, just have those doors with glass.

D. Want more dramatics with those cabinets: After you replace the front doors and use some glass inset doors on the upper cabinets, if you have some fine dishes or items you wanted to display and show, remove the wood/particle shelving in those cabinets and install a thicker pre-cut glass shelving so that you can install one of those stickum lights on the upper ceiling of those glass inset cabinets and it would shine all the way down through the glass shelves.

E. Open that kitchen up more? I would suggest removing that fake bulkhead as it isn't housing any electrical, plumbing, etc. and then I would add some quality crown molding to the refaced kitchen cabinetry.

This is just one example of how you can make some change in your home whether you are staying or are in a holding pattern until the market improves but would like to create some more space without moving walls.