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I love kitchens, both personally and professionally. Personally, I would love to renovate my kitchen and I have finally found cabinetry that I love.  The picture at left is of metal kitchen cabinets by St. Charles Cabinetry. I actually saw them in a photo in the House + Home section of the Sunday Star newspaper and fell in love at first sight. The are so cool and retro - I love that they are metal, and the colors are super cool and would fit in perfectly with my little retro house. Currently I have white painted wood cabinets, with little white octagonal tile counter tops. It is cute, but they are all starting to show their age, plus I could benefit from some clever spacial re-working…

Professionally, kitchens are #1 most important room in real estate. People will by a house based on the kitchen - even if the rest of the house is painfully outdated. Also, it is an investment that pays you back. Many times my sellers will say they have put $X amount of money into their house, so they expect to get it all back. Well, this is true if you are talking about improvements, but if it is a maintenance improvement like a roof or gutters, then don’t expect to get that back out of your house. Also, even though you will add value to your home, don’t expect to get 100% back on what you spend. The annual cost vs. value report can help you to determine what kind of return to expect.