kitchen remodel

When we bought this house the one downside was the amount of work space in the kitchen.
Anthony solved alot of storage problems right off by putting shelving in an old laundry closet for me... I don't know what I'd be doing without that.
But now it's time to start figuring out how to make the kitchen functional for as little money as possible.

The one thing we *HAVE* to do is move the basement stairs. If we can't figure out some way to do that we're out of luck on the kitchen. I'm hoping we can remove the built in china cabinet in the dining room, expand the opening and have stairs going down there.

*basement stairs now*

*where I'm hoping they can go*

I'm also hoping we can remove the wall in between the kitchen and dining room and add a bar area so the kids can sit and be with me while I'm in the kitchen working.

*this is the wall I'd like to knock out... leaving the bottom half (of course)and putting a eating bar*

*This is what I'd like to do. This lets us add a linen closet in the Mstr bedroom and also add a walk in pantry. Our kitchen is about 10x6 now and this will triple our space! I'm so excited about this project and figuring out how to get it done as frugally as possible while still making an awesome kitchen.*


We plan on doing most if not all of the work ourselves. It will take us awhile to do I'm sure but if we can keep on our budget we should be able to triple our investment (AT LEAST)

*I'll keep you updated*