Bexley/Beverly Hills Blog

While you might be forgiven for believing that cooking an evening meal is less common, over the pandemic we saw that kitchens were assuming once more their rightful place in the home. The kitchen is still ‘the heart of the home’.

In the past, this phrase conjured up thoughts of hot soups on the stove and the family enjoying their evening meal together. These days, the kitchen is still as popular as ever, but with older children staying longer in the family home, the role of a kitchen is not just about congregating in the warmth of the kitchen, instead it is about practicality, connections and the ease of use.

Returning to eating in

Over recent years pre-Covid, people had begun to eat out more and more, removing that regularity of home-cooked foods that the ‘heart of the home’ was so famous for. However, during the multiple lockdowns that we got used to experiencing, people started to do a lot more home-cooking and started appreciating the joys of cooking in a nicely set up kitchen.

When it comes to renovating kitchens, people are willing to spend a great deal for the basic enjoyment of how good it feels. A well-designed and well-presented kitchen can give you a great feeling of satisfaction and a reason to feel proud when you have visitors over.

The importance of kitchens

Kitchens seem to bring out so much in the way of family vibes. Chatting, helping each other, serving dinner. All of these activities are so family-interactive. They seem to have a magical way of creating an energy between the family members without anyone really making the effort to do so.

Perhaps that’s why we treasure it as one of the most valuable spaces of our home. Either way, the kitchen has always been, and still is, the heart of the home.

Why renovate your St George kitchen?

For those homeowners with older kitchens, especially if your kitchen doesn’t offer an easy flow between worktops and the rest of the kitchen, you could do worse than engaging a kitchen designer to make your kitchen more accessible to the whole family. Depending on the materials you choose, your kitchen upgrade could get expensive. However, if you can live without the marble worktops and high-end tiles, your kitchen upgrade shouldn’t break your budget.

For those who are not ready to go all-out on a whole new custom kitchen, here are some ideas to breathe new life into your tired old kitchen:

• Redo the flooring with new tiles.
• Add a designer backsplash to the kitchen sink area.
• Replace your kitchen benchtops.
• Change old cupboard doors and/or door handles for more modern ones.
• Refresh the whole kitchen with a coat of paint.
• Incorporate modern energy-saving kitchen appliances.

Sometimes the upgrades that make the biggest difference to your kitchen don’t even involve changing anything within the kitchen space. Many homeowners in St George are opening up walls to allow more space and light into their kitchens.

Remember that the kitchen is one of those areas where you can add value to your St George home, so it makes sense to upgrade a tired old kitchen, especially if you are considering the possibility of selling further down the track.

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