How can you make a small kitchen feel bigger | Kitchen Remodel Redwood City

Q: How can you make a small kitchen feel bigger?

To make a small kitchen feel bigger, start with light and clutter: brighter lighting, lighter surfaces, and storage that clears the counters. These change how the room feels without moving a wall. Practical steps: under-cabinet lighting along every run; upper cabinets to the ceiling so storage moves up; drawers instead of doors in the base cabinets; a slab or large-format tile backsplash with fewer grout lines; a counter-depth refrigerator; and glass doors or open shelves on one wall. If the room still feels closed in, opening a non-structural wall or cutting a pass-through to the next room changes sightlines the most. That is permitted work and is priced separately from a cabinet refresh.

Practical steps: under-cabinet lighting along every run; upper cabinets to the ceiling so storage moves up; drawers instead of doors in the base cabinets; a slab or large-format tile backsplash with fewer grout lines; a counter-depth refrigerator; and glass doors or open shelves on one wall.

If the room still feels closed in, opening a non-structural wall or cutting a pass-through to the next room changes sightlines the most. That is permitted work and is priced separately from a cabinet refresh.

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