Upgrading your kitchen with beautiful improvements doesn’t just make the room, often called “the heart of the home,” more appealing. Renovating your kitchen with gorgeous features helps add more monetary value to your home, too. Real Simple magazine reports a thoughtful kitchen remodel can earn back 83 percent of the cost. Even for homeowners who don’t cook, the statement a kitchen makes to visitors, and its usefulness for chefs and for storing items, makes it a focal point for American homeowners.
If you are looking to spice things up with some upgrades to your kitchen, here are five on-trend renovations you will love and future homebuyers will find attractive.
Kitchen Island
A kitchen island adds a new centralized gathering space in your kitchen, as well as provides functionality. Islands add more storage space via their cabinets, they can serve as additional seating space, and they give more room for meal preparation. An island with an additional sink or built-in refrigerator is even more useful, making it easy to transition the area into a bar or appetizer serving area before a main meal. Home services review site Angie’s List adds that kitchen islands offer an additional benefit, since guests can socialize with hosts or chefs amid the cooking. Butler’s Pantry
Whether you love hosting huge parties, or you want to work with a smaller kitchen most of the time but still want to retain your larger kitchen, a butler’s pantry is an i...