Kitchen Remodeling in Bay Village, Ohio

The kitchens we walk into in Bay Village

Bay Village kitchens tend to sit at the back or the side of the house, with the good windows facing the yard. The room itself is often smaller than the rest of the floor plan suggests, because it was drawn when the kitchen was a work room and not somewhere people sat.

On the streets running off Wolf Road and Dover Center Road we see a lot of kitchens closed off from the dining room by a single doorway. Along Lake Road the houses are wider and the kitchen usually has more wall to play with, but the sink is often stuck in a spot that ignores the view.

Homes near Bassett Road and Columbia Road frequently have a side or garage entry that lands right in the kitchen. That door eats the one run of wall that would otherwise hold a pantry, which is the single most common complaint we hear at the showroom table.

Storage, flow and the wall that comes down

The first thing most Bay Village homeowners want is the wall between the kitchen and dining room opened up. That change usually pays for itself in daylight alone, since the back of the house gets the better light and the kitchen was cut off from it.

The second is storage that fits how the family actually cooks. Deep drawers instead of low cupboards, a tall pantry beside the fridge, a proper spot for recycling instead of a bin by the back door.

Where an island fits, we size it around the walkway rather than the other way round. In narrower Bay Village kitchens a peninsula with two seats does the same job without choking the route to the yard.

On resale, kitchens carry a lot of weight in Bay Village because buyers here are usually families comparing similar houses on similar streets. A kitchen that is clearly newer than the neighbour's is the thing they remember.

Before the first cabinet comes out

Bay Village runs its own building department, so permits for structural, electrical or plumbing changes go through the city rather than the county. Moving a sink, taking out a load bearing wall or adding circuits all fall into that bracket. We tell you at the design stage which parts of your plan need paperwork.

Think about where you will cook while the work runs. Most Bay Village homes have a basement or a garage that can hold a fridge and a microwave for the duration, and that one decision makes the whole job easier to live with.

Bring photos and rough measurements to your first showroom visit. Even a phone picture of each wall lets a designer draw something realistic while you are sitting there, instead of starting over on a second trip.