When Is the Best Time to Start a Kitchen Renovation?
Planning a kitchen renovation on Vancouver Island? Learn when to start, why custom cabinetry takes planning, and how to prepare for your design consultation.
You've been thinking about a new kitchen for months, maybe years. Now, it’s finally in the budget, or it’s a home improvement that has worked its way to the top of the priority list.
So, how do you get started? What kind of timeline can you expect? WHen is the best time to start your kitchen renovation?
The short answer: start earlier than you think. If you want a new kitchen by spring, fall and early winter are when the planning begins.
Why planning starts months ahead
A custom kitchen renovation involves more than demolition and install day. Kitchen design, client approvals, and building made-to-order cabinetry all take time.
At IKAN, our custom cabinets are crafted by local cabinet makers here on Vancouver Island. That means cabinetry built to your exact measurements, on a schedule.
Starting early also gives you room to add renovation work, like new flooring or a tile backsplash, removing walls or bulkheads, without rushing the decisions.
How to get started
- Make a wish list of features you want in your new kitchen. Storage, layout, lighting, flow. The more specific, the better.
- Collect inspiration. Save the colours, finishes, and cabinet hardware you keep coming back to.
- Set a realistic budget. Include cabinetry plus any renovation work, such as countertops, painting, moving a wall.
- Book an in-home design consultation. An IKAN designer measures your space, walks you through your options, and creates elevation drawings so you can see the plan.
- Visit us in our showroom. We welcome you into the showroom to make final decisions on colours, door finishing and profile, choose hardware, tile, and flooring.
- Approve the design and schedule your project. From there, one team manages your home renovation from start to finish.
