Remodeling your home can be both an exciting and overwhelming process. With a growing number of products, styles, and popular trends to choose from for your Cape Cod home remodel, it can be challenging to determine which features will add the most value to your home.
No matter your budget or style, the following nine features will add beauty, value, and functionality to the home you love.
1. A Spacious Kitchen Island
Is your current kitchen island a tiny box that offers minimal cabinet and counter space? If so, consider a modern, spacious kitchen island during your Cape Cod kitchen remodel!
Kitchen islands have evolved to be a focal point in most modern, open floor plans with interesting design elements and extra counter space for families to sit at comfortably.
Kitchen islands come in every shape, size, and design imaginable. Here are a few popular kitchen island design options that can add value to your kitchen remodel:
Expand Your Island Size
Expand the size of your kitchen island to give you and your family more room for cooking, entertaining, and dining together.
Add Luxury Stone Countertops
Choose popular marble or quartz countertops for a classic look, or try something trendy like a butcher block wood or stainless steel countertop for your updated kitchen island.
When you update the look of your island counter, replace the rest of your kitchen counters with the same material to provide a stylish, cohesive look.
Add Refrigerated or Warming Drawers
Increase the functionality and value of your kitchen island with warming or refrigerated drawers to make cooking and entertaining a breeze.
2. A Relaxing Soaker Tub
Nothing is more enjoyable after a long day than a relaxing soak in the tub. However, many bathtubs are too small and shallow for an adult to fit in comfortably.
If your bathtub is too small to relax in, consider investing in a relaxing soaking tub. A soaking tub is designed with a broader and deeper structure to support and submerge your body during your bath.
For a more luxurious bath-time experience, consider upgrading your soaking tub with whirlpool water jets, aromatherapy enhancements, or mood lighting.
3. A Therapeutic Steam Shower
Invest in your home and your well-being with a steam shower. Steam showers have demonstrated wonderful benefits for those with asthma, allergies, or dry skin, and can also help individuals with arthritis or joint problems.
A steam shower is an incredible health investment and provides homeowners with a luxurious spa experience at home. Upgrade your steam shower with mood lighting, a stereo dock, and an aromatherapy pump for the complete experience.
4. Gorgeous Custom Cabinetry
Personalize your cabinets to fit your lifestyle. Custom cabinets are offered in every shape and size imaginable to fulfill your kitchen storage space needs.
Custom cabinets are practical, but they are also fun to style. Whether you prefer the classic wood stained look or trendy options like white, grey, or two-toned cabinets, custom cabinetry will accomplish a cohesive kitchen design while fulfilling your storage requirements.
5. Reliable Hardwood Flooring
Hardwood flooring is the desired flooring choice among homeowners in 2020, making it an excellent choice for your home remodel. Hardwood flooring looks great, is easy to clean, and is long-lasting.
Engineered hardwood flooring options have increased in popularity due to the high demand for this flooring option. Engineered hardwood flooring options look like wood but provide better water resistance and insulation than regular hardwood flooring.
Homes with hardwood flooring typically have a higher resale value than houses with other flooring types, making hardwood floors an excellent investment to increase the value of your indoor living space.
6. Elevated Ceilings
Elevated ceilings add elegance, grandeur, and open space to any home. These ceilings also help to make your home more energy-efficient and easier to cool.
Additionally, Action Builders specializes in second story home additions. During this process, our team can raise low or sloped ceilings to add more room to your indoor living space.
7. Trendy Farmhouse Features
The modern farmhouse home style has become one of the most popular design options on the market. Consider redesigning your home in the farmhouse style with fun and trendy features like:
Large Farmhouse Sink
Farmhouse sinks are large, versatile, and excellent for multipurpose use. Choose from materials like steel, cast iron, or copper to match the look of your kitchen!
Mudroom
A mudroom is a trendy farmhouse addition and also incredibly practical to keep your home cleaner for longer. Incomers can wipe their feet and take their shoes off after trekking through the Pittsburgh snow.
Sliding Barn Door
Sliding barn doors are a useful way to close off areas like the pantry, a bathroom, or office while adding fun, farmhouse flair to your home.
8. Large-Hinged Glass Doors for Outdoor Entertaining
The key to an awesome at-home pool party or barbecue is to create a seamless connection between those inside cooking and cleaning and those outside grilling, swimming, and playing.
Large-hinged glass doors allow you to stay connected to what’s going on outside, even when you’re not there. Hinged doors can pivot out or in for people to come and go from your outdoor living space without any limitations or restrictions.
9. Smart Home Devices and Appliances
Smart home appliances will increase your home’s value and make your life significantly easier! A few homeowner-approved smart home devices to consider installing in your home are a smart coffee maker, microwave, refrigerator, water faucet, convection oven, doorbell, security system, thermostat, and more. Many of these items can be controlled directly from your smartphone!
Contact Action Builders for Your Cape Cod Home Remodel
Are you ready to start planning your Cape Cod home remodel with some of these incredible features?
Action Builders can help. For over 30 years, we have helped hundreds of homeowners build their dreams with exceptional home remodels.
Consider partnering with our professional, trustworthy team at Action Builders to transform the home you love!