Some cost saving thoughts:
If you like modern style kitchens, and are ok with decent, not great, quality cabinets and – consider Ikea. You can get a small-medium kitchen installed for 15-20k. That’s a great price.
Consider joining Direct Buy , a subscription based purchasing club for ordering your own cabinets and appliances on line -if you are competent with a tape measure and grid paper to draw a plan to a legible scale…or of course, you can call us 914 980 5532
http://landing.directbuy.com/us/clubs?
If you want lightly used cabinets consider Habitat for Humanity store for salvage, and keep it out of the landfill: http://www.habitat.org/env/restores.aspx
Consider more surface mounted lighting, if your ceiling height is sufficient, since the diffusion of thelight from the fixture means better brightness and you’ll need fewer fixtures.
How about a nice tile floor? These type of porcelain tile simulate wood , look great and are inexpensive. http://www.houzz.com/porcelain-tile-kitchen-floor
Don’t toss your old cabinets, donate them a get the tax write-off…http://c27.a90.myftpupload.com/blog/saving-10000-on-your-medium-size-renovation-heres-how/
