If you love your home but the kitchen is letting it down due to its size, you might want to consider adding a bump out to make it more spacious, functional and attractive.
Some homeowners may have the space and funds to have their small kitchen fully remodeled and extended, but for those for whom that isn’t the case, a bump out addition can be the ideal solution. Expanding the size of a room but without the cost and complexity of a full home addition, bump outs are a great way of achieving more space, either for you, or for potential buyers should you be selling your home.
Here are some situations in which a kitchen bump out might prove advantageous:
- To make the most of a galley kitchen
If your kitchen has a galley layout – a long corridor featuring countertops and cabinets on either side – a bump out can help it to feel less cramped and more conducive to cooking and dining in. With a bump out expanding the galley on one side, an awkward layout in a small space can be altered in such a way that functionality is improved tenfold.
- When lot space is limited
If you don’t have any, or little exterior space with which to expand your small kitchen, you may not have the possibility of adding outward to increase space, or may not wish to eat into what little space you do have. In this instance, you could boost the floor space in your kitchen a little with a bump out that doesn’t require the yard to be altered in any way.
- If your budget is restricted
While full kitchen remodels typically provide a great return on investment, if your budget is limited, this simply won’t be an option, no matter how cramped the space might be. If you want to add a little extra space to your kitchen but don’t have the funds for a full remodel, a bump out could be the perfect solution.
Regular additions usually require new foundation work and sometimes new roofing, too, while a bump out uses existing joists in the floor to give you extra square footage without as much of the hassle and cost.
- When you’re able to expand internally
In some instances, a smaller kitchen may be extended internally to make it bigger, such as if there is an unused, or little used, room adjacent to it. But if this doesn’t give the desired result alone, a bump out might be a worthwhile consideration, as they typically work well in conjunction with internal alterations.
- If you would like to make other rooms bigger
Bump outs can be extremely effective for adding small amounts of space to other rooms in the home, too, and are much cheaper and more convenient than adding a new room. So if you have other rooms that follow the same exterior wall as your kitchen, you might be able to make them all larger by planning a bump out that runs the entire length of one wall of the home. alternatively, you may want to add some extra space to the area above the kitchen bump out.
Bump out additions are a fantastically cost-effective way to create a little more usable space in a kitchen, and as mentioned above, in other rooms of the home, too. Talk to a local construction company experienced with home additions, to discuss convenient and budget-friendly ways of making your home that bit more comfortable and functional with a bump out.