Kitchen Redos, Revamps, Remodels, And Replacements: Without Murder, Madness, Suicide, Or Divorce [Hardcover]

Jan Weimer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 21, 1997

Kitchen Redos will enable you to design kitchen layouts that let you move with ease, islands that do double duty as work and eating centers, cabinetry that looks beautiful and provides maximum, innovative storage, surfaces that shine with easy care and last a lifetime, and much, much more. Practical, inspiring, and hardworking, Kitchen Redos anticipates and instructs you on all the real-life issues that arise when designing and developing your dream kitchen. Complete with layout charts, sample contracts, consumer checklists, and an inspiring 16-page color section showing fabulous kitchen designs, here is hope for workers and dreamers alike for a heaven-sent remodeling.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

A picture book this is not. Jan Weimer has created a rigorous tool and reference for anyone embarking upon a kitchen remodel--a tool to provoke inspiration, provide information, and produce invention. She tells the reader, "I believe hassles are avoidable if you do your homework, stay on top of the job and sever relationships as soon as you see they're not working." In the spirit of her very own words, Weimer then proceeds to convey the knowledge and foresight necessary to carry out such successful remodeling prerequisites, including everything from finding a designer to comparing cabinets, from lighting issues to dishwashers, and from icemakers to a sample contractor's contract. Again, it is not a glossy collection of other success stories, but rather a vehicle for creating your own.

From Library Journal

Moving well beyond the scope of other remodeling guides, Weimer's comprehensive work presents incredible detail (there are five pages devoted to picking the right oven) and covering products unmentioned in other titles (wine coolers receive an entire page). Numerous checklists are also included.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow; 1st edition (May 21, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068808589X
• ISBN-13: 978-0688085896
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #754,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Adore This Book, August 23, 2000

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This review is from: Kitchen Redos, Revamps, Remodels, And Replacements: Without Murder, Madness, Suicide, Or Divorce (Hardcover)

I picked up this book by accident, at a Buck a Book (sorry, Amazon) while beginning research for my own kitchen remodel. Weimer covers absolutely everything you might need to know in a very readable way. I loved the book so much that I am dying to meet the author, who I am sure must be as interesting in person as she is in print. Weimer is what the author of the Tipping Point calls a "maven"--she is obsessively devoted to detailing the pros and cons of every item, decision and obstacle that goes into a new kitchen. She is also extremely readable. This is the only book on kitchen design and remodling that it is really possible to read cover to cover (I read it in one night, and constantly refer back to it). It contains very helpful lists on every topic that you can xerox and carry around with you when you are going to particular providers such as Tile, Kitchen appliance, or cabinet makers. With these lists in hand you won't have to worry that you have forgotten some key issue, and when you have answered all the questions on the list you can be sure you are making the right choice of materials and contractor for your job.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is THE book to get on kitchens, May 31, 2001

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Jadepearl "geezer geek" (Wandering, USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Kitchen Redos, Revamps, Remodels, And Replacements: Without Murder, Madness, Suicide, Or Divorce (Hardcover)

This is the best reference I have found dealing with any aspect of kitchen remodeling or even design. It is clear and honest in its descriptions and deals with both the advantages and disadvantages with any equipment or design element. Most design books are about design and not about true functions or use on the part of the user. Instead of forcing the client to cook with the kitchen of all kitchens the book will allow the client to have the kitchen that they want not the designer.

The book also serves as a wake up call for anyone contemplating a new kitchen. After this book you will not want to rush head long into the project but take it carefully without endangering your personal relationships or wallet.

This has been the only design book to cover kitchen design for child safety; universal safety and healthy lifestyle in one place broken down into appropriate categories. The whole process from desire to completion is covered in this book.

This book is worth it for the section on how to deal with research and dealing with contractors including a very good section on contracts that makes sure that you do not get stung. The book is beneficial for the client and the contractor for it provides necessary information that makes both their lives easy.

Highest recommendations for this book. It cuts the crap on design and is the reference for anyone in remodelling a kitchen though its general principles can be applied to anyone contemplating a remodel of any sort. You can get a lot of pretty design books but this is a book that works.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for anyone even contemplating kitchen work, May 25, 2002

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Catherine S. Vodrey (East Liverpool, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kitchen Redos, Revamps, Remodels, And Replacements: Without Murder, Madness, Suicide, Or Divorce (Hardcover)

Not a cookbook, but a really valuable guide for anyone who wants to build or remodel, Jan Weimer's "Kitchen Redos, Revamps, Remodels & Replacements" is a superior sourcebook. Not for nothing is this volume subtitled "Without Murder, Suicide, or Divorce." The problems inherent in letting strangers run rampant through your domain, charging fees left and right, have been known to harden even the most optimistic of homeowners.

Weimer does an admirable job of making the reader examine thoroughly his or her kitchen needs--and then divide them into "needs" and "wants." She can take a glimmer of an idea and give you the hard facts on how it would work on a day-to-day basis. She covers such neglected topics as contractual obligations of the contractors, kitchen lighting, countertop choices, and depth of storage cabinetry.

There is such an abundance of information herein that it would take-well, it would take a book to tell you all about it. And here is that book, highly recommended by yours truly, who has been through the kitchen design/house-building experience.