You don't. You go over budget a bit, do it right, once, and finish up for just under $4000. BUT! For under $4000, the Olsen family have an enitrely renovated kitchen. WOW!
Ask Ali about reusing some of her appliances. Then ask all the free/cheap labor she got (me, and uncle, and a contractor from church who took pity on her). Then ask the people on Craigslist she bought appliances from. Then ask the lady at Home Depot who gave her and inside scoop on clearance laminate countertops. Then ask about cheap materials, tricks with paint, borrowing tools, snagging flooring deals, and poof! A clean, beuatiful, functional kitchen on a shoe string budget.
Next: decorating and staging. Perhaps a hanging pot rack for the wall right of the fridge. Ali's already working on curtains with Stephi-approved fabric. Light fixture for Dining nook is - I think - on order. Everything is finally falling into place...
Here's the bones!
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