The Renovation Domino Effect

Take home renovation. You decide to renovate your kitchen. You budget $10,000 for new cabinets.

Reasonable. But once those sleek white cabinets are installed, your yellowed,

10-year-old refrigerator suddenly looks disgusting. It works fine—but visually, it breaks the consistency.

So you buy a stainless-steel fridge: $2,000. Now the fridge and cabinets look amazing—but the vinyl floor

looks cheap and outdated. The contrast is unbearable. So you rip out the

floor and install hardwood: $5,000. Now the kitchen looks like a magazine cover.