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According to Remodeling magazine, minor kitchen remodels averaged about $19,000 in 2015, with an almost 80 percent recoup rate on resale value. A minor kitchen remodel usually involves keeping the same footprint, but updating various facets of the kitchen. Whether you're updating to put your house on the market or to please yourself, there are a variety of upgrades that can make a remarkable difference—without the price tag of an all-out renovation.

Some of you may have your dream walk-in closet, with built-in shoe shelves, roll-out sweater shelves, and plenty of space to display your wardrobe options. Or you might be sharing a tiny closet with your partner, mounding every sweater you own into towering piles on the only shelf, shoes piled into a heap on the floor, layering multiple items of clothing on the same hanger, in order to save space.

Home furnishings retailer West Elm recently opened a new store in Breton Village, in Grand Rapids.

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