Begin with feeling, not sales assumptions. Give each possible part of the kitchen a degree of importance, then watch the quantities, quality choices, and total cost rebalance live.
The point is not to make everything expensive. The point is to decide what must be precious, and what can be ordinary.
First decisions
Set the boundary, then adjust the life inside it.
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Used to suggest rough starting quantities.
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The calculator warns when your choices go over this amount.
You can override every number with the sliders below.
Adjust sliders to begin.
Budget $30,000Current $0On budget
How to use this page
1. ImportanceAsk what actually changes daily life in the kitchen. The percentages are derived from your scores.
2. QuantityChange size and amount. A loved thing can be smaller, or a dull thing can disappear.
3. QualitySpend high quality where it matters. Let other things be rough, reused, modest, or temporary.
The calculation being made
The old page made the user pass through a sequence: set a target budget, score the emotional importance of each part, guess quantities, then let the computer assign qualities and downgrade them until the total comes under budget. This version keeps the same core idea but makes every change visible immediately.
The important distinction is between intuitive guide and current calculation. The intuitive guide is your desired share of attention and money, derived from importance scores. The current calculation is what your chosen quantities and quality levels actually cost.
Self-contained HTML: no external libraries, no network calls, and all original imagery used here is embedded directly in the file.