High output baseboard or kick space heater?

[peace99]

Based in Boston, MA. I converted from oil to gas in the summer.  House is 1200 sq foot but the bottom floor is fairly open plan.

It turns out the baseboard is not heating the living room and kitchen very well. Looking at it there is not a lot of baseboard there to start with.

The company that installed the gas boiler took a look and recommended 1. replacing the baseboard with high out put baseboard and/or adding 1 or 2 kick heaters, 1 in the cupboard in the kitchen and one in a cupboard in the living room.

Has anyone had any experience with doing either?  I asked which would provide the most heat and the guy said it would be hard to tell.

I'm split between getting the baseboard replace or adding 2 kick heaters (or even doing both).

[Goldielocks]

The previous owner put electric kick heater (with blower) in the large bathroom. 
It gives off a ton of heat, but is very costly to run (electric).  We keep it off 99.9% of the time.

A friend with a heater in the kick had problems with the contents of the cupboard getting too warm, and it started to delaminate some drawers due to warm heat, so if you go this route, ensure that the heater / duct is well insulated and taped against warm air leaking into the cabinet.

[Emg03063]

Consider whether or not upgrading your insulation is feasible and if so if it would eliminate the need to upgrade your heat output as you work through this.

[Greg]

I put an electric toe-kick heater under a cabinet in a remodel I did for some clients, they like it.  Because of the cabinets that take up all of the kitchen wall space, this is the only heat in the kitchen.  The rest of the house has hydronic baseboard heat.