“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times” for two couples who worked with Main Line Kitchen Design.
Both Bob and Jenny Smart and Craig and Lisa Knowbetta began considering their kitchen renovations in late June.
[Note – Ladies and Gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent]
Determining who is the best kitchen designer in Philadelphia is difficult. This story about several kitchen designers shows why.
Otherwise upon the completion of a kitchen renovation homeowners could find themselves regretting some of their decisions. Below is a short conversion on this topic between Doug Mottershead CKD of McHale’s Kitchen and Bath and Paul of Main Line Kitchen Design. Both Doug and Paul are minor celebrities in the kitchen design world.
Why are most kitchens so terribly designed? Why do architects, interior designers, contractors, and even some kitchen designers place so little value on good and even safe kitchen design? One of the reasons may be that we are bombarded with bad kitchen designs from almost every TV show and movie we watch.
Recently I worked with a good friend Rick who decided to renovate his kitchen. Working together and having a trusted friend give me reliable insights into the kitchen renovation process proved enlightening.
HBO Max’s Julia staring Sarah Lancaster (previously starring in Last Tango in Halifax), Bebe Neuwirth, and David Hyde Pierce is a wonderful show that shines a warm light on everything I loved about Julia Child.
One of the greatest challenges for a kitchen designer is to create a design that the customer appreciates aesthetically and simultaneously provides them with a functionally well-designed kitchen.
It was exciting times at Main Line Kitchen Design when Ray Gardner won our companies first design award.
It surprises me, but often friends ask me to tell stories about life as a kitchen designer. Funny stories usually involve customers not valuing our input as professional designers and the calamitous results. Or our punking other designers.
