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Congratulations to b.e.stack our Kitchen Story Contest Winner.

b.e. won $500 for her very creative letter to the editor from a home built in 1920 complaining about a magazine article minimizing the importance of the kitchen!

Once the dust clears and the grout dries on Main Line Kitchen Design’s customers’ kitchens we send them a thank you, usually a cookbook or a Di Bruno Brother’s Cheese book.

As we approach what is going to be an unusual Thanksgiving, my wife and I have been reflecting on a number of past Turkey Days. Our most vivid memories often include Main Line Kitchen Design, cooking, home repair, and Thanksgiving destinations. First to give readers a little background, both our marriage and Main Line Kitchen […]

Listed below are selected quotes from three Masters who influenced, in their own way, the art of kitchen design. . Julia Child Chef, TV personality and the first woman graduate of Le Cordon Blue “People who love to eat are always the best people.” “The only time to eat diet food is when you’re waiting […]

Kitchen renovations are complex. This is why it can take a professional kitchen designer a decade of working full time to become good at their job. Below is our test to determine your kitchen design and renovation IQ. Answer the following ten True or False questions. Get 9 or 10 correct and you are a […]

All good kitchen designers have one quality in common. Patience. It takes a very patient person to gently convince homeowners that they need design and selection assistance, because the majority of them believe that they don’t need it. Customers with a little bit of knowledge can be frustrating. For example, having a customer tell you […]

What do Kitchen Renovations and Pandemic Haircuts have in common? Both turn out much better when done by professionals! As a kitchen designer I know how difficult doing a good job at my profession is. Unfortunately many homeowners do not. People know enough to seek out professional help when they need their car repaired, a […]

Doug and Paul explain why managing a customer’s regret is one of the primary jobs of a kitchen designer. . Below is a video of Doug Motterhead and Paul McAlary discussing managing customer regret when designing a kitchen and doing a kitchen renovation. . I think it’s surprising to most people that being a truly […]

The most valuable part of your kitchen renovation is the design of the kitchen itself. Professional kitchen designers understand that it takes a decade for anyone, no matter how talented, to become proficient at designing kitchens. And yet many people believe that coming up with the best design for a particular space and spending their […]

Blog first posted January 1, 2018 . Kitchens are where many of our memories take place. Even the simplest kitchen will host some of our best times and the warmest memories of friends and family. Here is a story written by my mother who passed away this fall about the simplest of kitchens and the […]