During a past discussion on LinkedIn kitchen designers disagreed vehemently with each other concerning a surprisingly simple question. The question that got everyone up in arms?
Would you allow or have you EVER allowed a customer to make a HUGE mistake?
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.
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.
HGTV and the DIY TV Network have made “do it yourself” kitchen renovations increasingly popular. These channels tell viewers that anyone can organize, design, and renovate a kitchen successfully with a little online research, and a sense of style. The reality is quite the opposite, and a poorly designed and executed kitchen renovation will devalue a home.
The Knotthink family has several members who are in design or building. Guy Knotthink, the family patriarch, is now retired but his son Will Knotthink is a general contractor and Will’s sister May Knotthink is an interior designer. Will’s other sister, Ivana Knotthink is an architect.
elow is a list of the 10 worst ways to go about designing your new kitchen. The list was compiled from a LinkedIn dialog among professional kitchen designers.
Recently, one of our customers told me a story about how they nearly bought a kitchen at Lowes.
Below are three clips from Murder by Kitchen Design! A speech I gave to the Pennsylvania NARI chapters at the Fretz Wolf and Subzero showroom in Philadelphia.
