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.
Category: 20) Kitchen Design Mistakes
Common kitchen design mistakes and funny posts and videos about design errors.
Is Your Kitchen Designer Going to Kill You?
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.
Why a DIY Kitchen is a Bad Idea
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 Customers Who Almost Bought Their Kitchen at Lowes.
Recently, one of our customers told me a story about how they nearly bought a kitchen at Lowes.
Murder by Kitchen Design!
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.
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Crazy Construction Mistakes
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.
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Kitchen Designers Who Don’t Protect Their Customers.
This fourth of July week had fireworks in the sky and some on the web as well when many kitchen designers disagreed vehemently with each other on a LinkedIn debate.
10 Step Recipe for a Kitchen Design Disaster.
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.