Main Line Kitchen Design Trends Blog

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 […]

Some kitchen design features are mutually exclusive. . Most of our customers come to us with a kitchen wish list. Many also do not understand that certain features preclude others. Here are the top 5: . 1 Cabinetry reaching the ceiling without a two piece crown molding system, or for contemporary cabinet styles, a one […]

Exposure to the silica dust created cutting and polishing Engineered quartz countertops is giving some workers severe silicosis a fatal lung disease . The Center for Desease Control has issued the following warning: “Silicosis is an incurable occupational lung disease caused by inhaling particles of respirable crystalline silica. … Because quartz, a type of crystalline silica, is commonly […]

Among the honors and awards we received this year were: . Best of The Main Line by Main Line Today . Best of House & Home Magazine . Best in Customer Service on Houzz.com . Angie’s List Super Service Award . DelCY Award for best kitchen in Delaware and Chester County. . Paul was selected by […]

Main Line Kitchen Design gives advice to a DIYer on remodeling their home on their own. . Below is a post from one of our blogs by a homeowner contemplating remodeling their home. Paul’s detailed answer stresses the do’s and don’ts for DIYers. . Question: We are thinking about remodeling our six bedroom home this […]

Check Out These Kitchen Related Quotes From Celebrities “Kitchens should be designed around what’s truly important—fun, food, and life.”—Chef/restaurateur Daniel Boulud . “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.” ― W.C. Fields . “I wish my stove came with a Save As button like Word has. That way I could […]

Homeowners often use home centers like Lowes and The Home Depot to design their kitchens and to buy cabinetry. I have often defended home centers as not a bad place to work with if you are designing a kitchen and you do a good job finding the most experienced home center designer in your area. […]

Main Line Kitchen Design does an analysis of the storage space advantage of frameless vs framed cabinetry. . Many customers select European frameless cabinetry over more classic framed cabinetry because they want additional storage. This isn’t surprising since the drive to maximize storage space in a kitchen is frequently the motivating factor for many kitchen […]

Kitchen and Bath Design News, the premier industry magazine for kitchen and bath designers and industry suppliers, featured 50 top innovators in the kitchen and bath industry in their October issue. Main Line Kitchen Design’s President Paul McAlary was selected as one of these top innovators. . The Bio from the article is below: Paul […]

Today, cabinets can be purchased online at prices as much as 20% below what cabinet dealers and showrooms sell them for. Some of the online cabinet sellers even make pretty well made cabinetry. So why would saving money and buying your cabinets online not make sense? . The answer simply put, is that buying kitchen […]