September 26, 2020
Construction changes are by far the best investments when you are renovating a kitchen. Surprisingly, these investments are usually considered last by home owners who chose instead cabinet, appliance, and countertop upgrades. While those upgrades can be nice and add some value to a kitchen renovation project they pale in comparison to the investment rewards […]
September 13, 2020
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 […]
September 12, 2020
Fireclay farmhouse sinks and wall mounted pot filler faucets placed over the cooktop are popular higher end kitchen fixtures. They both also come with risks usually never considered by the homeowners and designers that select them. While there is some risk of damage often associated with many popular kitchen conveniences repairing the damage is usually […]
August 30, 2020
Mark Smith, Industry and Technology teacher from Reed Custer High School shows a novel way to make a better kitchen cabinet. If more kitchen cabinet companies employed people like Mark our industry would be far better off. In his video Mark acknowledges the superiority of framed versus frameless cabinetry but goes one step further making […]
August 21, 2020
In the drive to complete a kitchen renovation before moving into a new home, new home buyers usually end up wasting money, making mistakes, and creating delays. These rushed renovations often finish later than the projects better organized and begun after homeowners move in. Most kitchens can be renovated in about 6 weeks from start […]
August 13, 2020
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 […]
August 9, 2020
Appliance makers have a long history of of disregarding safety concerns in order to give customers what they want. It usually takes a decade of calamities before building code is changed to force appliance makers to address the safety issues that they already know about but simply prefer to ignore. For example, professional cooktops and […]
July 31, 2020
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER featured a joint Main Line Kitchen Design and Third Generation Contracting project. See link below: https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/home/havertown-home-decorating-philadelphia-suburbs-20200721.html The kitchen also won a DelCY award for best kitchen in 2020 and our customers were nice enough to allow us to feature their home on this years virtual Ardmore Library Kitchen Tour. Link Below: Below […]
July 19, 2020
Below is our assessment of the kitchen design and cabinet industry during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Presently there are several important considerations for customers to make when designing their kitchen and purchasing cabinetry from a cabinet dealer: Allow for extended lead times and delays when purchasing cabinetry. Ask you designer what the present lead times are […]
June 27, 2020
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 […]
