October 21, 2014
New building codes, custom color matching & other areas of debate As we move into fall and cooler outside temperatures there are still a few hot topics in kitchen design that will heat up conversations at least in the kitchen design world. 1) The new building code requiring a replacement air system for all hoods […]
October 1, 2014
A Good Kitchen Designer Knows All of the Intricacies It generally only takes a few minutes to realize the initial value of working with experienced kitchen designers like our designers at Main Line Kitchen Design. Each of us has decades more experience laying out kitchen space than the builders and architects who are needed for […]
August 13, 2014
How Dangerous Can Mistakes In Kitchen Design Be? 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. The talk discussed the 8 most common ways kitchen designers endanger their customers. It was meant to be informative and […]
August 10, 2014
Being mentioned in the Philadelphia Inquirer is nothing new for Ray Gardner Main Line Kitchen Design’s Ray Gardner and his Lafayette Hill Pennsylvania kitchen won the NARI 2014 award for the best kitchen renovation in Bucks and Montgomery counties. Main Line Kitchen Design is happy to once again be featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Erin […]
August 3, 2014
With Some of the Most Award-Winning Kitchen Designers The best kitchen showroom in your area is closer than you think. The seven designers there are some of the most experienced award winning kitchen designers in the Delaware Valley. They design in and sell six major cabinet lines. And their pricing for cabinetry is slightly less […]
July 11, 2014
Check Out These Construction Blunders 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. I’ve selected several photo’s […]
May 31, 2014
Our A-Class Kitchen Designers Break-Down Famous TV Kitchens with Problems Why are most kitchens so terribly designed? And 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 […]
May 9, 2014
Learn About The Challenges of Running A Dealership Without A Showroom Main Line Kitchen Design is thrilled to be profiled in the May issue of Kitchen and Bath Design News, the most widely read national publication on Kitchen Design. The article written by Kim Berndtson and photo spread elaborate on Main Line Kitchen Design’s unique business model […]
February 15, 2014
Main Line Kitchen Design Summarizes Their KBIS Show Trip The KBIS Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas was back to its former strength, this year. The recovering economy, the Las Vegas setting and combining the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show with the Builders Industry Show all helped make the show a sellout. . The […]
February 15, 2014
An Award for Kitchen Design & An Award for Great Customer Service Main Line Kitchen Design won two awards in February. Senior Designer Ray Gardner and A.J. Ahrens owner of Amberwood Builders won the Bucks and Montgomery County National Association of Remodelers CotY Award for the best kitchen between $40,000 and $80,000. Ray and A.J. often […]
