February 10, 2012
Traditional Style and especially French Country Style Kitchens employ architectural accent pieces such as legs, corbels, capitals, and onlays. These accent pieces can be surprisingly expensive. A 6 inch by 6 inch Island leg typically will cost at least $600 retail from any cabinet line even at a home center.
January 22, 2012
Main Line Kitchen Design Wins Best-Of Award This was the first of many Houzz awards for Main Line Kitchen Design and the very beginning of the Houzz.com platform. . Jan 21, 2013 Houzz Unveils 2013 ‘Best of Houzz’ Winners Annual Survey and Analysis of Community of 11 Million Monthly Users Reveals […]
October 1, 2011
Main Line Kitchen Design Praised In Article For Our Style Below is an article praising my sometimes lauded, sometimes maligned, tell it like it is approach to kitchen design. One of the nice things about Main Line Kitchen Design is that if this approach doesn’t work for you then Ray, Carol or Ed are wonderful […]
September 9, 2011
An Inconvenient Height For Kitchen Designers – What To Do? Architects began raising the ceiling in higher priced homes in the 1980’s. Partly to make homes feel more spacious and partly as an inexpensive design feature to give homeowners more for a very small increase in price. Homes still had the same floors, basements, mechanicals, […]
July 29, 2011
It’s All About The Exhaust Fan Kitchens with hearths or independent wooden hoods need an exhaust fan to vent the heat, smoke, and grease created when using the range or cooktop. The underside of the hood can be finished a number of ways. The most common way is to finish the underside the same way the […]
June 23, 2011
Learn About The Many Benefits of Shaker Door Styles The most popular door style in the Delaware Valley is, by far, a Shaker door style. And, for several reasons. Also called “Arts and Crafts” a Shaker door style is so popular because depending on the counter-tops, hardware and fixtures it is used with, it is […]
February 11, 2011
See Why We Love Steam Punk Style Kitchens Below is an artist’s rendering of a kitchen designed in the Steam Punk style: And now a Jim Bishop kitchen approaching the genre: Main Line Kitchen Design is waiting to be asked to go Steam Punk. We are always willing and able to accommodate customer’s style preferences, though we can be […]
January 30, 2011
Get Inset Cabinet Doors At No Extra Cost Main Line Kitchen Design is now offering inset cabinet doors for the same price as full overlay doors through Jim Bishop Cabinetry. Above is just one of the six inset doors available from Bishop Cabinets. All available wood species including Cherry, Rustic Cherry, Oak, Rustic Oak, Maple, […]
