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 […]
June 8, 2020
Main Line Kitchen Design does not showcase more than just tiny sample of the kitchens we have done on our Website’s Gallery page. This helps speed up our site and helps customers focus on not just kitchen pictures but on the important design elements and decisions that go into any kitchen renovation. However our HOUZZ.COM […]
June 2, 2020
See the kitchens that would have been featured on the tour and hear from the designers and contractors about their kitchens and about the kitchen renovation process: Below is a link to Main Line Kitchen Design’s Library Tour kitchen and all the photos of that particular kitchen: https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/tray-ceiling-kitchen-pj-vj~5920612 The kitchen won the 2020 NARI DelCY […]
May 26, 2020
What do Kitchen Renovations and Pandemic Haircuts have in common? Both turn out much better when done by professionals! As a kitchen designer I know how difficult doing a good job at my profession is. Unfortunately many homeowners do not. People know enough to seek out professional help when they need their car repaired, a […]
May 13, 2020
Since the economic downturn due to Covid-19 we have noticed a sharp rise in the number of customers price comparing cabinetry and asking for discounts. We noticed this same behavior during the 2008 recession. During those years, kitchen designers and cabinet dealers might have found the increased bargaining annoying. And while it generally didn’t get […]
