August 26, 2017
Experiencing A Professional Appliance Demo Dinner The best part of shopping for your new kitchen is a little known secret. Once a month, most major high end appliance manufacturers hold free cooking demonstrations to showcase their products. The evenings include wine, hors d’oeuvres, and often a six or seven course meal. Sometimes the evening […]
July 23, 2017
Reality shows can actually make our jobs as designers and renovators more difficult. Some of their shows on kitchen renovations involve fantastic storylines, ridiculously low construction costs, and bad construction advice. I’ve watched numerous episodes of the kitchen remodeling shows below and rated them. Over all, the remodeling shows on HGTV are the least authentic […]
July 14, 2017
Kitchen designers should first consider the 30 plus National Kitchen and Bath Association guidelines when designing a kitchen. After doing that the best designers know the simple tips below. Inexperienced designers, architects, interior designers, and home owners usually do not. This is just the tip of the ice berg for good kitchen design. […]
June 23, 2017
Most homeowners research cabinet lines before selecting the line they will buy. Unfortunately sometimes little research goes into selecting the dealer and kitchen designer that they will buy from. And the later can be more important than the former. Here’s why. If you select a good cabinet dealer and an ethical kitchen designer they should […]
June 4, 2017
We Discuss Whether or Not HGTV Remodeling Shows Are Realistic If you ask almost any kitchen design professional they will immediately shout NO! In fact on Linkedin kitchen forums and at industry events nearly all kitchen designers and remodelers routinely complain about how misleading HGTV renovation shows are. Professionals believe that these shows make our […]
May 5, 2017
Viking Range, LLC, has named Paul McAlary as the March Designer of Distinction Paul McAlary, president and designer for Main Line Kitchen Design based in Bala Cynwyd, PA is the third monthly winner in the 2017 Viking Kitchen Design Competition. Designers from around the United States are vying for the coveted honor to become the […]
April 7, 2017
A good kitchen designer nudges customers towards better designs & investments in their kitchen Otherwise upon the completion of a kitchen renovation home owners could find themselves regretting some of their decisions. Below is a short conversion on this topic between Doug Mottershead CKD of McHale’s Kitchen and Bath and Paul of Main Line Kitchen […]
March 25, 2017
We believe the best resource for unbiased information on appliances is Yale Appliances Located in New England, Yale’s web site supplies PDF tutorials on a vast range of appliance topics and has insightful blogs that honestly appraise new trends in the appliance market. We trust Yale’s evaluations above less reliable information from Consumer Reports […]
March 17, 2017
We’re proud to have two kitchens featured in The Ardmore Library Kitchen Tour The general contractors on the projects were Jack Gardiner of Third Generation Contracting and Al Panaccio of AD Panaccio Inc. We have worked with both Al and Jack on many projects and they are always a pleasure to collaborate with. We invite you to join […]
March 1, 2017
Main Line Kitchen ranks the best selling cabinets in the US All the designers that gave us input on the cabinet lines below have greater than 20 years experience in our industry. When possible all construction specifics were double checked on the web sites for each cabinet line. Main Line kitchen design acknowledges that we […]
