Main Line Kitchen Design Trends Blog

Why does lightning strike the same people repeatedly during a kitchen renovation.

Renovating a kitchen is the most expensive home improvement that most homeowners will undertake. The majority of Americans will only renovate one kitchen in their lifetime. Understanding what the costs for a kitchen renovation are is a good starting point if you are considering this major expense.

I often see blogs and magazine articles predicting bold kitchen design trends. The reality of the last ten years has been that white shaker style cabinetry has remained the most purchased style cabinet.

A designer who is both an interior designer and a kitchen designer, is a rare find for homeowners who are renovating their kitchen. This is because each type of ‘designer’ brings different skillsets to the project.    The first step in understanding this value is to understand the difference between an interior designer and an interior decorator. Interior designers complete a four […]

Main Line Kitchen Design can but usually doesn’t act as a Design and Build company. While we are capable of supervising a kitchen renovation, we believe that kitchen renovations run smoothly and are the best value to the client when the experts in each part of a complex renovation focus on their area of expertise. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Homeowners often use home centers like Lowes and The Home Depot to design their kitchens and to buy cabinetry. I have often defended home centers as not a bad place to work with if you are designing a kitchen and you do a good job finding the most experienced home center designer in your area. […]

This is one of our favorite conversions. A high ceilinged barn in Villanova transformed into a understated and stately, light filled home. I love the tasteful choices and the elegant but not too formal furnishings. . Our avid blog readers might notice a cooktop and hood in front of a window that we will often […]