Benefits of Hiring a Kitchen Designer #1

Many people don't realize that Kitchen Designers even exist. It is assumed if you have a renovation project you start either with a Contractor or an Architect. While some projects require an Architect to file a job with the city because you add on to a home or live in an apartment and want to move the plumbing, most do not.

Please don't start with a Contractor unless they have a design service included in their company. Contractors are not designers and generally do not think of how a space can be better utilized.

Kitchen Designers look to make the best use of your space, specifically for you and how you will work in it. I have a list of standard questions to ask, but I also want to get to know a bit about my clients' lives. It helps me to give them the best possible design.

Kitchen Designers have seen how many appliances work in a space and help you to choose what's best for you and the cabinetry you will be purchasing. For example, I had a client who fell in love with a 30" MasterChef Miele oven and wanted to put it under a cook top. This client also wanted European cabinets. Well the MasterChef is too tall for most European Cabinets and cannot fit below a cook top. We made adjustments to the design and put the oven in a tall cabinet (it was a better solution in my mind anyway). I can't tell you haw many times things like this happen. If they hadn't hired a Kitchen Designer they would have been stuck with an oven that didn't fit!