Kitchen Designer - How to choose the best

Your kitchen designer is the key to the whole process. He or she is the person who will interpret your wishes and wants and turn them into a cohesive design. The space you have, the way you live, the size of your family and most of all, what you want from the space will all be key influencers. Your designer should listen to what you have to say, but, in return, you also need to listen to what the designer is telling you, (they are the ones with the experience......or they should be!).

If your designer is just listening and agreeing with everything that you say, then you’re the designer not them. They are probably just telling you what you want to hear to make the sale.

That is not kitchen design.

You must feel that you can trust the person that you are working with; the money you are spending is in their hands and you want that money spent wisely. A good designer should think of your room in a different way to the existing one. Afterall, there is no point in having a new kitchen if it sits in exactly the same foot print as the old one.

They should also be able to help with putting the whole room together, choosing lights, colours and finishes for walls, flooring, but if you have an interior designer, then the kitchen studio should be able to work hand in hand with them, and then become your “team.”

The studio that they work from should tell you a lot about them, ask questions, be inquisitive, if it’s their work, they will be only to proud to tell you about it. Try and engage the designer, you will be working quite closely with them and you need to have a rapport, so that you can express your self and get what you want.

I know that this will mean travelling around a few kitchen studios, taking time to talk to people and finding stuff information, but you’re spending a lot of money, and you will be living with your new kitchen for a long time!

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