Buy this book!
The book is Kelly's Kitchen Sync and it was penned by my great friend Kelly Morisseau.
I've known Kelly for a couple of years and among all of the peers I've befriended in the last few years, Kelly's always stood out for her good-natured expertise. Kelly's one of a handful of pros I turn to when I need design advice and through this book, now anybody with a question will find an answer in Kelly's Kitchen Sync.
Kelly begins at square one and talks a reader through every selection that wishes to be revamped the course of renovating a kitchen. This is Kelly's advent:
Ready to transform your kitchen? Great! It sounds so smooth -- purchase some shelves, some home equipment and possibly even update a worn counter. Then you discover the dishwasher take care of blocks a drawer, the fridge door hits the cabinets and the dishwasher might not match beneath the brand new counter.
Some of you may think you may by no means run into this --in any case, your kitchen is pretty easy with out loads of changes, proper?
Here's the truth: designing the kitchen of today is like stacking dominoes. Every preference, every product and each finish you add for your kitchen affects the layout, easy or now not. One piece can send the rest tumbling if not idea out --and there are a variety of portions!
I'm not trying to scare you, however alternatively offer you with a chunk of hope --with the help of this book, you'll sail beyond all this. You'll discover ways to spot those errors --and many others-- long earlier than you ever get to the installation stage.Kelly then spends the subsequent 18 chapters and 210 pages reviewing each detail an keen renovator will run into. She discusses the significance of every step of the technique and to a person new to the upkeep marketplace could without difficulty see this aid she's penned because the most thorough visit with a master clothier they're in all likelihood to get.
Kelly talks about how an awful lot cash you could expect to spend. She talks approximately a way to interview a designer and a contractor. She talks approximately cabinetry of path, then goes on to dissect the vagaries of cooking appliances, air flow and refrigeration. If you have a question and you want an answer from an unbiased supply, your answer might be inside the covers of this ebook.
It's available now thru Amazon and $20 spent these days will save you a fortune down the street. Buy it!
As a personal aside, Kelly Morisseau is the first designer I ever started corresponding with. It's been a singular thrill to watch our little network of two grow into something that includes some of the biggest names in the industry. Eventually, we formed the Blogger 19 but that's grown into something more like the Blogger 75. The launch of Kelly's book is but one more achievement to celebrate from this amazing group of people I call friends and colleagues. Even though Kelly's now poised to become a world famous, best-selling author, she maintains the blog that started it all, Kelly's Kitchen Sync , and has a thriving Bay Area design practice.