Archive for April, 2008

KBIS 2008- a client’s reactions

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

A client walked much of the floor with me, and here are some of the items he liked a lot:

-stainless steel sink in farmhouse style- an update of the classic

-different colored cabinetry in the same kitchen- one designer room had 7!  and, the furniture style cabinets are still prominent

-”one room borrowing from the next”- vignettes where the colors or materials trended into the adjacent room, creating flow

-stacked dishwashers, with one drawer on top of the other

 -Elkay’s matte finish on some of their stainless products

-matte finish on some of the synthetic surfaces

-stainless steel tambour style door in wall, like appliance garage but full height and very cool looking

-Kohler’s Belay handrail, K1846-SHP,  a less institutional approach to incorporating a handrail in the shower, where the lower part of the shower is built out 4″; the handrail also serves as a shelf, of sorts, for shampoo, etc.  It’s more of a stealth handrail, so you prepare for the future but don’t look like it.

Kitchen and Bath show notes

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

KBIS, the Kitchen and Bath show was in Chicago this year, and as always it was an amazing array of new products and perennial favorites for your home.  

I will be posting notes from my visit here, but in the meantime, HGTV will be airing “Kitchens and Baths 2008, a tour of the show, at the following times:

April 27, 8pm ET/PT

April 28, 12am ET/PT

May 3, 12pm ET/PT

Check it out- I’m going to.