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Appliances
A note about appliance shopping and "spiffs"
Abbaka
www.abbaka.com
A Danish manufacturer of exquisite hoods with a showroom in San Francisco.
I have used their products in a number of projects and two of my showhouse
kitchens appear on their site, the brass barrel hood and the stainless
facets hood on a brick chimney. Don't look if you can't afford them.
They are unforgettably pricey.
Amana
www.amana.com
I have an Amana refrigerator in my own kitchen. I often recommend them for clients.
Asko
www.askousa.com
Asko is the moderately priced quiet European dishwasher
Broan and Best
www.broan.com
Broan and Best hoods are the modestly priced hoods I use
constantly. I have a Broan in my own kitchen.
Dacor
www.Dacor.com
California manufacturer of cooking appliances. They have
always been very responsive to the requests of designers like me and
were the first manufacturer of an American under-counter oven. My gas
cooktop is Dacor.
Elkay
www.elkay.com
Elkay has been making the best in stainless steel sinks forever.
GE
www.GEappliances.com & www.GEmonogram.com
GE makes a lot of products; the ones I use most are the GE Spacemaker
II microwave and Monogram and GE refrigerators and ovens.
Miele
www.miele.com
Miele makes the very best European appliances. I have a dishwasher and
oven by Miele in my own kitchen.
Sub-Zero
www.subzero.com
Hands-down the best, and priciest, refrigerator on the market. They
recently purchased Wolf ranges so that is there, too.
Thermador
www.thermador.com/home.cfm
Old-line quality appliance manufacturer with excellent products.
Viking
www.vikingrange.com
Manufacturer of commercial-style residential ranges and other cooking
equipment and refrigeration.
A note
about appliances: I have included links to favorite appliance sites
on this web site as a convenience to visitors. Any manufacturers that
are missing are welcome to point out my oversight by email and I will
happily include them if my clients ever use them. Like many designers
I have evolved my favorites over many years as a result of feedback
from my clients.
Associations
 National
Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA)
www.nkba.org
Trade association originally made up of kitchen dealers and their suppliers.
Current membership comprises the entire industry. The NKBA certified
me by examination as a CKD, Certified Kitchen Designer #101294 (actually CKD #1294
) in 1987.
 National
Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
www.RemodelToday.com
Trade association dedicated to remodeling and remodelers, I was one
of the founding members and first officers of the San Francisco Bay
Area Chapter of NARI in 1989.
The site
of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
of NARI includes a member listing. Members are the professionals
in Bay Area remodeling and include Architects, Designers, General Contractors,
Specialty Contractors and suppliers of product.
 The
California Council for Interior Design Certification (CCIDC)
www.ccidc.org/consumers.html
Organization dedicated to the certification of Interior Designers
in the State of California and continuing education in the codes of
the state. I was one of the first designers, 0651, certified by the
organization in 1993.
 American
Institute of Architects (AIA)
www.aia.org
Cabinet
Manufacturers
Crystal
www.ccworks.com
One of my favorite cabinet companies. I was a Crystal dealer for many
years. Check out the page on Box Details for an education on well-made
cabinetry and illustrated differences between Face Frame and Frameless
construction.
Woodharbor
www.woodharbor.com
Another great cabinet company that also does architectural millwork
like doors, wainscot paneling and fireplace mantles. Check out their
pages on Wood Species Characteristics and Finish Options to learn about
the best in cabinet finishes (the reason to buy manufactured cabinetry).
Wood-Mode
www.wood-mode.com
A great cabinet company that has been around for years and is one of
the most recognized custom cabinetry manufacturers. This site has lots
of pretty pictures for ideas.
How
to…
iWANTaNewKITCHEN.com
— Another designer's site
www.iwantanewkitchen.com
This
is an excellent and informative site by another CKD in Cleveland Ohio, Susan Goldstein.
Hometime
— Remodeling Kitchens: Getting Started
www2.hometime.com/projects/howto/kitchen/pc2kit01.htm
Rome (or your bathroom) wasn't designed in a day
Here is a link to a great article by Arrol Gellner, an architect who writes columns on architecture and design in the San Francisco Chronicle. This one is about the "design process" and bears reading by anyone planning to hire a designer.
Materials
Corian
www.corian.com
One of the best countertop and sink materials. I often use Corian sinks
with stone countertops.
Other
Links
David
Duncan Livingston
www.davidduncanlivingston.com
Photographer and stylist I use for most of my professional shoots.
Kitchen Remodel and SNOW in SF by Noel & Barbara Commins
Here is a San Francisco kitchen/nook remodel on his own home, by general contractor Noel Commins; that I helped Noel and wife Barbara redesign. This project was obviously a (happy) family affair.
KITCHEN REMODEL BLENDS ART AND UTILITY
Here is a Foster City kitchen/dining room/family room remodel I designed that is displayed on the Sundquist Associates web site. They did the remodeling project and won an award in the 2001 San Francisco Bay Area NARI Remmies Competition. The "before" shot at the top is really scary, but quite typical.
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