At "Heart of the Home Kitchens" or goal is to help you experience your dreams for your kitchen. Working with a professional designer will help you get the most form this experience by allowing us to focus on the technical and logistical aspects of your project and enhancing your ability to make informed decisions that are right for your personality and dreams. When working with a designer you can expect the designer to: Visit your site and take measurements if you are remodeling. Review your blueprints if you a building. Sit down with you and listen to your thoughts, ideas, dreams, style, and requirements. Create a design including a floor plan and elevations that reflect the information from your meeting. Consult with you on the most appropriate products available to you for your specific project and help you reach decisions on what is best for you. Prepare a detailed estimate based on your budget requirements. Create a schedule and timeline for your project. Manage your project and coordinate any contractor work needed. Oversee all aspects of the installation and design elements associated with your plan. Before you sit down with a designer you should consider: What you like and dislike about your current kitchen. What designs or elements you have seen that inspired you or caught your attention. The more information you can provide the better. Things like photos or magazine pictures are excellent starting points. Your lifestyle, so that we can support your needs through the design. Whether or not your kitchen should accentuate the style of the rest of your home. When you would like your project to start and be completed. What budget you have established, if any, for your kitchen. How your family uses the kitchen ( i.e. is it as socializing space or do you entertain and is it formal or informal?). How you would like your kitchen to relate to adjacent rooms. What other activities take place in your kitchen (i.e. computer work, desk, wet bar, tv). What type of feeling you would like your kitchen space to have. What colors you enjoy. Would you like us to handle all or part of the project?