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Pick Kitchen Designers in Alabama

Hiring a Alabama kitchen designer will add so much more value to your kitchen new kitchen than the dollar cost of design fees.

A pro kitchen designer is trained and highly skilled in getting the best from your kitchen space, getting the maximum result for minimum outlay and designing a kitchen matched perfectly to your requirements.

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The kitchen specialist could carry out as little or as much as you wish, but a top kitchen designer can not only provide working kitchen designs, but will specify everything from the cabinets and countertops to sinks, faucets and appliances. Kitchen designers are able to manage the entire kitchen remodeling project from beginning to end, taking the inevitable headaches from every project stage and guiding you to your ideal kitchen.

It’s because the best kitchen designers in Alabama work on such a large number of remodeling projects, it’s certain they’ll know and work with the most skilled Alabama kitchen installation pros and can access the best kitchen specialists, furniture makers, decorative painters, metal crafters and leading countertop specialists – people who’s expert input can carry any kitchen remodeling project up to the highest level.

Local kitchen design pros will also know the details of kitchen building code in Alabama – so choosing the correct kitchen pro for your new kitchen project will not only lead to a beautifully designed kitchen, but mitigate concerns or headaches whenever problems somehow hit a project – keeping that dream kitchen a dream rather than a nightmare.

Picking Alabama Kitchen Designers

finding a Alabama kitchen designerBefore starting the selection process you need to have a project goal or goals. Simply “I’d like a change” isn’t going to be enough and you’ll only waste precious time in the designer selection process. You could actually be thought to be a time waster (the highest rated Alabama kitchen designers are usually very busy, with lengthy waiting lists).

It may be you’re needing to have much more counter area for a hobby or business, you may want to make the most of garden views, let more light into the room, create a breakfasting zone – or any other number of needs and desires. How do you eat in your kitchen? Are you a pro chef or do you only heat things up? Do you do regular entertaining? Do you make jams?

Making a list of these requirements and making notes as to how you use your kitchen – together with any concepts of the look and feel you’d like in your new kitchen – will absolutely help in the initial sit down with your kitchen designer, helping the designer to know you as a design client and saving your time in any early-stage free consultations.

Equipped with the general foundations of your wishes and requirements – it’s now time to check out the designers themselves.

Your Search Starts Here

The world wide web has made looking for and choosing kitchen designers in Alabama so easy.

finding Alabama kitchen designers using the webYou can search specialist kitchen directory sites like KitchensRated, search trade associations such as the National Kitchen and Bath Association’s Alabama local chapter, or search the Alabama section of the BBB

Almost all pro kitchen designers are certified members of trade associations like the NKBA, or have obtained certification from specialist bodies like the National Council for Interior Design Qualifications (NCIDQ).

This certification demonstrate technical competence plus the breadth of their knowledge of design, building codes and construction standards. When you’re buying kitchen design, you need competence!

Armed with a list of kitchen professionals, it’s now time to look at their websites. In the age of the Web, all professional kitchen designers own websites – as a means to showcase design work to new clients throughout Alabama.

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From examining their website, how do they seem to you? Do they display examples of finished kitchen projects? Do they carry recent homeowner testimonials? Is all contact information on-site? Do all their pages function?

Meetings with Your Shortlist

It’s time to visit the kitchen professionals on your shortlist. Yes it may be faster to have them visit your home – but first pay a visit to their office, design studio or kitchen showroom to gauge their professionalism.

How do you feel? Is it easy to get on well with them? Does everything seem well run? Is it busy? Have a look at photos of their past design projects – most kitchen designers tend to hold binders packed with before and after photos from past design jobs. How do these look to you?

Do they have showroom layouts set up? If so are they built well and well cared for? Do the designers only work with particular kitchen cabinetry manufacturers? If they do, read their reviews too!

starting the designShould you like what you’ve seen and from your initial consultation it seems like they have some good ideas for your new kitchen, now’s the time for them to come survey your kitchen.

Try to have three Alabama kitchen designers visit your room – you’ll receive three different room plans and by having them in your domain, discussing your project you’ll get a really good feeling of what they would be like to work with.

From these 3 kitchen designers there should be one who really stands out. So it’s time to…

Check Past Kitchen Remodeling Projects

Your professional kitchen designer should have a long list of clients from finished projects who would be happy to meet with you. By speaking with a couple of recent clients you will get a much better idea of what your chosen designer is like on a project.

If you can arrange to see at least one of these kitchens, it should be a worthwhile task – ask things they love about their kitchen, how the floor plan is to work with and how well they worked with their designer.

Did anything go wrong? If yes how well was it resolved?

By following the steps above, you should be able to find the perfect Alabama kitchen designer for your needs – and end up with a kitchen to be proud of!

And please don’t forget to come back to KitchensRated and rate/review your chosen kitchen designer.

It’s consumer reviews like yours that make KitchensRated the resource it is. By giving your designer an honest review you’ll be helping them get new clients (or helping them improve) – and make the task of selecting Alabama kitchen professionals so much easier for other homeowners.

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*Ranked by user rating – taken from all Alabama Kitchen Designer listings

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