Finding Maine Kitchen Designers

Before starting the selection process you need to have a project goal or goals. Just “wanting a new kitchen” isn’t going to be enough and you’ll end up wasting time in the selection process. You’d only be thought of as to be time waster (the best Maine kitchen designers are very busy, with months-long waiting lists).

It might be that you want to have more countertop area for your hobby or business, you could want to make the most of spectacular views, let more natural light into the kitchen, create a breakfasting area – or any other number of wants and wishes. How do you cook in your kitchen? Are you a expert cook or do you merely microwave ready made meals? Do you do regular entertaining? Do you bake many cakes?

Writing a list of your requirements and making notes as to how you use your kitchen – along with any concepts of the look and feel you’d like in your new kitchen – will only help a great deal in that initial consult with your kitchen designer, helping the designer to know you as a design client plus saving everyone’s time in any early-stage no-fee design consultations.

Equipped with the general ideas of your wishes and wants – it’s time to look into the kitchen designers themselves.

Your Search Starts Here

The world wide web has made finding and selecting kitchen designers in Maine much easier.

Now you can look on specialist kitchen directory and cabinet review sites like KitchensRated, search trade associations like the National Kitchen and Bath Association’s Maine local chapter, or look up the Maine section of the BBB

Many top kitchen designers are certified members of trade associations like the NKBA, or have received qualifications from specialist groups like the National Council for Interior Design Qualifications (NCIDQ).

From examining their website, how do the designers come across to you? Do they display examples of complete projects? Do they carry happy homeowner testimonials? Is all their contact information visible? Does the website load?